Patient Access Representative II (32 hours)

SSM Health

1d • Onsite

About The Position

It's more than a career, it's a calling. WI-Agnesian Cancer Center Worker Type: Regular Job Highlights: Scheduling & Logistics: The position is fully onsite. Work schedule is 0.8 FTE, four days per week: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday, from 7:30am to 4:00pm. There is no on-call requirement. Skills & Matching Criteria: Computer skills Professional communication skills with other staff and patients Reliability and punctuality Team-centered approach Epic experience (preferred) Reception work experience (preferred) Job Summary: Responsible for communicating with patients, participants and staff to accurately schedule patients for prescribed procedures and gather the necessary demographic, insurance and clinical information for the procedure.

Requirements

• High School diploma/GED or 10 years of work experience
• One year experience
• Computer skills
• Professional communication skills with other staff and patients
• Reliability and punctuality
• Team-centered approach
• Frequent lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 0-25 lbs.
• Frequent sitting, standing, walking, reaching and repetitive foot/leg and hand/arm movements.
• Frequent use of vision and depth perception for distances near (20 inches or less) and far (20 feet or more) and to identify and distinguish colors.
• Frequent use of hearing and speech to share information through oral communication.
• Ability to hear alarms, malfunctioning machinery, etc.
• Frequent keyboard use/data entry.
• Occasional bending, stooping, kneeling, squatting, twisting and gripping.
• Occasional lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 25-50 lbs.
• Rare climbing.

Nice To Haves

• Epic experience (preferred)
• Reception work experience (preferred)

Responsibilities

• Gathers information from patient and enters into appropriate database.
• Seeks appropriate resources to resolve issues about the type, date or location of prescribed procedures.
• Schedules patient procedures in a manner that most efficiently utilizes the patient's time and clinical resources.
• Coordinates and communicates schedules.
• Assists with coordination of activities related to insurance pre-certification/authorization.
• Provides counseling to patient, participant or their representative regarding pre-service requirements and instructions.
• Performs clerical and reception duties associated with patient registration.
• Identifies process improvement opportunities and participates in improvement plans.
• Works on special projects as needed.
• May review the work of others.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• SSM Health values our exceptional employees by offering a comprehensive benefits package to fit their needs.
• Paid Parental Leave: we offer eligible team members one week of paid parental leave for newborns or newly adopted children (pro-rated based on FTE).
• Flexible Payment Options: our voluntary benefit offered through DailyPay offers eligible hourly team members instant access to their earned, unpaid base pay (fees may apply) before payday.
• Upfront Tuition Coverage: we provide upfront tuition coverage through FlexPath Funded for eligible team members.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: High school or GED
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees