Receptionist
How this pay compares
This posting does not state an hourly rate. Open medical receptionist jobs in New Jersey post a median of $20.13 an hour, the middle half $18.18–$21, across 44 jobs that state their pay. Medical receptionists employed in New Jersey earn a median of $20.02 an hour, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (May 2025) (source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, opens in a new tab).
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About the job
Overview
Join our team as a rotating-shift, full-time, Receptionist in Paramus, 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.
Responsibilities
- 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 discharges patients.
- Answers inbound calls to the practice, as well as greets vendors and sets vendor appointments.
- Conveys messages in writing, electronically, and verbally.
- 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 patients’ family members in a compassionate and kind manner.
Qualifications
Job Requirements
- High school diploma or GED equivalent.
- Higher education may be substituted for experience.
- 1 - 3 years of experience in a hospital or physician practice setting.
- 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 has the ability to 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.
From Ardent Health's job posting, checked Oct 29, 2026. The employer's own page is the final word on requirements and availability.
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Ardent Health runs hospitals and clinics in Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Kansas, New Jersey and Idaho, from Nashville, Tennessee.
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