Patient Registration | Cashier | Health Records Clerk

Who Are We Looking For?
Do you have front-line clerical experience and wish to work at the leading edge of healthcare to maximize your skills and be part of a dynamic team? Dr. Helmcken Memorial hosptial has an exciting opportunity for a Casual Patient Registration/Cashier/Health Records Clerk to join their team in Clearwater B.C! The hours for this position are Monday to Friday, days 08:00 to 16:00, 10:00 to 14:00.
This is a Casual opportunity. Casual means there are no guaranteed hours and work requirements can vary from 0 - 37.5 hours per week.
What Will You Work On?
This position performs clerical and patient registration duties such as:

• Receiving payments for a variety of patient bills and sundry accounts, balances daily cash, prepare bank deposits and cash reports, maintain petty cash accounts;
• Scheduling, booking and communicating appointment information to staff, patients, physicians' offices and/or nursing units;
• Identifies available bed booking options and communicates these options;
• Requisitions diagnostic tests and procedures;
• Completes Patient Registration documentation for the admission of patients by interviewing patients, relatives or friends to obtain personal information and proof of eligibility;
• Performs other related duties as assigned.
• Assembles charts/files, identifies and processes corrections in medical records, release of information, calculating and maintaining statistics, entering information into appropriate registries and databases;
• Receives, opens and redirects the hospital’s incoming mail;
• Retrieves, organizes and maintains filing systems for patient records, reports, paper and electronic documentation;
• Reviews admission/discharge forms or reports for correct insurance classification
• Provides information and directions to visitors and handles telephone inquiries such as patient room numbers and visiting hours;
• Performs accounts receivable duties, receiving and inputting charges/payments, posting billing information and issuing change and receipts;
• Performs hospital switchboard duties as required;
• Receives and records patient valuables for safekeeping;
• Explains Admission form, eligibility policies, room differentials and obtains signatures on forms as required;
• Produces a variety of correspondence including letters, memoranda, medical reports, forms, medical billings from rough draft, general instruction and/or recording devises;

What should your application include?

• Completion of Grade 12
• Proof of Knowledge of Medical Terminology;
• A current Typing Test of 45 wpm or greater completed within past 48 months from a recognized institution
• A Cover Letter stating your availability to start in a new position and on-call, casual work (i.e. days of the week);
• Your Resume indicating two year’s recent related experience, Or an equivalent combination of education, training and experience;

How Will We Help You Grow?
Interior Health offers excellent benefits and many opportunities to maximize your skills. We are an organization where you have room to grow in a place where life outside of work is just as important to us as it is to you.
Casual employment includes: short-notice, on-call availability; workload coverage during a temporary absence; and/or providing relief coverage in a specific position. Once hired into a casual role, employees are eligible to apply for internal postings including permanent part-time or full time positions. There are many opportunities with Interior Health that begin with casual positions and lead to regular employment.
If you are an experienced Patient Registration Clerk and want to be challenged in your role while working with a solid and experienced team in a wonderful working environment, Apply Today!
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