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(Archived) Medical Trip Clerk
Job Description
Overview
Our Medical Trip Clerk shall monitor scheduled and unscheduled appointments or hospitalizations at community based clinics or hospitals.
Qualifications
Education:
- High school diploma or equivalent required.
Experience:
- Experience monitoring scheduled and unscheduled appointments or hospitalizations at community based clinics or hospitals.
- Knowledge and experience of common medical appointment procedures.
- Knowledge of confidentiality guidelines and Freedom of Information Act.
- Knowledge of commonly used medical terminology, medical symbols, and medical abbreviations.
- Ability to type medical reports.
Licenses/Certifications:
- Medical credentials/certification helpful but not required to perform duties.
Responsibilities
- Facilitate the weekly Utilization Review Committee to process all medical consultations.
- Notify patients of the decision of the Utilization Review Committee.
- Schedule all medical trips for patients to outside healthcare facilities/specialist.
- Process and assemble escorted trip authorizations packets for emergency and special outside medical trips on a weekly basis.
- Ensure that each escorted trip authorization packet is reviewed by the appropriate Bureau of Prison staff.
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