Principal Admitting Worker - Cancer Center Admin - SL - FT Days

University of California, Irvine•Orange, CA

13d•Onsite

About The Position

UCI Health is one of California’s largest academic health systems and the clinical enterprise of the University of California, Irvine. Established on July 1, 1976, UCI Health has grown into a 1,461-bed health system that includes UCI Health — Orange, UCI Health — Irvine, four Community Network hospitals and a growing network of ambulatory care centers across Orange and Los Angeles counties. As Orange County’s only academic health systems, UCI Health is home to the only National Cancer Institute-designated comprehensive cancer center based in the county, the region’s only American College of Surgeons-verified Level I adult and Level II pediatric trauma center, American College of Emergency Physicians Gold Level 1 Geriatric Emergency Department and a nationally recognized regional burn center verified by the American Burn Association. Powered by UC Irvine, UCI Health serves 5.6 million people across Orange County, western Riverside County and southeast Los Angeles County through excellence in patient care, research and medical education.

Requirements

Previous experience with computer registration and registration scheduling system
Must possess the skill, knowledge and ability essential to the successful performance of assigned duties
Must demonstrate general understanding of medical terminology
Must demonstrate customer service skills appropriate to the job
Must be able to travel to off site physician practices
Minimum one (1) year recent experience (within past two (2) years) registering patients in a hospital or clinic, working as a Medical Assistant, or working in medical billing
General knowledge of ICD9 and CPT codes
Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English
Demonstrated experience using MS Office
Ability to work weekends, holidays, and evenings
Ability to maintain a work pace appropriate to the workload
Ability to interpret and understand various medical insurance plans and make accurate determinations regarding coverage
Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships across the Health System
Must be able to provide proof of work authorization

Nice To Haves

Knowledge of University and medical center organizations, policies, procedures and forms
Familiarity of Joint Commission standards
Experience with Epic
Experience in surgical scheduling
Bilingual in English and Spanish

Responsibilities

Under supervision of the Admit Worker Supervisor, responsible for scheduling clinic patients for surgery and diagnostic procedures.
Assures all necessary paperwork is completed and forwarded to appropriate departments.
Assists in determining if the patient's source of funding covers proposed surgery/procedure and inquires about expiration dates.
Determines that physician documentation reflects need for proposed surgery/procedure.
Obtains surgery/procedure date and time based on physician availability and operating room schedule.
Communicates effectively with patients in order to obtain demographic and financial data.
Provides accurate wait time estimates when available.
Acts as a liaison between admissions, other departments and operating room.
Notifies departments, services, physicians and the patient if surgery/procedure date/time is rescheduled and updates all as necessary.
Responsible for inputting demographic and financial data into the SMS System following basic computer flows and codes.