BILINGUAL CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE 26/HOUR

Amergis Healthcare Staffing is seeking a Customer Service Representative to provide service and support to our customers. This individual interacts with customers to provide information in response to customer inquiries and handle/resolve complaints.

Responsibilities:

+ Effectively processes all incoming calls in a professional, friendly and timely manner

+ Communicates with customers to resolve problems and concerns in a courteous, professional and timely manner

+ Provides customers with consistent, high-quality service in accordance with companyprocedure

+ Provides switchboard assistance as needed

+ Follows up on customer inquiries not immediately resolved (as applicable)

+ Recognizes, documents, and alerts the supervisor of trends in customer calls

+ May perform receptionist and operator duties

+ Performs various additional administrative functions as needed or assigned, including correspondence and filing

+ Performs other duties as assigned/necessary

Minimum Requirements:

+ High school diploma or equivalent (as applicable)

+ Basic reading, writing, and arithmetic skills required

+ Must be computer literate with the ability to learn customer service software applications

+ Professional verbal and written communication skills

+ Ability to effectively elicit/provide information to and from appropriate individuals (including but not limited to supervisors, co-workers, clients) via strong communication skills; proficiency in the English language may be required

General Comments Must be Spanish speaking bilingual

resume submission to me, they need to be local. Will do in person interview.

BASIC PURPOSE

Maintaining a positive, empathetic, and professional attitude toward customers at all times, this position is responsible for providing assistance to customers seeking services and information at the county health department. This includes collecting all pertinent demographic and billing information from clients, answering phones, filing, appointment scheduling, data entry and responding to customer questions and needs.

POSITION DESCRIPTION

This position is the frontline to customer service and our clients. Is responsible for all client/patient registrations for the county health department. The position is also responsible for processing WIC benefits, answering telephones, working, and coordinating with other departments, collecting, and entering billing information, accepting, and documenting payments. Other tasks include light typing assignments, scheduling appointments, providing general information to the public, filing, and maintaining client records, filing and preparation of program reports. This position will access the Oklahoma Health Care Authority Medicaid on the Web daily to look up Medicaid eligibility for patients or completing the online application for new coverage or to reinstate expired coverage for families or individuals. Maintains a variety of records such as perpetual inventories of supplies and materials, and statements of expenditures; reconciles departmental records with central records; prepares correspondence, forms, and reports.

Initiates and handles correspondence relating to a special field or program regarding agency or program rules, policies, procedures, or requirements.

Performs a variety of sorting and filing tasks; answers the phone, takes messages, and disseminates information; opens, sorts, distributes, collects, and delivers mail; performs a number of tasks such as posting and recording data.

Enters and retrieves information using personal computer or other data processing equipment and receives and reviews coded and uncoded source documents; proofs previously entered data and makes routine corrections.

Examines, checks, and verifies reports and other documents for completeness, appropriateness, adequacy, and conformity to established requirements, and follows up on discrepancies.

Receives or delivers materials and equipment.

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities and Competencies

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities required at this level include knowledge of office methods and procedures; of grammar, punctuation, and spelling; of mathematics; of basic bookkeeping procedures; of inventory techniques; of telephone procedures; of standard business communications; of current office technologies; Skill is required to operate office machines including computers. Ability is required to follow oral and written instructions; to establish and maintain effective working relationships with others; to establish and maintain filing systems; to analyze situations and make decisions in accordance with rules, laws, and regulations; provide g ood customer, interpersonal and communication skills.

Level Descriptors

The Customer Assistant Representative job family consists of four levels, which are distinguished, based on the level of complexity of specific job assignments, the extent of responsibility assigned, and the level of expertise required for the completion of assigned projects.

Level III:

This is the career level where duties and responsibilities will be performed at all levels of complexity.

Education and Experience

Education and Experience requirements at this level consist of one year of experience in clerical office work plus one year of experience in customer service, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.

Valued Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities required at this level include knowledge of state laws and rules concerning the business operations of the agency; of accounting principles and practices; of various types of business organizations; of office practices; of business arithmetic; of methods and techniques for conducting research; of training principles and techniques; and of supervisory principles and practices. Ability is required to read and interpret laws; to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing; to establish and maintain effective working relationships with others; to apply laws and rules to individual problems and situations; to organize and direct the work of others; and to construct various types of reports.

Benefits

At Amergis, we firmly believe that our employees are the heartbeat of our organization and we are happy to offer the following benefits:

+ Competitive pay & weekly paychecks

+ Health, dental, vision, and life insurance

+ 401(k) savings plan

+ Awards and recognition programs

*Benefit eligibility is dependent on employment status.

About Amergis

Amergis, formerly known as Maxim Healthcare Staffing, has served our clients and communities by connecting people to the work that matters since 1988. We provide meaningful opportunities to our extensive network of healthcare and school-based professionals, ready to work in any hospital, government facility, or school. Through partnership and innovation, Amergis creates unmatched staffing experiences to deliver the best workforce solutions.

Amergis is an equal opportunity/affirmative action em.