Physician / Pediatrics / Connecticut / Locum or Permanent / Medical Receptionist Bristol Pediatrics

ProHealth Physicians, part of OptumCare If you want to get way ahead in your career, it makes sense to be with an organization that's way ahead of the curve. Formed in 1997, ProHealth Physicians has grown to become Connecticuts leading primary care physician organization. With over 90 locations throughout the state of Connecticut, our family of primary care doctors and specialists care for more than 360,000 people statewide. In fact, ProHealth serves every county and provides roughly ten percent of the primary care delivered to patients in the state. We're leaders in thinking and in serving our communities. For instance, we're a C.M.S. approved Accountable Care Organization (ACO), covering over 30,000 Medicare patients associated with our community-based primary care providers. We're also nationally recognized as a NCQA Level III Medical Home. That kind of progressive leadership makes us perfect fit for OptumCare and UnitedHealth Group's expanding family of providers. This is a place where you can stay way ahead as you do your life's best work.(sm)

Bristol Pediatric Center ProHealth Physicians (OptumCare Co) has an immediate opening for a friendly, patient focused and detailed oriented Medical Receptionist to join our team. This is a 40 hour a week position. The scheduled hours would be Monday - Friday 8 : 00 am -5 : 00 pm with the possibility of working until 7pm on some days. Occasional travel to another office twice a week depending on the need.

Primary Responsibilities :

• Schedule appointments and triage appointment requests for urgency according to approved protocols and consistent with ProHealths Appointment and Scheduling Guidelines. Consult a medical assistant or licensed clinician for clinical decision making whenever necessary
• Use call processing and other applicable functionality in the EHR to take messages and communicate with clinicians
• Greet patients and conduct check-in process
• Monitor daily reminder call logs. Conduct outreach to patients requiring appointments (reschedule patients who cancel and call patients whose appointments were not successfully confirmed). Contact patients who no show for follow up appointments for chronic conditions or preventive care
• Scan and index documents into the EHR; ensure that necessary documents, lab results, etc. are available in advance of patient visits
• Close payment batch(es) at the end of each shift and assemble and balance batch(es) according to ProHealth cash control procedures
• Maintain knowledge of current OSHA and ProHealth policies
• Assist coworkers as needed to assure smooth office operation and delivery of excellent service through teamwork
• Perform other duties as assigned

Youll be rewarded and recognized for your performance in an environment that will challenge you and give you clear direction on what it takes to succeed in your role as well as provide development for other roles you may be interested in.