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