Overview:
At St. Luke's, our dedicated team of Patient Access Specialists strive to build a positive, supportive, and inclusive culture that delivers exceptional patient experiences. Switchboard is the center hub of our organization. This unique team handles a variety of calls for patients and employees. They transfer callers to various departments or clinics throughout our health system and play a crucial role in facilitating their experiences.
Shift Details:
* Tuesday and Wednesday 5pm-9pm, Saturday 6:30am-3pm
What You Can Expect:
* Deliver customer service by handling registration, scheduling, referrals, and inquiries for patients, providers, and the public.
* Ensure clear, professional communication, addressing both verbal and written interactions.
* Explain financial options, insurance coverage, and organization policies to support payment processes.
* Utilize technology and tools to efficiently manage departmental workflows.
* Support after-hours scheduling and urgent inquiries for Treasure Valley Switchboard, Language Services, and Children's Services.
* The training period will consist of a full-time, day-time schedule until it is completed and then the schedule will change to Tuesday-Thursday, 11pm-7:30am.
Responsibilities:
The Patient Access Specialist 1 is responsible for responding to patient, provider, and department/service area needs with a high emphasis on customer service and accuracy. This includes, but is not limited to, registration, scheduling, referral coordination, and general inquiries from patients, providers and the general public.
* Supports an exceptional experience through all customer interactions, ensuring professional, timely and accurate communication
* both verbally and in writing.
* Supports a perspective payment program by communicating organization policies, financial options, explaining insurance coverage/non-coverage.
* Utilize a variety of technology, tools, and resources to support departmental workflows.
* Performs one of the following workflows with attention to detail, accuracy and efficiency:
* Call front lining
* Patient Registration
* Scheduling
* Performs other duties as assigned.
Qualifications:
* Education: High School Diploma or equivalent
* Experience: 0 years
* Licenses/Certifications: None
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