Provider Administrative Assistant Anesthesia Pain Management

: Description

Essential Functions

• Assesses customer's needs, meets quality standard for services and evaluates customer satisfaction.
• Demonstrates excellent communication skills; provides quality customer service by answering and making telephone calls.
• Coordinates various clinical and nonclinical administrative activities of providers including schedules, lab coats, id badge, etc.
• Schedules office visits, surgical procedures and ancillary testing according to practice/organization guidelines.
• Ensure completion and/or coordination of activities related to patient financial clearance prior to service being rendered including insurance eligibility, medical necessity, and prior authorization activities
• Ensures materials are provided for meetings/interviews as necessary in a timely manner and follow up is completed as assigned.
• Handles a variety of administrative issues with regard to phone calls, always following through to assure all request/complaints/communications are handled in the manner appropriate.
• Completes correspondence &/or administrative paperwork.
• Types, transcribes and process correspondence, documents, grant papers and publications.
• Coordinates timely submission of grant papers and publications.
• Performs general office duties and provides back up support for other staff as needed.
• Other departmental duties assigned as needed.

Required For All Jobs

• Performs other duties as assigned.
• Complies with all policies and standards.
• For specific duties and responsibilities, refer to documentation provided by the department during orientation.
• Must abide by all requirements to safely and securely maintain Protected Health Information (PHI) for our patients. Annual training, the UH Code of Conduct and UH policies and procedures are in place to address appropriate use of PHI in the workplace.

Qualifications

Qualifications Education

• High School Equivalent / GED . Required

Work Experience

• 1+ years secretarial experience preferably in health care setting. Preferred and
• Medical terminology Preferred and
• Experience with demonstrated problem solving ability Required

Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities

• Computer skills in a Windows environment Required
• Demonstrate proficient verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to organize and prioritize workload to achieve expected outcomes
• Proven ability to successfully manage multiple tasks simultaneously
• Basic knowledge of office equipment
• Basic computer skills in Windows environment
• Excellent verbal & written communication skills
• Experience in customer service environment
• Excellent Organizational skills
• Excel, PowerPoint, Microsoft Word and Outlook, Google documents and teams

Physical Demands

• Standing Occasionally
• Walking Occasionally
• Sitting Constantly
• Lifting Rarely 20 lbs
• Carrying Rarely 20 lbs
• Pushing Rarely 20 lbs
• Pulling Rarely 20 lbs
• Climbing Rarely 20 lbs
• Balancing Rarely
• Stooping Rarely
• Kneeling Rarely
• Crouching Rarely
• Crawling Rarely
• Reaching Rarely
• Handling Occasionally
• Grasping Occasionally
• Feeling Rarely
• Talking Constantly
• Hearing Constantly
• Repetitive Motions Frequently
• Eye/Hand/Foot Coordination Frequently