Medical Receptionist

Position Summary:

Call Center:

• If an employee’s main tasks are dedicated to incoming calls in a Call Center environment; the primary purpose of this position is to handle incoming calls while maintaining a minimum of 93% availability of staffed sign rapidly and accurately on time during scheduled hours. Employees will meet the department specific agent expectations regarding measurement and follow the defined guidelines and processes of the department.

Front Desk:

• The primary responsibilities for employees providing support within a department are to greet patients, collect co-pays, schedule follow-up appointments and referrals and support departmental clerical duties.

Both areas will provide support to the department/site ensuring quality service through timely and courteous assistance and provide service support to patients who request our care.

Department Overview:

We are a group of healthcare workers who are passionate about helping patients and their families with improving their health. With a team of 12 clinicians for Family Medicine and Pediatrics, we see approximately 125 patients (ages 0-100 ) a day. Our campus also partners and checks in patients for Urgent Care, OB/GYN, and Eye Care Services departments. Our team considers our front desk team members as colleagues and really partner with staff to take great care of our patients. Collaborating with all members of the team is how we have continued to have excellent patient experience results and maintain high quality patient measures. Our campus includes free parking in a parking lot. There are plenty of paths to walk and enjoy during your break! We are located next to many stores and places to enjoy lunch including Target, Cub Foods, Culver’s, Cane’s, Panda Express, and Chipotle to name a few. Our team is friendly, engaged, and we love to have fun!

Our Primary Care department provides a wide range of services from yearly physicals, Medicare wellness visits, pre-ops, general office visit, video, and phone visit, in clinic procedures, nurse visits and vaccine clinics.

Clinic hours and Work Schedule:

Our clinic is open to serve patients 6:45am - 8pm M-F. Starting in January 2025 we are also open Saturday/Sunday 8a-5p

Work Schedule:

Hours Vary: Shifts are: 0630-3pm; 0800-5pm; 0900-6pm; 1200-8pm

You can expect to be scheduled at minimum an open (630-3pm) or close (12pm-8pm) shift a week, sometimes both. Weekends (Sat/Sun) will be 7:45a-5p on a rotating schedule (~every 8 weeks)

Required Qualifications:

• 6 months related experience
• Accurate computer/keyboarding skills required.
• Demonstrates knowledge of age-related growth and development principles necessary to provide appropriate service and assure safety of patients.
• Must be proficient in the operation of the following types of equipment: telephone and headsets, PC, printer, photo copier and fax machine.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Strong verbal and written communication
• Strong verbal and written communication
• Human relations sensitivity and customer service skills
• Listening and telephone etiquette skills
• Medical terminology knowledge desirable
• Comfort in asking patients for copays and race collection.
• Ability to promote and maintain good patient relations and patient confidentiality.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced and structured environment.
• Ability to sit for long periods of time.

Benefits:

Park Nicollet offers a competitive benefits package (for eligible positions) that includes medical insurance, dental insurance, a retirement program, time away from work, insurance options, tuition reimbursement, an employee assistance program, onsite clinic and much more!

We’re a nonprofit, integrated health care organization, providing health insurance in six states and high-quality care at more than 90 locations, including hospitals and clinics in Minnesota and Wisconsin. We bring together research and education through HealthPartners Institute, training medical professionals across the region and conducting innovative research that improve lives around the world.

At HealthPartners, everyone is welcome, included and valued. We’re working together to increase diversity and inclusion in our workplace, advance health equity in care and coverage, and partner with the community as advocates for change.

Join us and become a partner for good, helping to improve the health and well-being of our patients, members and the communities we serve.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and do not discriminate against any employee or applicant because of race, color, sex, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identify, status as a veteran and basis of disability or any other federal, state or local protected class.