Health Services Assistant
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Working in conjunction with the Student Health Services Coordinator, the Health Services Assistant supports the medical staff in the Health Center and provides a range of medical support services including, but not limited to: answering phone calls, making appointments, handling and processing requests for protected health information (PHI).This is a part time, benefited position on a 85% schedule (1,547 hours) with a pay range of $18.00- $20.00 per hour.Responsibilities* Answer several-line phones to schedule appointments and take messages for both nursing triage and several providers* Help coordinate services to appropriate medical staff* Regularly handle confidential PHI and other sensitive student information* Assist with making referral appointments for student patients with specialists depending on their insurance coverage. Help coordinate x-ray and laboratory services when necessary* Receives deliveries from local pharmacies for student prescriptions, logs medications and checks student Hill Cards at time of pick up. Reaches out to students when necessary per delivery policy* Sorts lab and medical reports to then provide to the appropriate medical staff* Be able to respond to inquiries related to Health Center services (insurance coverage, requests for health records for graduate school, personal and employment reasons, etc.) from alumni, students, parents both prospective and current, off campus personnel included.* Maintaining knowledge and compliance of HIPAA and FERPA rules and laws as pertains to New York State* Assists, sorts and maintains a database of patient information* Maintains office supplies and equipment* Perform other duties as assigned* Actively participate in building our diverse, inclusive and equitable campus community