Scheduling Specialist - Full-Time

Join the team at Avera!

Love Where You Work: Work at Avera where current employees rate their satisfaction at 94%. Join a team where the career opportunities are endless.

Culture: Be part of a multidisciplinary team built on teamwork, with compassion and the goal of Moving Health Forward for you and our patients. Work where you matter.

You Belong at Avera: Competitive pay, front-loaded PTO and options for free health insurance, sign-on bonuses, various shifts to fit your lifestyle and opportunities for career growth.

Avera has an exciting opportunity to be the first impression of Avera as a Scheduling Specialist for patient scheduling.

Position Highlights

• Options for Free Health Insurance!
• One week of PTO front-loaded and a generous ongoing paid-time off package.

Job Summary

• Responsible for scheduling, maintaining, and disseminating an accurate provider and infusion schedule, including acquisition, retention, and organization of documentation, and will provide clerical services for the clinic as indicated. Performs reception duties for all medical personnel and visitors as needed including computer entry, phone answering, patient, staff, and physician communication.
• Performs diverse duties as they relate to the clinic to include, maintaining multiple physician, patient, surgery, procedure and office schedules. Schedules patient provider appointments, radiology, as well as other infusions, injections, referrals and medical tests as ordered by the physician or advanced practice provider.
• Ensures authorization is in place prior to tests being performed.
• Assists with scheduling of telemedicine visits and outreach visits. Coordinates all patients testing, infusions, and services closer to home if patient requests.

Education And/or Experience

• 3 or more years of experience as a scheduler, biller, or in a medical office preferred.
• Certified Medical Assistant preferred.
• High school diploma or general education degree (GED) required.
• One year of medical secretary school preferred.
• Medical Terminology is required.

Work Schedule

• No weekends
• No call time
• No holidays
• 8:00 am - 5:00 pm
• Monday - Friday; 80 hours every 2 weeks

Pay

The hourly range for this position is listed below. Actual hourly rate dependent upon experience.

• $18.25 - $22.50 per hour

What Makes Avera Special?

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