Practice Coordinator - San Francisco, United States - University of California San Francisco

University of California San Francisco
University of California San Francisco
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San Francisco, United States

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As a patient-focused organization, UCSF Medical Center exists to enhance the health and well-being of people through patient care, research and education.

Success in this mission requires a culture of collaboration, excellence, leadership, and respect.

UCSF Medical Center seeks faculty and staff that are committed to the values of professionalism, respect, integrity, diversity, and excellence that are integral to our mission.


The Practice Coordinator 2 is primarily responsible for representing the administrative team as the public face of the Practice and works closely with the administrative, clinical and management teams to support practice operations and customer service recovery and intervention efforts.

S/he provides support to all functions of the administrative teams including but not limited to:
CRM messages, telephone encounters, referrals, APeX in-baskets, scanning, filing, authorizations, and billing.

The PC 2 is responsible for the maintenance of all routine clerical operations and communications.

S/he adheres to the UCSF House and Telephone Standards and is sensitive to the needs of patients, staff and providers at all times.

The PA 2 is a team player who works closely with others and who is flexible in dealing with the changing priorities.

S/he is a self-reliant individual who synthesizes his/her knowledge of practice operations in order to problem-solve, prioritize and facilitate complex transactions in the course of his/her daily activities.


This position makes a difference for patients in an outpatient care unit by providing excellent customer service, facilitating and ensuring the accuracy of the information flow between medical, hospital staff and departments to maximize unit efficiency.

The PC2 is required to work at any UCSF campus as needed and scheduled.


For roles covered by a bargaining unit agreement, there will be specific rules about where a new hire would be placed on the range.


Required Qualifications

  • High School graduate or equivalent with four years related experience; or college degree and 6 months related experience; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
  • Successfully passes fingerprinting protocol and is approved to be a cash collector
  • Strong computer skills, including basic keyboarding skills, and experience with at least two Officetype software programs (i.e., Outlook, Word and Excel). Proven ability to navigate through multiple patient records systems. Able to sit at a computer terminal with telephone headphones for extended period of time.
  • Ability to analyze situations, prioritizes tasks, and develops solutions and make recommendations.
  • Ability to work with mínimal supervision
  • Ability to use good judgment and work independently, at times under the pressure of deadlines
  • Ability to access situations prioritizes workload, develop solutions and make recommendations.
  • Excellent customer service and communication/interpersonal skills, both over the telephone and directly.
  • Able to sit at a computer terminal with telephone headphones for extended periods of time.
  • Basic math skills required.
  • Proven ability to deal with a wide variety of individuals;
  • Ability to deal sensitively and effectively with patients.
  • Excellent organizational and problemsolving skills.
  • Strong writing skills to include the ability to compose, edit, and proof a wide variety of documents.
  • Demonstrated administrative/office coordination skills.
  • Demonstrated knowledge of medical practice terminology.
  • Within six months of start date, based upon completion of training, the Supervisor, completes the proficiency checklist with the employee. This includes the following areas if applicable
  • Referrals (Incoming referral entry) and handling all referral WQs
  • Pend orders
  • Pend smart sets
  • Schedule surgeries
  • Work applicable work queues
  • Messaging (CRM) if applicable
  • 2nd calls in CRM if applicable
  • Telephone encounters
  • My open encounter
  • Staff message
  • New message
  • Route Patient advice request to providers (My Chart)
  • Patient Schedule (My Chart)
  • Letters
  • Pools
  • Patient look up
  • Check in process
  • Check out process
  • Comment field
  • Quick note
  • Scanning

Preferred Qualifications

  • Demonstrated experience in health care (may include medical, dental or veterinary) in the following areas: patient scheduling, insurance verification, medial record data abstraction, or patient financial services.
  • Prior experience with appointment, ancillary service or surgical scheduling or a combination of all three.
  • Bilingual or multilingual capability (Spanish, Cantonese, and Russian) strongly preferred.
  • Prior experience with EPIC.

About UCSF

  • At UCSF Health, our mission of innovative patient care, advanced technology and pioneering research is redefining what's possible for the patients we serve a promise we share with the professionals who make up our team.
  • Consistently ranked among the top 10 hospitals nationwide by U.S. News & World
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