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- Location: Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, MD.
- Hours: Day shift: 6am-6pm
- Degree/Education: High School diploma or General Educational Development (GED) equivalency
- Experience: At least 12 months working in an office setting.
- Ability to read, write, understand, and speak English fluently to effectively communicate with all patients and other healthcare providers.
- Must be able to type on a computer keyboard at 50 WPM
- General medical ethics, telephone etiquette, excellent communication, concentration skills, and customer service skills
- Receives and screens telephone calls; receives walk-in patients; responds to various general and routine medical, personnel, and administrative inquiries, and escorts patients as necessary.
- Provides advance directives, third-party liability documentation, and other forms for patients to complete for inclusion into inpatient medical records.
- Creates preadmission charts and completes the process in the electronic reporting systems (CHCS, Essentris, etc.).
- Notifies the Commander or designee of active-duty patient's inpatient admission and/or subsequent discharge/transfer from an MTF. Tracks and reports statistics as required.
- Coordinates/communicates with local civilian/non-military medical facilities to identify active-duty admissions in the local area.
- Coordinates with the base Casualty Affairs Officer for notification and support of all seriously ill or injured active-duty members (both within the MTF and the local area).
- Determines/verifies eligibility of all patients using the Defense Enrollment Eligibility Reporting System (DEERS).
- Tracks and reports daily patient movement, bed status, and ward transfers.
- Assists in coordinating patient transfers from other wards or to outside facilities.
- Receives and processes applications for the Secretarial Designee Program.
- Ensures individual meets criteria as specified in Statute, regulation, or TRICARE manuals.
- Coordinates requests for Secretarial Designee status through the Chief of Hospital Services and MTF Commander for verification of available service, capacity, and approval.
- Tracks and reports all casualty reports and notifications by Government policies and procedures.
- Assists providers in preparing death certificates according to State guidance. Obtains a decision regarding an autopsy and coordinates with the appropriate office for completion.
- Coordinates with MTF lab for housing and disposition of deceased's remains.
- Coordinates documents for transportation of deceased persons.
- Receives notification from provider on service members who die, sustain illness, injury, or disease while absent from duty, or due to his or her misconduct.
Admission and Disposition Clerk - Bethesda, United States - Professional Performance Development Group, Inc
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