PT Care Secretary Home Care

The Patient Care Secretary is a skilled secretarial person whose job is to support the work of the Team Manager and who is generally responsible for accomplishing all patient care related clerical procedures. * Screens telephone calls for Team Manager. Facilitates communication between patients/families and other team members, including volunteers. * Takes and keeps daily schedule for all team members. * Attends weekly team meetings. Prepares agenda for team meeting. Follows through on assignments given by the Team Manager. * Establishes, maintains, and closes patient charts in an orderly fashion. This may include but is not limited to the mailing of and follow-up on all required documentation such as Plans-Of-Care, Attending Physician Authorization forms and Medical Information Request forms. * Provides back-up documentation to Billing Department routinely and as requested. * Orders D.M.E. and maintains record of dates ordered and picked-up. * Enters patient care and volunteer data into Vx and event tracking. * Communicates with staff and outside agencies as directed by Team Manager. * When the program utilizes part time staff, the PCS will maintain a list of all part-time staff jointly with other patient care secretaries. Contacts and schedules part-time staff at the direction of Team Manager. * Jointly with other patient care secretaries, orders supplies and documentation forms used by the team. * Does routine correspondence for Team Manager and other members of the team. * Sorts and processes all patient care mail jointly with other patient care secretaries. * Maintains A.D.T. and checks census daily for accuracy. * In programs that have more than one patient care secretary, they will cover for each other for lunch, for team meetings, and for other short intervals of absence. * Handles other tasks as assigned by the Team Manager. QUALIFICATIONS * Three years prior work experience preferred. * Good typing skills. * Computer literate. * Able to handle multiple tasks. * Excellent communication skills * Good telephone skills EDUCATION * High school graduate or equivalent required. SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES * EOE/AA M/F/D/V

Created: 2026-04-15