Patient Care Secretary Home Care

Job description

- Screens telephone calls for Team Manager. Facilitates communication between pa­tients/families and other team members, including volunteers. - Takes and keeps daily schedule for all team members. - Attends weekly team meetings. Prepares agenda for team meeting. Follows through on assignments given by the Team Manager. - Establishes, maintains, and closes patient charts in an orderly fashion. This may include but is not limited to the mailing of and follow-up on all required documentation such as Plans-Of-Care, Attending Physician Authorization forms and Medical Information Request forms. - Provides back-up documentation to Billing Department routinely and as requested. - Orders D.M.E. and maintains record of dates ordered and picked-up. - Enters patient care and volunteer data into Vx and event tracking. - Communicates with staff and outside agencies as directed by Team Manager. - When the program utilizes part time staff, the PCS will maintain a list of all part-time staff jointly with other patient care secretaries. Contacts and schedules part-time staff at the direction of Team Manager. - Jointly with other patient care secretaries, orders supplies and documentation forms used...