Practice Assistant Bwh

Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital

Boston, MA, United States
Base: $17.71 - $24.94phly; bonus/equity: not speci...
Fully remote
Patient admission and discharge
Update patient schedules
Answer multi-line telephone
The Practice Assistant coordinates the safe, efficient, and effective flow of patients through the unit, handling an average of forty to sixty separate admissions and discharges daily

Job Summary

  • The Practice Assistant coordinates the safe, efficient, and effective flow of patients through the unit, handling an average of forty to sixty separate admissions and discharges daily.
  • Responsibilities include greeting patients, completing admission information, assigning beds, logging patients into Epic, preparing schedules, and updating staff on OR time changes.
  • The role requires excellent interpersonal skills for interacting with anxious patients and families in a highly stressed multidisciplinary surgical unit.

Matching Summary

The Practice Assistant coordinates the safe, efficient, and effective flow of patients through the unit, handling an average of forty to sixty separate admissions and discharges daily.

Salary

Base: $17.71 - $24.94/Hourly; Bonus/Equity: Not specified; Benefits: comprehensive benefits, career advancement opportunities, differentials, premiums and bonuses as applicable

Skills & Requirements

Must-have

  • patient admission and discharge
  • update patient schedules
  • answer multi-line telephone
  • maintain supply levels
  • patient transportation arrangement

Nice-to-have

  • excellent interpersonal skills
  • disseminate important information
  • self-direction and independent thinking
  • maintain confidentiality

Key Requirements

  • High school diploma
  • Customer service experience
  • Secretarial experience in hospital setting
  • Bilingual desirable
  • General computer literacy
  • Data entry skills
  • Ability to prioritize
  • Physical ability to push/pull beds and wheelchairs

Work Rights

Not specified

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