Transplant Assistant Kidney Frost Street Full-Time Day Shift

Hours:

Shift Start Time:

Shift End Time:

AWS Hours Requirement:

Additional Shift Information:

Weekend Requirements:

On-Call Required:

Hourly Pay Range (Minimum - Midpoint - Maximum):

The stated pay scale reflects the range that Sharp reasonably expects to pay for this position. The actual pay rate and pay grade for this position will be dependent on a variety of factors including an applicants years of experience unique skills and abilities education alignment with similar internal candidates marketplace factors other requirements for the position and employer business practices.

• H.S. Diploma or Equivalent
• 1 Year in a clerical capacity in an outpatient healthcare setting.
• Proven successful customer service experience.
• AHA Basic Life Support for Healthcare Professional (AHA BLS Healthcare) - American Heart Association -REQUIRED

• Prior clinical experience and/or transplant experience.
• Certified Medical Assistant (CMA) - California Certifying Board for Medical Assistants -PREFERRED

• Clinical responsibilities
  Vital signs and rooming of clinic patients.
  Retrieving and recording labs and medical records for chart preparation.
  Triage of patient phone calls and general assistance to Transplant Specialists.
• Confidentiality
  Maintains confidentiality in regards to records files conversations or other sources of confidential information.
• Department improvement
  Participates in organizational performance improvement initiatives as a team member and one knowledgeable in data definitions inclusion/exclusion criteria data submission frequency etc.
• Medical records management
  Maintains organized medical records to ensure efficient retrieval of documents.
  Preparation of correspondence meeting minutes and other documents and ensuring their accuracy.
  Preparation of regulatory correspondence and bulk mailings within designated time frames.
  Completes department specific forms/record/data management per guidelines.
  Completes data entry per regulatory and department standards.
• Meeting management
  Schedules meetings prepares the necessary agendas and materials and takes minutes.
• Patient scheduling and evaluation
  Assists Transplant Specialists in pre- and post-transplant evaluations by verifying patient demographics compiling educational material and chart preparation.
  Scheduling of studies and consults retrieval of studies and other pertinent documentation tracking of required updates organizing information and transplant database maintenance through data entry and management.
  Confirms evaluation and re-evaluation appointments in advance.
  Communicates and collaborates with peers co-workers physicians referral sources transplant leadership and collaborating departments to organize prioritize and coordinate completion of work by established deadlines.
  Responds to changes in priorities and interruptions by reassessing priorities and communicating any changes in deadlines or outcomes.
  Triage of patient phone calls and general assistance to Transplant Specialists.
  Arranges transportation accommodations or other special services as needed.
  Follow up with patients with outstanding evaluation components to facilitate completion of work-up.
• Perform general clerical duties
  Perform clerical duties such as assisting in answering phones duplication and collation of written materials assembly of booklets/reports and chart retrieval.
  Maintains department calendar.
• Referral management
  Admits patients into tracking databases at the time of initial referral and updates patient status as necessary.
  Contacts all patients within specified timeframes upon receipt of referral.
  Assigns patient to the appropriate Transplant Specialist.
  Assembles medical record by requesting all necessary referral documentation insurance information evaluations diagnostic studies consults and other reports to complete the medical record.

• Proven competence in the performance of basic office functions (answering incoming calls filing copying faxing word processing etc).
• Bilingual English/Spanish preferred.

Sharp HealthCare is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race religion color national origin gender gender identity sexual orientation age status as a protected veteran among other things or status as a qualified individual with disability or any other protected class