Appointment Scheduler, Full-time 40hrs
Germantown, TN 
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Posted 7 days ago
Job Description


POSITION SUMMARY

Make all patient appointments for all locations and all providers to ensure all providers are fully utilized.

THIS POSITION IS FULL-TIME, 40 HOURS PER WEEK.

Essential Functions Statement(s)

  • Makes appointments for patients, reschedules and cancels through the patient portal, patient call, and outside referral software program
  • Follows appointment guidelines to ensure proper scheduling
  • Determines patient's clinical need to ensure proper scheduling
  • Performs other related duties as assigned
  • Accepts incoming patient phone calls and uses computer systems to schedule patients
  • Triages patient needs for timeliness of appointments based upon pre-determined criteria
  • Determines which physician to place patient with based upon pre-determined criteria
  • Retrieves appointments requests from the patient portal and places outbound calls to patients to schedule appointments.
  • Monitors and replies promptly to patients' online portal messages.
  • Communicates and collaborates with physicians and medical staff to meet patient scheduling needs.
  • Meets daily and monthly call quota expectations as assigned by supervisor/manager
  • Monitors and schedule patient referrals from hospitals and community medical partners.
  • Performs other related duties as assigned
SKILLS & ABILITIES

Education: High School Graduate or GED Required

Experience: 1 year of customer service experience in a clinical/medical environment with high volume-scheduling department with Electronic Medical Records/Health Electronic Records Systems and multi-line phone services or customer service is required.

Preferred Experience: Experience in a healthcare setting (physician's office, clinic or hospital) with knowledge of insurances, copay collection, referral procedures, and healthcare terminology. Orthopedics experience is preferred.

Computer Skills: Must be computer literate. Basic computer skills required such as Word and Outlook. Must be able to type.

POSITION QUALIFICATIONS

Competency Statement(s)/Mental Demands

  • Active Listening - Ability to actively attend to, convey, and understand the comments and questions of others.
  • Customer Service - Manages difficult or emotional customer situations; Responds promptly to customer needs; Solicits customer feedback to improve service; Responds to requests for service and assistance; Meets commitments.
  • Oral Communication - Speaks clearly and persuasively in positive or negative situations; Listens and gets clarification; Responds well to questions; Demonstrates group presentation skills; Participates in meetings.
  • Written Communication - Writes clearly and informatively; Edits work for spelling and grammar; Varies writing style to meet needs; Presents numerical data effectively; Able to read and interpret written information.
  • Teamwork - Balances team and individual responsibilities; Exhibits objectivity and openness to others' views; Gives and welcomes feedback; Contributes to building a positive team spirit; Puts success of team above own interests; Able to build morale and group commitments to goals and objectives; Supports everyone's efforts to succeed
  • Quality - Demonstrates accuracy and thoroughness; Looks for ways to improve and promote quality; Applies feedback to improve performance; Monitors own work to ensure quality.
  • Dependability - Follows instructions, responds to management direction; Takes responsibility for own actions; Keeps commitments; Commits to long hours of work when necessary to reach goals; Completes tasks on time or notifies appropriate person with an alternate plan.

Campbell Clinic Benefit Summary:

Campbell Clinic offers a lucrative benefit package to support employees and their families.

  • Medical / Dental / Vision Insurance
  • HRA Option
  • Flexible Spending Account
  • Basic Life Insurance
  • Voluntary Life Insurance Option
  • Long-Term Disability
  • Voluntary Short-Term Disability
  • Accident Insurance
  • Critical Illness Insurance
  • 401(k) Plan Matching + Profit Sharing
  • Employee Assistance Program
  • Paid Time Off
  • 8 Paid Holidays


Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled

 

Job Summary
Start Date
As soon as possible
Employment Term and Type
Regular, Full Time
Required Education
High School or Equivalent
Required Experience
1+ years
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