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Patient Service Representative

Job Number:  FR1-901

Number of Hours: Irregular Part-time

Location:  Gwinn, MI

Description:  Provide administrative support, performs clerical and customer service functions, as well as non-technical duties in the clinic.  Greets visitors and communicates with patients and providers.  Checks patients in and out, obtaining necessary documentation.  Schedules patient appointments.

Required Education, Training, Certification/Licensure and Experience:

  • High school graduate and one year clerical experience -OR- one year business/specialized training
  • Must have exceptional customer service skills and the ability to multi-task and set priorities

Preferred

  • Post high school business/specialized training, preferred
  • Medical terminology, preferred
  • 1-2 years in healthcare setting
  • Keyboard experience
  • Ability to file alphabetically and numerically
  • Medical terminology knowledge preferred
  • Calculator, Fax Machine, Personal computer, Photocopier experience
  • Charge care verifier
  • Answer telephone system
  • Communication skills
  • Adaptable to change
  • Enhanced customer service skills

Physical Demands, Working Conditions and Travel Requirements

  • Moderate physical effort (lift/carry up to 25 pounds)
  • Frequent prolonged standing/walking
  • Lifts supplies/equipment
  • Manual dexterity and mobility
  • Considerable reaching, stooping, bending, kneeling and crouching
  • May be exposed to infections and contagious diseases
  • Contact with patients under wide variety of circumstances
  • Subject to varying and unpredictable situations
  • Subject to many interruptions
  • Travel may be required
  • Occasional pressure due to multiple calls and inquiries
  • Occasionally exposed to risk of blood borne disease
  • Exposed to unpleasant elements (accidents, illnesses, injuries)
  • Handles emergency or crisis situations





Upper Great Lakes Family Health Center (UGL) is a Federally Qualified Health Center and is a Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA) Deemed Facility.
UGL receives funding from The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and has Federal Public Health Service deemed status with respect to certain health or health-related claims, including medical malpractice claims for itself and its covered individuals.
This project is/was supported by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) under grant number H80CS26511 Health Center Cluster, total award amount of $1,839,050 with 89.9 % financed from nongovernmental sources. This information or content and conclusions are those of the author and should not be construed as the official position or policy of, nor should any endorsements be inferred by HRSA, HHS or the U.S. Government.