Headquartered in Wilmington, Delaware, ChristianaCare is one of the country's most dynamic health care organizations, centered on improving health outcomes, making high-quality care more accessible and lowering health care costs. ChristianaCare includes an extensive network of outpatient services, home health care, urgent care centers, three hospitals (1,299 beds), a free-standing emergency department, a Level I trauma center and a Level III neonatal intensive care unit, a comprehensive stroke center and regional centers of excellence in heart and vascular care, cancer care and women's health.

ChristianaCare Offers

• Full Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, etc.
• Two retirement planning offerings, including 403(b) with company contributions
• Generous paid time off with annual roll-over and opportunities to cash out
• 12 week paid parental leave
• Tuition assistance
• Incredible Work/Life benefits including annual membership to care.com, access to backup care services for dependents through Care@Work, retirement planning services, financial coaching, fitness and wellness reimbursement, and great discounts through several vendors for hotels, rental cars, theme parks, shows, sporting events, movie tickets and much more!

Duties & Responsibilities:

Follows established department guidelines to ensure accuracy, efficiency and timeliness of patient registrations and throughout in the emergency department.

Greets all customers, including patients, family members and visitors in a caring and professional manner.

Register patients by collecting and entering accurate demographic and insurance information.

Determines insurance eligibility status using electronic data exchanges.

Obtains all necessary signatures on treatment & financial consents.

Provides waiting room customer service and wayfinding by assisting patient, family and visitors as needed.

Determine and collect guarantor payments (co-payments) due at time of service, when permissible.

Serves as a liaison to ancillary departments as needed by completing STAT registrations as needed.

Follows procedure to initiate, notify and document notification of organizational emergency codes (I.e., Code Blue, Trauma Alert/Code, Heart Alert/RRT etc.) after hours to ensure various parties within the hospital receive secure notification in a timely manner.

Provides afterhours switchboard support by handline incoming/outgoing call.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS:

High School graduate or equivalent.

Two years' experience in a medical, financial, or customers service environment.

Experience in a patient care environment preferred.

An equivalent combination of education and experience may be substituted.

EEO Statement: Christiana Care Health System is an equal opportunity employer, firmly committed to prohibiting discrimination, whose staff is reflective of its community, and considers qualified applicants for open positions without regard to race, color, sex, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, genetic information, gender identity or expression, age, veteran status, disability, pregnancy, citizenship status, or any other characteristic protected under applicable federal, state, or local law.

UPDATE: ChristianaCare is committed to prioritizing the health and safety of our patients and caregivers. As we continue to meet the needs of our caregivers and our community through the COVID-19 pandemic, our commitment to health and safety requires that we take new steps to ensure a safe environment for medical care for our patients and a workplace that avoids preventable harm for our caregivers. For this reason, vaccination for COVID-19 is required for all caregivers at ChristianaCare and is considered a safety standard that is job-related and consistent with business necessity for all caregivers.