Registrar, Emergency Department

Job description

Are you looking to take your career to new heights with a leader in healthcare? SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University is one of the nation's leading metropolitan medical centers. As the only academic medical center in Brooklyn, we serve a large population that is among the most diverse in the world. We are also highly-ranked by Castle Connolly Medical, a healthcare rating company for consumers, among the top 5 leading U.S. medical schools for training doctors. Bargaining Unit: UUP Job Summary: The Department of Ambulatory Care Services at SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University is seeking a full-time TH Staff Assistant 2 / Emergency Department Registrar. General Duties: - Conducts both quick registrations and full registrations of persons who present for ED services and applies wristbands to patient wrists or ankles. - Conducts registration of persons who present to ambulatory surgery, endoscopy procedures and L&D - Accurately searches for patient files ensuring that duplicate medical records are not assigned. - Conducts patient interviews to obtain accurate and complete patient demographic and insurance data as necessary. - Explains and obtains signatures on appropriate hosp...