Department Assistant - Behavioral Health at New Milford Hospital

Location: New Milford, CT, United States

Requisition ID: 50897

Salary Range: 16.00 - 29.51 HOURLY

Work Shift: Monday- Friday, 8:30am to 5:00pm

FT/PT/PD: Full-Time

Exempt/Non-Exempt: Non-Exempt

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Title : Department Assistant - Behavioral Health at New Milford Hospital. Full time/40 hours per week, 8 hour shifts 8:30am - 5:00pm, Monday - Friday

Summary: To provide secretarial and office support functions to promote efficient and effective operations.

Responsibilities:

1. Scheduling patients appointments for MD's and APRN's.

2. Prepare and review charts daily for appointments.

3. Answer phones and take messages.

4. File charts on a daily basis.

5. Typing all correspondence daily.

6. Get prior authorization from insurance companies.

7. Get prior authorization for medication.

8. Prepare new charts to be reviewed at Staff Meeting.

9. Assist patients with no insurance to get free meds.

10. Have patients fill out surveys for DMHA's website.

11. Occasionally review charts for accuracy. Occasionally work on special projects.

12. May be cross trained to provide coverage across the service line as needed.

13. Fulfills all compliance responsibilities related to the position.

14. Performs other duties as assigned.

Other information:

Required: High School Diploma/GED. Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook, and Power Point. Works on multiple projects. Strong written and verbal communication, and organizational skills. Requires 1+ year experience providing administrative support. Associate�s Degree preferred.

Salary Range: $16.00 - $29.51 hourly (This is a Union position)

EOE, including disability/vets.

Nuvance Health has a network of convenient hospital and outpatient locations — Danbury Hospital, New Milford Hospital, Norwalk Hospital and Sharon Hospital in Connecticut, and Northern Dutchess Hospital, Putnam Hospital Center and Vassar Brothers Medical Center in New York — plus multiple primary and specialty care physician practices locations, including The Heart Center, a leading provider of cardiology care. Non-acute care is offered through various affiliates.

We will endeavor to make a reasonable accommodation to the known physical or mental limitations of a qualified applicant with a disability unless the accommodation would impose an undue hardship on the operation of our business. If you believe you require such assistance to complete this form or to participate in an interview, please contact Human Resources at 203-739-7330 (for reasonable accommodation requests only). Please provide all information requested to assure that you are considered for current or future opportunities.

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