# Telephone Triage MA/Patient Care Assistant-FT-Gastroenterology/American Fork

**Company**: Revere Health
**Location**: American Fork, Utah
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Experience**: mid
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: Healthcare
**Industry**: Healthcare

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## Description

We are seeking a Telephone Triage MA/Patient Care Assistant to join our Gastroenterology team in American Fork, Utah. As a key member of our team, you will facilitate quality patient care under the supervision of our providers.

**Job Summary:** This is an in-office position that involves providing a full range of telephone duties, including triaging calls and relaying messages, as well as assisting with other clerical duties as required. You will serve as a liaison between patients, medical staff, and providers.

**Essential Job Functions:**

- Promote quality communication and customer service to all patients

- Manage inbound patient calls, acting as primary medical triage for all incoming queries for the Gastroenterology department

- Verify patient information, including demographics, medications, and medical history as needed

- Identify, resolve, and provide accurate and satisfactory answers to patient needs, or escalate as appropriate

- Thoroughly document each call in EHR to maintain accurate and detailed documentation

- De-escalate situations involving dissatisfied patients by offering patience, assistance, and support

- Respond to patient inquiries, prioritizing responses and routing urgent calls from patients in an effective manner

- Direct calls immediately to appropriate staff or provider as necessary

- Guide callers through troubleshooting, navigating the company site and patient portal, or directing to the appropriate department

- Maintain a safe, secure, and healthy work environment by establishing and following standards and procedures

- Serve and protect the medical practice by adhering to clinic and professional standards, policies, and procedures

- Communicate respectfully with all staff and patients

- Assist in training new employees for similar positions as needed

- Cross-train to assist with general MA duties during slower call volume times

**Qualifications:**

- Demonstrate excellent computer, telephone, and communication skills

- Outstanding customer service, organization, and attention to detail

- Experience in a medical clinic setting preferred

- Patient-minded focus

- Must be a self-starter, a team player, dependable, friendly, and professional

- Ability to multi-task and work efficiently while remaining calm and productive

- Preference may be given to someone with 1-3 years of healthcare and/or call center experience

- Certified Medical Assistant preferred but not required

**Benefits:**

- Full-time position with 8am-5pm Monday-Friday schedule

- Benefits, insurance (medical, vision, pet), 401k, paid holidays

## Skills

### Required
- telephone triage
- patient care
- communication
- customer service
- EHR documentation

### Nice to have
- Certified Medical Assistant
- healthcare experience
- call center experience

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