Patient Care Coordinator

Category:

Healthcare

Employment Type:

Contract

Reference:

BH-379678

Patient Care Coordinator
needed for a contract
opportunity with Yoh's client located in Emeryville, CA!
Top Skills Should You Possess:

• High School Diploma or GED equivalent Required
• Medical Assistant Certificate/Diploma from an approved school /institution or equivalent documented training. Required
• 1-5 years of directly related experience

• Patient Care
• Prepares the necessary information (i.e. lab and procedural results), equipment and supplies for exam.
• Assists physicians with procedure set-ups, patient procedures and examinations. Performs patient care, including vital signs, weights, rooming, assisting with procedures, medication administration (vaccinations) and injections and other necessary tests.
• Administers medication following approved procedures and only after checking medication and dose with a licensed person.
• Processes requests for prescription refills according to established practice. As required, performs waived testing (urine dipstick, urine pregnancy test, blood glucose testing), perform EKGs, administer immunizations.
• Collects and sends specimens to appropriate labs for testing per protocol.
• Assists the physician with maintaining preventive health measures for a panel of patients. Promptly and accurately reports and refers patient's concerns and symptoms, reactions, changes (appropriate to age) to licensed clinic personnel.
• Schedules and edits and maintains patient physician appointments for new and returning patients, using the scheduling system.
• Schedule radiology appointments.
• Customer Service
• Maintains clean and orderly exam rooms, hallways and work areas. Effectively responds to inquiries from patients, their relatives and/or referring physicians on services and provides accurate information in a timely fashion.
• Provides information, referrals and customer service
• Acts as a patient advocate, coordinator and liaison for Stanford Health Care in dealing with the community. Acts as non-clinical liaison/concierge/navigator for the referred patients in any way the patient needs before, during or after an encounter with a Stanford medical facility.
• Clerical Duties
• Informs patient's authorization and collects payment for new and returning patients, using the scheduling system.
• Collects patient demographic and insurance data and enters into systems as well as assigns medical record numbers
• Assures appropriate verifications and authorizations are complete before patient sees provider
• Assists with all messaging from the patient to the physician in a timely manner.

• High School Diploma or GED equivalent Required
• Medical Assistant Certificate/Diploma from an approved school /institution or equivalent documented training. Required
• 1-5 years of directly related experience

• Medical, Dental & Vision Benefits
• 401K Retirement Saving Plan
• Life & Disability Insurance
• Direct Deposit & weekly EPayroll
• Employee Discount Programs
• Referral Bonus Programs