"Patient Registration Specialist - Staffing Pool"

Job Details

Title: Patient Registration Specialist - Staffing Pool

Department Org: 108820 - Registration

Employee Classification: B1 - Classif'd Full Time AFSCME HSC

Bargaining Unit: AFSCME HSC

Primary Location: Health Science Campus Hospital

Posted Salary: Starting hourly wage is $15.87

Float: True

Rotate: True

On Call: True

Travel: True

Weekend/Holiday: True

Job Description:

The Patient Registration Specialist performs all outpatient and inpatient registrations functions, insurance verification, cash collections for the University of Toledo Medical Center while providing excellent customer satisfaction. Strive to sustain courteous and caring impression for patients and visitors. Communicates effectively to maximize patient flow and provide excellence in customer relations. Ensure that financial policies and requirements are met while providing caring access at the University of Toledo medical Center.

Performs complete and accurate registration and admission functions for the purpose of maximize reimbursement, and provide timely and accurate patient information to all other providers and users of patient data.

The Patient Registration Specialist is highly skilled and works at a fully cross-functional level.

Minimum Qualifications:

Education/experience/licensing:
1. High School diploma or equivalent required.
2. Recent experience (within 2 years) in hospital or physician office performing as a primary duty, one of the following is required:
• Registration Specialist.
• Check-in/out Clerk-who enters patient demographic/insurance information in system (testing may be given).

Communication and other skills:
3. Must have working knowledge to operate a computer in a window-based environment utilizing various software programs such as Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook to produce and manage essential reports and correspondence. Must be able to utilize computer keyboard proficiently.
4. Ability to work with minimum supervision, Ability to apply understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form.
5. Ability to develop and maintain professional service oriented working relationships with patients, families, physicians, nurses, co-workers, supervisors and others. Ability to provide excellence customer satisfaction when presenting information and respond to questions from staff, patient and the general public. Ability to deal with confrontation and stressful working environment while maintaining excellence in customer service.
6. Must be able to analyze data, calculate figures and amounts such as discounts, interest, percentages, add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Applicants may be tested.

Physical Requirements:
1) Visual acuity of 20/20 or corrected to 20/20 including color vision when applicable;
2) ability to hear with or without aides);
3) ability to orally communicate;
4) good manual dexterity;
5) ability to push, pull, roll, and transfer/lift 50 pounds occasionally; 6) ability to stand, walk frequently;
7) ability to bend, reach, stoop, kneel frequently;
8) ability to perform CPR (if required for position).
Occasional carrying of items weighing up to 30 pounds required.

Conditions of Employment:
All UToledo employees on all campuses, including those working on campus and working remotely, are required to be fully vaccinated against Covid-19, or have an approved exemption.
To promote the highest levels of health and well-being, the University of Toledo campuses are tobacco-free. To further this effort, the University of Toledo Health Science Campus Medical Center is requiring candidates for employment to be nicotine-free. Pre-employment health screening requirements will include cotinine (nicotine) testing, as well as drug and other required health screenings for the position. With the exception of positions within University of Toledo Main Campus and the University of Toledo College of Medicine and Life Sciences, the employment offer is conditional upon successful completion of a cotinine test and Occupational Health clearance.