RECEPTIONIST
Essential duties and responsibilities:
The primary duty is interacting with clients and coordinating communication between doctors, assistants and the clients
- Provide top-notch customer service: Be attentive to client and pet needs. Welcome client and pets – make them feel comfortable and “at home” • Identify and work compassionately with clients in various emotional states.
- Check answering machine at the start of the day and distribute messages appropriately
- Answer phones, screen and direct calls to appropriate doctor or staff member, record phone messages, schedule appointments
- Pull client charts for appointments. As clients arrive, update the existing file or collect necessary information to prepare a new file
- Contact families regarding appointment and requirements (e.g. bring a stool sample)
- Contact scheduled pre-surgery appointments with reminder of time and required care (e.g. withholding food and water)
- Greet clients and pets by name, check in patients
- Monitor and assist client flow from check-in to discharge.
- After client visit: Clean and organize examination rooms, update and re-file patient records
- Discharge patients and process payment transactions
- Follow up with clients
- Relay appropriate information to/from clients to doctors and/or management
- Send patient reminders for physical examinations, vaccinations, heartworm checks, dentistry, medical care, etc.
- Manage record requests between other hospitals and specialty practices.
- Take requests for prescriptions
- Order, organize, label and restock supplies and pet foods
- Accept USPS, UPS, FED EX, etc.
- Assist in cleaning the hospital including but not limited to: keeping reception desk area and lobby clean and sanitary, taking out the trash and recycling, cleaning floors, bathrooms, exam rooms
- At end of day
- Close out cash drawer
- Back up of daily transactions
- Turn answering machine on
- Make sure all office equipment, fans, etc. are turned off
- Adjust thermostat up or down according to season
- If last one to leave, check locks on all doors, check that windows are closed, especially in break room area