Medical Referral Specialist – Suntree Internal Medicine – Melbourne, FL

Position Referral Specialist

FLSA Status Hourly Non-Exempt

Reports to Medical Reception Supervisor

Reporters 0

Shift 8:00am to 4:30pm

Lunch 30 minutes


Wage:
$13.00/hr


Education:

High School Diploma or GED required

Medical Terminology Knowledge required

Medical Experience required


Responsibilities:

  • Operate the telephone to call, answer, screen, or forward calls, providing information, taking messages, or scheduling appointments.
  • Send and communicate referral status and information to patients and outside providers.
  • Knowledge of insurance preferences when sending patients to outside providers to attempt to keep patients in their insurance network.
  • Greet persons entering or leaving the establishment.
  • Schedule appointments and maintain and update appointment calendars.
  • Hear and resolve complaints from patients or other facilities.
  • Transmit information or documents to customers, using a computer, mail, or facsimile machine.
  • Analyze data to determine answers to questions from customers or members of the public.
  • Obtain authorizations per insurance requirements as necessary for outside providers.
  • Communicate directly with facility and insurance representatives.

Abilities:

  • High-level of multi-tasking
  • Time management skills
  • Team player
  • Follow step-by-step procedures
  • Personable
  • Able to work independently as part of a team

Physical Requirements:

  • Requires full range of body motion including handling and lifting of patients, manual and finger dexterity, and hand-eye coordination.
  • Requires sitting for extensive periods of time
  • Occasionally lifts and carries items weighing up to fifty (50) pounds
  • Requires corrected vision, hearing, and speech within normal ranges
  • Requires working under stressful conditions and sometimes irregular hours
  • Potential contact with bloodborne pathogens, bodily secretions, etc.

About Suntree Internal Medicine:

We are a large private internal medicine practice located in Melbourne, Florida. We are an equal opportunity employer and we believe that education and training are a key part of success. Our values are to bring Sincerity, Inspiration, and Mastery into the workplace. We offer benefits, paid time off, and holidays after the 90-day probation period review.

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