Vanderbilt University Medical Center Hiring for Pre-Registration Rep, FT at Tullahoma, Tennessee Full Time

Pre-Registration Rep, FT – 2102820

Job : Clinical Support

Primary Location : TN-Tullahoma-Vanderbilt Tullahoma-Harton Hospital (VTHH)

Organization : Central Scheduling 262346

Shift: : First Shift

Description

Pre-Registration Representative $2,000 Sign-on Bonus

Admitting

Requisition #2102820

Job/Position Summary:

The Pre-registration Clerk is responsible for preregistering scheduled outpatient and surgical patients. Makes call to insurance companies to verify eligibility benefits and precertification requirements. Validating the authorization given for that particular procedure. Determine patient responsibility and initiate point of service (POS) collections prior to services. Will assist with scheduling patients for out-patient testing as needed. Will function as the liaison and resource person for physicians, office staff and auxiliary departments. Obtain information pertinent to the preregistration process from the physician offices and the patient.

Sign On Bonus Eligibility Requirements:

• The sign on bonus is available for full-time positions.

• This sign on bonus is not applicable to current VUMC staff or former staff who have worked for VUMC in the past one year.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Answers the phones as required within the department.

• Preregisters patients for surgical or outpatient testing procedures.

• Verifies insurance benefits and initiates point of service (POS) collections over the phone.

• Update department information as scheduling changes are made and communicates this information to all parties involved.

• Ability to verbally communicate clearly, effectively and professionally.

• Ability to work accurately with frequent interruptions and prioritize work load.

• Maintain a positive, pleasant and helpful attitude towards patients, physician and their staff, and co-workers.

Position Shift:

• First Shift

Discover Vanderbilt University Medical Center:

Located in Nashville, Tennessee, and operating at a global crossroads of teaching, discovery and patient care, VUMC is a community of individuals who come to work each day with the simple aim of changing the world. It is a place where your expertise will be valued, your knowledge expanded and your abilities challenged. It is a place where your diversity — of culture, thinking, learning and leading — is sought and celebrated. It is a place where employees know they are part of something that is bigger than themselves, take exceptional pride in their work and never settle for what was good enough yesterday. Vanderbilt’s mission is to advance health and wellness through preeminent programs in patient care, education, and research.

Vanderbilt Harton Hospital:

Our 135-bed facility is accredited by The Joint Commission and features an accredited Chest Pain Center. Acquired by Vanderbilt Health in 2021, the hospital has served Tullahoma, Coffee County, and surrounding counties for more than 50 years. With more than 100 doctors and 500 hospital staff, Vanderbilt Tullahoma-Harton Hospital delivers personalized, high-quality health care close to home, offering a comprehensive range of services in a modern, patient-friendly environment

Our goal is to create an exceptional experience for our patients and their families: keeping them safe, delivering evidence-based medicine, and treating them with kindness and respect.

Click here for more information: www.VanderbilttullahomahartonHospital.com

VUMC Recent Accomplishments

Because we are committed to providing the best in patient care, education and research, we are proud of our recent accomplishments:

• US News & World Report: #1 Adult Hospital in Tennessee and metropolitan Nashville, named to the Best Hospitals Honor Roll of the top 20 adult hospitals, 10 nationally ranked adult specialty programs, with 3 specialties rated in the top 10 nationally, Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt named as one of the Best Children’s Hospital in the nation, with 10 out of 10 pediatric specialties nationally ranked.

• Healthcare’s Most Wired: Among the nation’s 100 “most-wired” hospitals and health systems for its efforts in innovative medical technology.

• Becker’s Hospital Review: named as one of the “100 Great Hospitals in America”, in the roster of 100 Hospitals and Health Systems with Great Oncology Programs and to its list of the 100 Hospitals with Great Heart Programs.

• The Leapfrog Group: One of only 10 children’s hospitals in the to be named at Leapfrog Top Hospital.

• American Association for the Advancement of Science: The School of Medicine has 112 elected fellows

• Magnet Recognition Program: Received our third consecutive Magnet designations.

• National Academy of Medicine: 22 members, elected by their peers in recognition of outstanding achievement

• Human Rights Campaign Healthcare Equality Index: 6 th year in a row that Vanderbilt University Medical Center was a Leader in LGBTQ Healthcare Equality.

Basic Qualifications

Qualifications – External

High School Diploma or GED (or equivalent experience) and

Physical Requirements/Strengths needed & Physical Demands:

• Medium Work category requiring exertion up to 50lbs of force occasionally and/or up to 20 of force frequently and/or up to 10 of force continually to move objects.

Movement

• Occasional: Lifting under 35 lbs: Raising and lowering objects under 35 lbs from one level to another

• Occasional: Lifting over 35 lbs: Raising and lowering objects from one level to another, includes upward pulling over 35 lbs, with help of coworkers or assistive device

• Occasional: Carrying under 35 lbs: Transporting an object holding in hands, arms or shoulders, with help of coworkers or assistive device.

• Occasional: Carrying over 35 lbs: Transporting an object holding in hands, arms or shoulders, with help of coworkers or assistive device.

• Occasional: Push/Pull: Exerting force to move objects away from or toward.

• Occasional: Bending/Stooping: Trunk bending downward and forward by bending spine at waist requiring full use of lower extremities and back muscles

• Occasional: Climbing: Ascending or descending stairs/ramps using feet and legs and/or hands and arms.

• Occasional: Kneeling:Bending legs at knees to come to rest on knee or knees.

• Occasional: Crouching/Squatting: Bending body downward and forward by bending legs and spine.Reaching above shoulders: Extending arms in any direction above shoulders.

• Frequent: Standing: Remaining on one’s feet without moving.

• Frequent: Walking: Moving about on foot.

• Frequent: Sitting: Remaining in seated position

Sensory

• Continuous: Communication: Expressing or exchanging written/verbal/electronic information.

• Continuous: Auditory: Perceiving the variances of sounds, tones and pitches and able to focus on single source of auditory information

• Continuous: Vision: Clarity of near vision at 20 inches or less and far vision at 20 feet or more with depth perception, peripheral vision, color vision.

Environmental Conditions

• Occasional: Pathogens: Risk of exposure to bloodborne pathogens and other contagious illnesses.

INDTH

Req ID: 2102820

Vanderbilt University Medical Center is committed to principles of equal opportunity and affirmative action.