Job Overview:

This position performs clerical tasks in the health department. These tasks include patient

registration, scheduling, patient check out, vital records processing and medical records duties.

Duties and Responsibilities:

 Interview clients for medical, environmental, and administrative services

 Schedule client appointments

 Informs clients of any visit requirements

 Collects and updates client demographic information for registration purposes

 Review documentation to determine eligibility for federal and state programs

 Enter collected data into the health department management information systems

 Interact with multiple computer software systems to enter and receive information.

 Process the cash drawer and balance to ensure fiscal responsibility

 Inform client of rights and responsibilities for participation in various programs

 Obtains prior authorization from patient, parent, or legal guardian before releasing

medical information

 Compiles appropriate forms for services requested to ensure efficient clinic flow

 Scanning and Indexing records into the electronic medical record

 Maintains a positive, constructive, and cooperative work environment

Minimum Education and Experience Requirements:

High School Diploma or equivalent and experience equivalent to two years of full‐time customer service delivery and/or clerical/office work. Substitution of Education for Experience: Course work credit received from an accredited college or university may substitute for the required experience on a year‐for‐year basis to a maximum of two years (e.g., 45 quarter hours may substitute for one year of the required experience). Previous experience working in a dental office or bilingual preferred.

The State of Tennessee offers great benefits including:

 Convenient Working Hours, Monday through Friday, 8:00‐4:30; no weekends or state

holidays

 Affordable Insurance Premiums for Health, Dental, and Vision

 Annual and Sick Leave

 Retirement, 401K, 457K Plan Options

 Salary: $ 2,581 / Month

To apply: Send resume to Emily Roberts at Emily.A.Roberts@tn.gov

Pursuant to the State of Tennessee’s Workplace Discrimination and Harassment policy, the State is firmly committed to the principle of fair and equal

employment opportunities for its citizens and strives to protect the rights and opportunities of all people to seek, obtain, and hold employment without being

subjected to illegal discrimination and harassment in the workplace. It is the State’s policy to provide an environment free of discrimination and harassment of

an individual because of that person’s race, color, national origin, age (40 and over), sex, pregnancy, religion, creed, disability, veteran’s status, or any other

category protected by state and/or federal civil rights laws.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: From $2,581.00 per month

Benefits:

Dental insurance
Health insurance
Paid time off
Vision insurance

Work Location: In person

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