Medical Reception - FT

link href="https://static.workforcenow.adp.com/mas/mdf-components/22.46.11/styles/froala_editor.pkgd.min.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" / link href="https://static.workforcenow.adp.com/mas/mdf-components/22.46.11/styles/froala_style.min.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" / div class="fr-view" divlink href="https://static.workforcenow.adp.com/mas/mdf-components/22.46.11/styles/froala_editor.pkgd.min.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"nbsp;link href="https://static.workforcenow.adp.com/mas/mdf-components/22.46.11/styles/froala_style.min.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"div class="fr-view"divlink href="https://static.workforcenow.adp.com/mas/mdf-components/22.46.11/styles/froala_editor.pkgd.min.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"nbsp;link href="https://static.workforcenow.adp.com/mas/mdf-components/22.46.11/styles/froala_style.min.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"div class="fr-view"plink href="https://static.workforcenow.adp.com/mas/mdf-components/22.46.11/styles/froala_editor.pkgd.min.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"nbsp;link href="https://static.workforcenow.adp.com/mas/mdf-components/22.46.11/styles/froala_style.min.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"/pdiv class="fr-view"p id="isPasted"Washington Gastroenterology believes that digestive health is the foundation for a healthy life. nbsp;We are committed to improving the quality of life and longevity of our patients and our communities through the prevention, detection, and treatment of gastrointestinal diseases. nbsp;/pp style="text-align: center;"strongWe are WAGI/strong/ppWashington Gastroenterology is seeking a full-time strongMedical Receptionist/strong to join our Tacoma Clinic Team. The strongMedical Receptionist/strong is responsible for front line patient contact, including triage calls, scheduling appointments, answering the telephone, and maintaining a smooth patient flow. nbsp;/ppnbsp;/ppstrongResponsibilities/strong/pul type="disc"liMeets and greets patients while speaking politely and clearly with all focus on the patient/liliAnswers the telephone, schedules patient appointments and takes messagesnbsp;/liliAnswers questions when appropriate, including responding to billing questions in a timely and accurate mannernbsp;/liliObtains and verifies patient demographic and financial information and enters patient information into the registration system(s) accuratelynbsp;/liliEnsures the chart and the necessary forms are prepared for the patients visitnbsp;/liliCollects patient amounts due including co-pays, and balances due/liliProcesses and prepares outgoing mail/liliSchedules follow-up appointments, outpatient procedures, tests, and makes referrals to physicians as necessary/liliRequests medical records/reports from referring physicians and confirms patient appointmentnbsp;/liliForwards schedules to appropriate facilities for physicians and patients.nbsp;/liliFaxes procedure packet/clinic packet into EMR as needednbsp;/liliMails brochures and other materials to patients as necessary with attention to detail to ensure accuracy of paperwork/liliAssists as required to ensure proper authorizations are in placenbsp;/liliBalance cash ledger and prepare envelope for billing to deposit, includes the warp reconciliation and calls total dailynbsp;/li/ulpnbsp;/ppstrongQualifications/strong/pul type="disc"liMinimum of one (1) year experience in a medical office setting, with a working knowledge of medical terminology/liliExperience and/or training in medical office protocol/liliIntermediate computer skills, including MS Office/liliExperience with multiple phone lines, and ability to operate standard office machinery, including fax, copier, and postage meter/li/ulpnbsp;/ppnbsp;strongPhysical Activities and Requirements/strong/pul type="disc"liOccasional travel may be required to other local locations on an as-needed basis to back-fill for vacations, etc./liliAbility to stand and walk throughout the day, up to 10 hours per day/liliProlonged periods of sitting and performing administrative duties including the use of computers/liliAbility to bend, twist, stoop, and reach/liliAble to lift and carry supplies and equipment as needed (up to 25nbsp;pounds)/liliAs a healthcare organization, the candidate must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19. WAGI will consider requests for religious or medical accommodation exemptions from this requirement as allowed under the Mandate at the time of Job Offer through Human Resources. nbsp;Your vaccination status is confidential information not to be shared with the Hiring Manager./li/ulpnbsp;/ppstrongCompensation and Benefits/strong/pul type="disc"liEmployees (and their families) who work full time (defined as working 30 or more hours per week) will be eligible for strongmedical, dental, vision, long-term disability, accidental death and dismemberment, and basic life insurance/strong. In addition, employees are able to enroll in our companyrsquo;sstrong style="background-color: transparent;"nbsp;401(k)/strongspan style="background-color: transparent;"nbsp;plan which includes a company provided safe harbor contribution of 3% of annual earnings and the potential for a company discretionary profit-sharing contribution./span/liliAll employees will be eligible to accrue strongPTO/strong at a rate of .04 hours per payroll hour (1.6 hours for a 40-hour week) which can be used for and exceeds the required mandatory WA State and other local ordinances. In addition, full time employees will be eligible for a strongVacation/strong accrual with a maximum annual accrual of 77 hours as a new hire./lilistrongWAGInbsp;/stronghas 8 standard strongHolidays/strong each year for which full time employees are eligible to receive paid holiday. nbsp;In addition, full time employees will be given 1 strongFloat Holiday/strong each year that they can schedule./liliThis is an strongHourlynbsp;/strongposition, and the anticipated strongCompensation/strong range is strong$18.06-$22.31/strong. The hired applicant is also eligible for annual discretionary bonuses./li/ulpnbsp;/ppnbsp;/p/div/div/div/div/div /div br/Mon-Fribr/5/8'sbr/40