Temporary Patient Service Representative- CitiCares - Urban Health Plan, Inc
New York, NY
About the Job
Position Summary:
We are currently hiring a Temporary Patient Services Representative (PSR) to join our CitiCares Community Health Center. The Patient Service Presentative provides information, support, encouragement, and assistance to patients and families as they arrive at the health care facility. This role greets and registers patients and visitors, verifies and records patient information, and provides comfort and empathy to patients while maintaining the waiting room. This role provides accurate and consistent information to patients, schedule appointments, and resolves patient concerns.
Minimum Qualifications:
- High School Diploma required.
- Minimum of 1-2 years of experience with clerical/administrative functions is required, ideally in a health care setting.
- Bilingual Spanish/English is required.
- Must have excellent communication skills and ability to provide exceptional experience to patients.
- Understanding of phone etiquette and standard office procedures.
- Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment.
Key Duties:
- Greets patients and identified their needs.
- Verifies insurance information through managed care website.
- Answers incoming calls and takes messages for providers.
- Registers patients, assigned PCP (when applicable), checks demographic information, updates information as needed.
- Schedules appointments and reschedules appointments.
- Helps to maintain charts and provides administrative support to the department.
Starting Compensation: Minimum $18.75 ($39,000 annually); Maximum $18.75 ($39,000 annually)
Work Environment Type, Location, and Schedule:
Applicants must be comfortable working onsite, based out of Harlem and have availability to commit to a schedule of 40 hours per week, working Monday through Friday 8am- 5pm and rotating Wednesdays and Thursdays 9am-6pm. This is a temporary assignment until 2/14/2025.
About Urban Health Plan:
At Urban Health Plan (UHP) our mission is to continuously improve the health of communities and the quality of life of the people we serve by providing affordable, comprehensive, quality, primary and specialty health care and by assuring the performance and advancement of innovative best practices. At UHP, our commitment to provide patient-centered, holistic, quality health care, is part of a tradition started by our founder, Dr. Richard Izquierdo, more than 50 years ago. That tradition continues today by promoting excellence in everything that we do.
UHP is an equal opportunity employer. M/F/D/V. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin/ancestry, citizenship status, disability, age, marital or family status, and military or veteran status.
Source : Urban Health Plan, Inc