Dental Receptionist - New Bedford, United States - Greater New Bedford Community Health Center

Description

Job Details


Level

• Entry
  Job Location

• New Bedford MA

• New Bedford, MA
  Position Type
• Part Time
  Education Level
• High School
  Job Shift

• Week Days

• Dental Receptionist

Must Be Fluent in either Spanish or Portuguese
Monday

• Friday (24 Hours)
• Flexible Work Schedule
• Between Hours of 7:300am
• 6:00pm.

Are you interested in making a difference and being part of a dedicated, highly skilled professional team providing patient-centered care to a community with unique needs?

As a Dental Receptionist of New Bedford Community Health's Dental Care Team, this individual will support and strive to provide high quality support to meet the challenging needs of our diverse patients who need more than just health care.

The Dental Receptionist Greets and registers patients in a dental office setting and verifies and explains insurance.


We are Looking for someone who:

• Shows excellent organizational and time management skills.
• Is Detailed-Orientated
• Has the ability to work independently.
• Demonstrates excellent communication skills, both oral and written.

Responsibilities Include but not limited to:

• Understands, explains, and applies sliding fee schedule regulations, rules, policies and procedures.
• Orients all selfpay patients and the underinsured patients regarding programs within the Health Center.
• Registers patients upon arrival, ensuring that all demographic information is updated and accurate.
• Verifies eligibility of insurance for all patients.
• Confirms patient appointments.
• Makes new charts for patients as required ensuring their completeness and accuracy.
• Schedules patient visits courteously. Solves scheduling problems, issues and/or concerns utilizing the facility computer system as applicable.
• Pulls charts for the week in advance.
• Ensures that mail is processed on a daily basis.
• Collects patient balance payments and copayments utilizing the facility computer system as applicable.

What You Will Need:

• High School diploma or GED.
• Experience in computer data entry required.
• Experience in dealing with general public.
• Ability to speak Portuguese or Cape Verdean Creole required.

We Offer a Work/Life balance that other organizations may not be able to provide:

• Monday
• Friday (24 Hours)
• Flexible Work Schedule
• Between Hours of 7:300am
• 6:00pm.
• Affordable, low deductible Medical Insurance that Starts on Day
• Generous Earned Time Off Package with an additional 12 Paid Holidays per year.
• Closed when traveling conditions are deemed too dangerous for staff & patients. Alleviates child care hassles when school is cancelled.
• Training and Certificate Opportunities.

Greater New Bedford Community Health Center is an equal opportunity employer and does not unlawfully discriminate based on race, color, sex, national origin, religion, age, genetic information, disability, veteran status, or any other lawfully protected status.

EOE/AA/M/F/D/V