Office Specialist - Nelsonville Primary Care
Nelsonville, OHFull-timeSeen 1w agoSeen in employer's feed 2 days ago
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Job overview
The Office Specialist provides administrative and clerical support for the Nelsonville Primary Care department. The role handles patient registration, scheduling, billing, insurance verification, and patient records, while greeting patients and visitors and answering and directing calls. It also coordinates office operations and interacts with physician offices and other third parties to obtain paperwork. The schedule includes variable shifts and some weekends.
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Full job description
We are more than a health system. We are a belief system. We believe wellness and sickness are both part of a lifelong partnership, and that everyone could use an expert guide. We work hard, care deeply and reach further to help people uncover their own power to be healthy. We inspire hope. We learn, grow, and achieve more – in our careers and in our communities.
Job Description Summary:
Provides administrative assistance to the operations of appropriate department. Responsible for patient registration, including data entry of patient information and insurance verification. Answers telephone and directs calls appropriately. Greets customers and patients. Variable shifts including some weekends.
Responsibilities And Duties:
MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES/DUTIES & ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS1. Performs and completes quality patient registration procedures to include patient scheduling, registration and patient billing. Coordinates, maintains, processes and organizes patient records. Verifies accuracy of information. Utilizes appropriate Information Systems software to record and transcribe patient information. Maintains department databases.2. Responsible for insurance verification and processing of insurance paperwork. When necessary obtains pre-authorization from insurance companies. Interacts with physician offices and other third parties to obtain all necessary paperwork.3. Greets patients and visitors. May schedule patients for follow-up or other visits.4. Answers and screens calls for staff. Directs inquiries to appropriate staff member. Ensures appropriate phone coverage.5. Provides general office and clerical support for office. Coordinates office operations.
As a High Reliability Organization (HRO), responsibilities require focus on safety, quality and efficiency in performing job duties.
The job profile provides an overview of responsibilities and duties and is not intended to be an exhaustive list and is subject to change at any time
Minimum Qualifications:
High School or GED (Required)
Additional Job Description:
High school Education or equivalent. Demonstrated customer service and telephone skills. Knowledge in basic word processing and spreadsheet software. Knowledge of insurance, registration or billing processes and medical terminology. 1-2 years previous secretarial experience in health care of medical office.
Work Shift:
Variable
Scheduled Weekly Hours :
40
Department
PCP Nelsonville
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Equal Employment Opportunity
OhioHealth is an equal opportunity employer and fully supports and maintains compliance with all state, federal, and local regulations. OhioHealth does not discriminate against associates or applicants because of race, color, genetic information, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, ancestry, national origin, veteran status, military status, pregnancy, disability, marital status, familial status, or other characteristics protected by law. Equal employment is extended to all person in all aspects of the associate-employer relationship including recruitment, hiring, training, promotion, transfer, compensation, discipline, reduction in staff, termination, assignment of benefits, and any other term or condition of employment
How this job compares
Set against the 645 open Patient Registration jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 5, 2026.
- Pay
- This postingNot listed
- US median$19–26/hr298 hourly ranges
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 29 open Patient Registration jobs in Ohio and 645 across the US. 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Ohio
- OhioHealth (this employer)12 open
- Trinity Health5 open
- Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center3 open
- Experience
- Patient Registration postings that state a minimum ask for 1 year of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 1 to 2 years (350 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for a high school diploma; 457 of the 645 open Patient Registration jobs (71%) ask for a high school diploma or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 5, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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