- Full Time
Admissions And Dispositions Clerk
- Vacancy ID: 45488
- Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, MD
Are you a people person? This is the right fit for you. In this position you will provide coordination and communication support. Some of the requirements at least 12 months in an office setting, and communicating with patients and staff. You will also need to be able to type 50 WPM and understanding medical etiquette is a plus. Duties include notifying Commanders or designees of active-duty patient admissions, determining and verifying eligibility of all patients using the Defense Enrollment Eligibility Reporting System, and tracking daily reports of patient movement. Please apply and start working with us today!
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Application Requirements
Future Opportunity
Degree/Education: High School diploma or General Educational Development (GED) equivalency
Experience: At least 12 months working in an office setting
Skills: Ability to read, write, understand, and speak English fluently to effectively communicate with all patients
and other healthcare providers. Must be able to type on a computer keyboard at 50 WPM. General medical ethics,
telephone etiquette, and excellent communication, concentration skills and customer service skills
Professional Performance Development Group, Inc. provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or status as a veteran in accordance with applicable federal laws. Professional Performance also complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location its employees are working. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including, but not limited to: hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training. PPDG is an “Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer.”
The duties include but are not limited to the following:
- Receives and screens telephone calls; receives walk-in patients; responds to various general and routine
medical, personnel and administrative inquiries, and escorts patients as necessary. - Provides advance directives, third party liability documentation, and other forms for patients to complete for
inclusion into inpatient medical record. - Creates preadmission charts and completes the process in the electronic reporting systems (CHCS,
Essentris, etc.). - Notifies Commander or designee of active-duty patient’s inpatient admission and /or subsequent
discharge/transfer from an MTF. Tracks and reports statistics as required. - Coordinates/communicates with local civilian/non-military medical facilities to identify active-duty
admissions in the local area. - Coordinates with the base Casualty Affairs Officer for notification and support of all seriously ill or injured
active-duty members (both within the MTF and the local area). - Determines/verifies eligibility of all patients using the Defense Enrollment Eligibility Reporting System
(DEERS). - Tracks and reports daily patient movement, bed status and ward transfers.
Assists in coordinating patient transfers from other wards or to outside facilities. - Receives and processes application for Secretarial Designee Program.
- Ensures individual meets criteria as specified in Statute, regulation, or TRICARE manuals.
Coordinates request for Secretarial Designee status through Chief of hospital services and MTF Commander
for verification of available service, capacity, and approval. - Tracks and reports all casualty reports and notifications in accordance with Government policies and
procedures. - Assists providers in preparing death certificate according to State guidance. Obtains a decision regarding an
autopsy and coordinates with appropriate office for completion. - Coordinates with MTF lab for housing and disposition of deceased’s remains.
- Coordinates documents for transportation of deceased persons.
- Receives notification from provider on service members who die, sustain illness, injury, or disease while
absent from duty, or due to his or her own misconduct
Day Shift: 6am-6pm, Night Shift: 6pm-6am