Patient Access Intake Representative (Urgent Care)
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Southcoast Health System, Inc.
Fairhaven, MA, US
Summary
The Patient Access Intake Representative facilitates patient access by obtaining accurate information and ensuring compliance with organizational policies. They are also responsible for determining and collecting patient liabilities and managing biomedical waste documentation.
Job Description
Overview
Community Focused. Care Driven.
Join Southcoast Health, where your future is as promising as the care we provide. Our commitment to each other, our patients, and our community is more than a mission - it’s our way of life, and you’ll be at the heart of it.
Southcoast Health is a not-for-profit, charitable, health system with multiple hospitals, clinics and facilities throughout Southeastern Massachusetts and Rhode Island.
Nestled in local communities, Southcoast Health provides inclusive, ethical workplaces where our highly skilled caregivers offer world-class, comprehensive healthcare close to home.
Find out for yourself why Southcoast Health has been voted ‘Best Place to Work’ for 7 years in a row!
We are searching for a talented Patient Access Intake Representative
Hours: 32hrs
Shift: Day/Evening shift, Monday - Friday 8:00am - 8:30pm, Saturday - Sunday 9:00am - 5:30pm with weekend and holiday rotation
Location: Urgent Care - Fairhaven, MA. Urgent Care team members are expected to rotate across Urgent Care sites as needed. Locations include: Lakeville, Fall River, Seekonk, Dartmouth, Fairhaven, Taunton and Wareham.
A career at Southcoast Health offers you:
- A culture of well-being that embraces, respects, and celebrates the rich diversity of one another and the communities we serve
- Competitive pay and comprehensive benefits package
- Generous Earned Time Off Package**
- Employee Wellbeing Program
- 403B Retirement Plan with company match
- Tuition assistance / Federal Loan Forgiveness programs
- Professional growth opportunities and customized leadership training
**Available to regular status employees who are scheduled to work a minimum of 24 hours.
Southcoast Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
Responsibilities
Position reports to the Manager, Urgent Care. Perform a wide variety of duties to facilitate patient access throughout the organization. Ensure patient compliance with applicable SPG policy and obtains accurate patient information to insure patient safety and optimal reimbursement to the organization in accordance with various external regulations. Determine and actively collect patient liabilities. Sign Biomedical waste manifest receipt when vendor picks up waste. Required to work weekends and Holidays. Expected to stay later than scheduled if a patient checks in close to closing time.
Qualifications
- Equal to completion of four years of high school plus additional courses or training required; Associates Degree preferred.
- Demonstrate very good communication & interpersonal skills.
- Strong computer skills including medical based programs.
- Proficiency with Word, Excel, and other software programs preferred.
- Over three years related health care experience including working with third party payers preferred.
- Complete state approved biomedical waste training required to sign waste manifest documents within 90 days of hire.
- Must be fully vaccinated against seasonal Influenza and the COVID 19 virus or to be exempt from the requirement for medical or personal reasons by signing a statement certifying you are choosing to be exempt from vaccination once hired
Compensation: Pay rate will be determined based on level of experience.
Pay Range
USD $17.86 - USD $28.76 /Hr.
Rotation Schedule Requirement
Every other weekend, every other holiday
Founded in 1996, Southcoast Health is a not-for-profit, community-based health system in southeastern Massachusetts and Rhode Island.
As the largest provider of primary and specialty care in the region, the Southcoast Health System includes three acute care hospitals – Charlton Memorial in Fall River, St. Luke’s in New Bedford and Tobey in Wareham, Massachusetts with a physician network of more than 900 providers.
The system has established more than 55 service locations across the South Coast of Massachusetts and Rhode Island, including seven urgent care locations, Southcoast Health at Home, two Cancer Care locations, the region’s only Level II Adult Trauma Center and numerous ancillary facilities.
With nearly 8,600 employees, Southcoast Health is the largest employer in southeastern Massachusetts, and one of the largest employers in the Commonwealth. Please visit www.southcoast.org to learn more.
Founded
1996
Company size
5,001-10,000 employees
Industry
Healthcare
Org type
Nonprofit
Headquarters
New Bedford, Massachusetts
Founded in 1996, Southcoast Health is a not-for-profit, community-based health system in southeastern Massachusetts and Rhode Island.
As the largest provider of primary and specialty care in the region, the Southcoast Health System includes three acute care hospitals – Charlton Memorial in Fall River, St. Luke’s in New Bedford and Tobey in Wareham, Massachusetts with a physician network of more than 900 providers.
The system has established more than 55 service locations across the South Coast of Massachusetts and Rhode Island, including seven urgent care locations, Southcoast Health at Home, two Cancer Care locations, the region’s only Level II Adult Trauma Center and numerous ancillary facilities.
With nearly 8,600 employees, Southcoast Health is the largest employer in southeastern Massachusetts, and one of the largest employers in the Commonwealth. Please visit www.southcoast.org to learn more.
Founded
1996
Company size
5,001-10,000 employees
Industry
Healthcare
Org type
Nonprofit
Headquarters
New Bedford, Massachusetts