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Appointment Clerk (Bilingual)

Fontana, CA
Full-Time

Job Description

This position represents (8) openings.

Job Summary:

This position provides high-level member assistance as first critical contact by appropriately scheduling appointments through complex appointment making applications, transferring calls appropriately, composing messages and providing general information.



Essential Responsibilities:

  • Operates in a high volume, highly structured environment by responding to incoming calls, applying critical thinking to complex guidelines, and using multiple call center specific systems.

  • Determines the type of appointment requested or needed, reviews scheduling mix of various physicians/providers, and then makes appointment following appropriate guidelines.

  • Prioritizes member needs and offers alternatives to members when appropriate.

  • Utilizes superior customer service skills to provide service to members when diffusing difficult member encounters.

  • Uses tact and diplomacy in handling difficult interactions with members.

  • Determines if calls are urgent or emergent by listening to the member, and following established guidelines, and then transferring the call to a Registered Nurse when appropriate.

  • Composes messages for physician/providers, Registered Nurses or other medical staff based on members requests.

  • Responds in a courteous and professional manner to general questions, using on-line databases to provide information to any member or other personnel calling the center.

  • Identifies ways to improve quality of service to members and recommends steps used to accomplish these changes.

  • Must perform all of the above duties while meeting established standards of performance for quality and productivity.

  • Performs other clerical duties as assigned.

  • Promotes, ensures, and improves customer service to internal/external customers by demonstrating skills which are consistent with the organizations philosophy of providing extraordinary customer relations and quality service.

  • Performs other related duties as required.


Basic Qualifications:
Experience

  • One (1) year customer service experience in a service related industry, preferably healthcare.


Education

  • High school graduate or General Education Development (GED) equivalent.


License, Certification, Registration

  • N/A


Additional Requirements:

  • All testing must be completed by the end of the posting period.

  • All internal transfer applicants and all external applicants for the Customer Service Representative position are required to pass the job related assessment.

  • Bilingual (English/Spanish) QBS Level I required.


Preferred Qualifications:

  • N/A.



Notes:


*Must successfully have passed the bilingual test (within the last 12 months), or be active in the QBS program.



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This position represents (8) openings.

Job Summary:

This position provides high-level member assistance as first critical contact by appropriately scheduling appointments through complex appointment making applications, transferring calls appropriately, composing messages and providing general information.



Essential Responsibilities:

  • Operates in a high volume, highly structured environment by responding to incoming calls, applying critical thinking to complex guidelines, and using multiple call center specific systems.

  • Determines the type of appointment requested or needed, reviews scheduling mix of various physicians/providers, and then makes appointment following appropriate guidelines.

  • Prioritizes member needs and offers alternatives to members when appropriate.

  • Utilizes superior customer service skills to provide service to members when diffusing difficult member encounters.

  • Uses tact and diplomacy in handling difficult interactions with members.

  • Determines if calls are urgent or emergent by listening to the member, and following established guidelines, and then transferring the call to a Registered Nurse when appropriate.

  • Composes messages for physician/providers, Registered Nurses or other medical staff based on members requests.

  • Responds in a courteous and professional manner to general questions, using on-line databases to provide information to any member or other personnel calling the center.

  • Identifies ways to improve quality of service to members and recommends steps used to accomplish these changes.

  • Must perform all of the above duties while meeting established standards of performance for quality and productivity.

  • Performs other clerical duties as assigned.

  • Promotes, ensures, and improves customer service to internal/external customers by demonstrating skills which are consistent with the organizations philosophy of providing extraordinary customer relations and quality service.

  • Performs other related duties as required.


Basic Qualifications:
Experience

  • One (1) year customer service experience in a service related industry, preferably healthcare.


Education

  • High school graduate or General Education Development (GED) equivalent.


License, Certification, Registration

  • N/A


Additional Requirements:

  • All testing must be completed by the end of the posting period.

  • All internal transfer applicants and all external applicants for the Customer Service Representative position are required to pass the job related assessment.

  • Bilingual (English/Spanish) QBS Level I required.


Preferred Qualifications:

  • N/A.



Notes:


*Must successfully have passed the bilingual test (within the last 12 months), or be active in the QBS program.



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