Scheduler | 40 hours per week | Family Medicine Mercy at Southeast Iowa Regional Medical Center

Minimum Hiring Wage:From $18.89 per hourJob Details:Scheduled Hours: Monday - Friday 8:00am - 5:00pmJob Description:A Brief OverviewPerforms duties and tasks related to clinic scheduling. Operates communication systems such as telephone and switchboard. Answers incoming calls greets callers provides information transfers calls and/or takes messages as necessary. Performs clerical duties as needed. Duties include answering telephones scheduling appointments verifying insurance compiling medical charts filing and office machine operation. Communication with patients regarding dates of procedures dates of appointments and instructions for scheduled procedures.What you will doAnswer telephones direct calls and take messages. Listen to customer requests referring to alphabetical or geographical directories to answer questions and provide telephone information. Operate paging systems or other systems of bells or buzzers to notify recipients of incoming calls.Communicate with customers employees and other individuals to answer questions disseminate or explain information.Compile copy sort and file records of office activities business transactions and other activities. Process and prepare documents. Perform clerical duties such as typing proofreading and sorting mail.Compute record and proofread data and other information such as records or reports. Perform clerical duties such as typing proofreading and sorting mail.Open sort and route incoming mail answer correspondence and prepare outgoing mail. Deliver messages and run errands.Operate office machines such as photocopiers and scanners facsimile machines voice mail systems and personal computers.Schedule appointments internally and externally Schedule procedures and appointments associated with those procedures. Work with insurance companies or other departments to obtain prior authorization. Provide instructions and education material regarding appointments and procedures.Qualifications:QualificationsH.S. Diploma or General Education Degree (GED) Requiredmedical terminology PreferredExperience working with computers PreferredPrevious experience answering multiple line phone system PreferredPrevious health care experience PreferredTyping skillsKnowledge of transmission broadcasting switching control and operation of telecommunications systems.Knowledge of media production communication and dissemination techniques and methods. This includes alternative ways to inform and entertain via written oral and visual media.Knowledge of administrative and clerical procedures and systems such as word processing managing files and records stenography and transcription designing forms and other office procedures and terminology.Giving full attention to what other people are saying taking time to understand the points being made asking questions as appropriate and not interrupting at inappropriate times.The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.Benefits:We are excited to offer an aggressive compensation and benefits package for qualifying positions which includes:Competitive base payMatching retirement programsHealth Dental and Vision plansHealth Savings and Flexible Spending AccountsEmployee discounts including car rental cell-phone plansEmployer-paid Long-Term Disability Life and AD&DPaid time off (PTO)Education Assistance ProgramEmployee Assistance ProgramEmployee Referral Bonus ProgramDiscounted cafeteria mealsPaid Parental LeaveEmployee Service Recognition program Voluntary plans including: Life AD&D Short-Term Disability Critical Illness Accident Insurance and Hospital IndemnityGreat River Health and its affiliates are Equal Opportunity employers. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity and expression age national origin mental or physical disability genetic information veteran status or any other status protected by federal state or local law. Key Skills Apache Tomcat,C++,Administration Support,LNG,Hotel Front Office Employment Type : Full-Time Experience: years Vacancy: 1