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Patient Care SecretaryVITAS Healthcare • San Antonio, TX, United States
Patient Care Secretary

Patient Care Secretary

VITAS Healthcare • San Antonio, TX, United States
30+ days ago
Job type
  • Full-time
  • Part-time
Job description

The Patient Care Secretary is a skilled secretarial person whose job is to support the work of the Team Manager and who is generally responsible for accomplishing all patient care related clerical procedures.

  • Screens telephone calls for Team Manager. Facilitates communication between pa­tients/families and other team members, including volunteers.
  • Takes and keeps daily schedule for all team members.
  • Attends weekly team meetings. Prepares agenda for team meeting. Follows through on assignments given by the Team Manager.
  • Establishes, maintains, and closes patient charts in an orderly fashion. This may include but is not limited to the mailing of and follow-up on all required documentation such as Plans-Of-Care, Attending Physician Authorization forms and Medical Information Request forms.
  • Provides back-up documentation to Billing Department routinely and as requested.
  • Orders D.M.E. and maintains record of dates ordered and picked-up.
  • Enters patient care and volunteer data into Vx and event tracking.
  • Communicates with staff and outside agencies as directed by Team Manager.
  • When the program utilizes part time staff, the PCS will maintain a list of all part-time staff jointly with other patient care secretaries. Contacts and schedules part-time staff at the direction of Team Manager.
  • Jointly with other patient care secretaries, orders supplies and documentation forms used by the team.
  • Does routine correspondence for Team Manager and other members of the team.
  • Sorts and processes all patient care mail jointly with other patient care secretaries.
  • Maintains A.D.T. and checks census daily for accuracy.
  • In programs that have more than one patient care secretary, they will cover for each other for lunch, for team meetings, and for other short intervals of absence.
  • Handles other tasks as assigned by the Team Manager.

QUALIFICATIONS

  • Three years prior work experience preferred.
  • Good typing skills.
  • Computer literate.
  • Able to handle multiple tasks.
  • Excellent communication skills
  • Good telephone skills

EDUCATION

  • High school graduate or equivalent required.

SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES

  • EOE/AA M/F/D/V
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