Affiliated Medical Front Office Assistant (Non-Certified, Gap-Year Grads)
Title: Affiliated Medical Front Office Assistant (Non-Certified, Gap-Year Grads)
Contact: Advantes Speech Clinic Inc, Chino, CA 91710 USA
Compensation: $21.00 Hourly
Benefits Offered: Medical, Dental, Vision (for Full-Time Employees, after standard waiting period)
Employment Type: Part-Time Employee, can transition to Full-Time Employee
Why Work Here?
“Gain valuable experience, working in a caring, intimate, medical/therapy, clinic environment with other healthcare professionals.”
Advantes Speech Clinic, Inc is a private medical therapy practice specializing in pediatric speech therapy looking to hire for our facility in Chino, CA.
We are looking for an Affiliated Medical Front Office Assistant or Administrator, that is Non-Certified (Unlicensed or Non-Certificated as a medical assistant), who is a College Graduate, or is graduating soon, and who is looking for experience in a medical/therapy private practice.
We are really interested in Pre-Professional College Graduates (like Pre-Med or Pre-Dent) who are on their “gap year” and have submitted or will submit their graduate or medical school applications and are looking for experience in the medical/therapy field while waiting to start their graduate/medical school studies.
We are also looking for Gap-Year & Graduate school students who would like to learn the ins-and-outs of running a private practice in the future. Graduate/Medical school is an intense, but ultimately rewarding experience. Before diving into that pressure cooker, we encourage you to take advantage of your gap year and experience the real world of a private practice in the healthcare field, and the practicalities of running a smoothly operating healthcare clinic. If this sounds like you, please apply by submitting your resume. The information you will learn from this position is usually not taught in a graduate-level class and will be essential if you are considering a private practice experience in your future.
This position will start as Part-Time. We are also looking for availability for Tuesday & Thursday all day at minimum. Optionally there may be other added days, and also Saturdays are optional. In the future, this position can transition to Full-Time (35-40 hrs/week), depending on availability. This position is in the city of Chino. Company training for this position is provided for you during your first two (2) weeks of your on-boarding experience and will be done at our Chino Clinic.
For the safety of our staff, patients, & families, in our clinical setting, we are currently operating at minimal Covid-19 protocols, as dictated by County and State health authorities. Our in-person Covid-19 protocols are as needed, and can include optional face masks for employees & visitors, the use of hand sanitizers, and will include daily disinfection after patients depart.
RESPONSIBILITIES of FRONT OFFICE: (include but are not limited to)
- Schedules and confirms appointments, answers phone calls, checks-in patients, collects payments, opens & closes the office
- Places phone calls to verify insurance benefits, eligibility, claims, and/or payments of our patients
- Monitors and processes patients' authorization and progress reports
- Collects therapists working hours for payroll
- Performs all speech therapy admissions for data entry, inputs patient information into our medical practice management system (Office Ally EHR running on MacOS)
- Demonstrates a desire to set and meet objectives and to find increasingly efficient ways to perform tasks
- Completes work and documentation with accuracy
- Protects and honors client, patient, and co-worker confidentiality
- Demonstrates an ability to communicate effectively and express ideas clearly
- Actively listens and always follows appropriate channels of communication
- Good team player, caring continence toward team members, patients, and clinical staff, considerate of other's needs, able to help out when needed, whether called upon or not
- Maintains awareness and understanding of compliance with all local, State, Federal, and HIPAA regulations/standards, for a medical therapy clinic
- Maintains awareness and helps to maintain our current Covid-19 protocols as dictated by the Clinical Director for any staff or visitors/patients to the clinic
- Helps to disinfect clinic touch points at the end of the work day, after patients leave
- Light cleaning and office maintenance, as needed
QUALIFICATIONS of Candidate:
- College or University graduate OR a senior undergraduate student who is graduating from a college or university
- Some office experience preferred, with stronger candidates having more office or clinical experience
- Dealing directly with patients/clients is preferred, with stronger candidates having more experience, either within a medical or therapy clinic environment
- Flexible to changes in shift start time (the earliest shift starts at 8:30am, regular shift starts at 9:00am)
- 4 year college diploma (B.A./B.S.), or in the process of graduating, or an equivalent college or university education is required
- Up to date Computer skills (Google Docs, Google Sheets, Google Calendar, Google Drive, Microsoft Word & Excel, Scanning, Faxing, Printing, and Organizing data files). We use MacOS (Apple) in our clinic.
- Ability to write and speak English proficiently
- Accurate data entry skills
- Organized, flexible, attention to detail, keeping a clean & organized work space
- Excellent telephone skills, pleasant phone voice, & can handle customers or patients with care and agreed upon boundaries
- Ability to perform or learn basic clerical functions (typing, filing, faxing, mailing, etc.)
- Reliable transportation is a MUST
- Professional demeanor
- On-time, honest, truthful, & trustworthy (these are fundamentals)
- Ability to multi-task
- Self-starter
- Diligent to tasks
This position is only for someone who is able to understand and follow instructions well, and is both diligent, efficient at their job, can remember different details, and is also RESPONSIBLE & CARING.
About Advantes Speech Clinic Inc
Advantes Speech Clinic Inc provides direct speech therapy services to a variety of populations and customers. We specialize in Pediatric Speech Therapy. We are also an extended facility for Kaiser Permanente which provides direct speech therapy services to Kaiser members, plus other insurance holders. We provide speech therapy for a wide variety of speech and language disorders, with both in-clinic and with tele-health speech therapy. Our patients range from infant/toddler (early intervention) to school-age children, and we have our main speech therapy clinic in the city of Chino, CA.
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Job Type: Part-time
Pay: $21.00 per hour
Expected hours: 16 – 32 per week
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Work Location: In person
