Join our team as a variable shift, full-time Receptionist in Westwood, NJ. 

Why Join Us? 

Thrive in a People-First Environment and Make Healthcare Better 

• Thrive: We empower our team with career growth opportunities, tuition assistance, and resources that support your wellness, education, and financial well-being. 
• People-First: We prioritize your well-being with paid time off, comprehensive health benefits, and a supportive, inclusive culture where you are valued and cared for. 
• Make Healthcare Better: We use advanced technology to support our team and enhance patient care. 
• Learn more about the?benefits offered?for this job. 

Get to Know Your Team: 

• Hackensack Meridian Pascack Valley Medical Center is a 128-bed, full-service, acute-care community hospital with a new emergency department, a state-of-the-art maternity center, a women's imaging center, and an ICU.

• The Receptionist provides a superior level of secretarial duties and reception services to the doctor, patients, and staff.
• Enters, maintains, and reports all medical history using the Electronic Medical Record (EMR) system.
• Updates all patient files and makes sure documents are accurate, confidential, and compliant.
• Greets, checks in, and checks out patients, and advises other medical staff of the arrival of patients.
• Assists in maintaining inventory of necessary supplies and all instruments.
• Schedules appointments, follows up with no call - no shows, and the discharge of patients.
• Answers inbound calls to the practice, as well as greets vendors and sets vendor appointments.
• Maintains Physicians? calendars, prepares doctors' notes (return to work, school, or leave notices), and all other correspondence as directed.
• Scans, files, and faxes documents, as well as prepares and sorts mail.
• Acts as a liaison with patients, referrals, general practitioners, health care professionals, and patient?s family member in a compassionate and kind manner.

Job Requirements: 

• High school diploma or GED equivalent.

  • Higher education may be substituted for experience.

• 1+ years? experience in customer service.

• Basic to intermediate EMR knowledge.

• Basic to intermediate Microsoft Office knowledge.

• Ability to multitask, can work in a fast-paced clinical environment, can engage patients, peers, and supervisors in a dedicated, comforting, respectful, and effective way, and can adapt to change.

Preferred Job Requirements:  

• Associate?s degree in a related field of study.

Rate of pay is determined based on experience and education, and may include other pay components such as differentials and call pay based on role.  

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About Ardent Health

At Ardent Health, everything we do starts with people—including you. As a national healthcare provider, we’re united by a shared purpose: caring for our patients, our communities, and one another. When you join Ardent, you’re part of a team that’s making healthcare more accessible, compassionate, and easy to navigate. What makes Ardent different is where and how we work. Our hospitals and clinics are rooted in thriving mid-size communities across Idaho, Kansas, New Jersey, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas—offering a high-quality, more affordable lifestyle without sacrificing career opportunity. Here, you can build a meaningful career while enjoying more balance, flexibility, and connection to your community. You’ll be supported by the strength of a national organization—with 30 hospitals, 280 sites of care, and 24,000+ team members—while having the autonomy to make a real impact locally. Whether you’re growing your skills, exploring new roles, or advancing your career, Ardent gives you the resources and flexibility to succeed. At Ardent, your work matters—and so does your life outside of it. We have opportunities across Ardent's affiliate health systems, including: BSA Hea...lth System in TX Hillcrest Healthcare System in OK Lovelace Health System in NM Mountainside Medical Center in NJ Portneuf Health in ID Pascack Valley Medical Center in NJ Seton Medical Center Harker Heights in TX UT Health East Texas in TX The University of Kansas Health System St. Francis Campus in KS

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