Clerk - Receptionist

Under general supervision and according to established policies and procedures, acts as support staff for the technical staff, patients, and visitors. Maintains films and files according to patient activity and treatment dates. Performs a variety of clerical and reception duties for patients of all ages.
PRINCIPAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:1. Greets visitors and patients coming in for exams. Enters patient data into the Meditech computer system, generates a requisition. Determines further clerical needs, i.e., new folder, conversion needs, off-site needs. Processes requisition and folder information for technical staff. Answers and directs all incoming calls and acts as department operator. Handles physician and patient requests for films and reports. Faxes results and prepares films that are requested. Acts as liaison between physicians and patients, providing customer service at all times.2. Performs the film librarian duties, maintaining and updating all color coding that is necessary for a file. Determines activity of the file and its necessary location, active or inactive. Logs all films coming into or leaving the department. Retrieves films whenever needed, filing films when complete. Is responsible for year coding. Acts as liaison contact with safe-site for retrieval of off-site files.3. Is responsible for printing chart copies for the medical records file and copies for radiology file, billing, and physicians (ordering and primary). Distributes all copies, removing and excluding any errors that have been marked by the physician.4. Prints and distributes lists for patients that have been centrally scheduled. Pulls the necessary films that will be needed for each patient the next day, utilizing the cross campus ability to ensure all films are available during the actual test. This service is also provided for several conferences, the Operating Room, many in-house physicians, and the Cancer Care Center.5. Matches all films from MetroWest Medical and from affiliated services and places them in the reading room for reading by a Radiologist. Maintains organization in the reading room and removes films that are complete.
REQUIREMENTS
Part Time I - 24 hours or more
High School Diploma or GED required
Excellent computer skills (accurate data entry)
Previous experience preferred
24 hours/week; Mon-Fri 8:30a-1:30p / Rotating weekends