Kaweah Health

Kaweah Health

SRCC Patient Access Specialist

Hanford, California · Full-time

Sponsorship not specified$20k-$30kDetected 11 hours ago
ComplianceCustomer SupportHIPAAPatient CareResearchCommunicationPublic Speaking

About the role

  • With more than 5,000 employees, Kaweah Health provides state-of-the-art medicine and high-quality preventive services in our acute care hospital, specialized health centers and clinics.
  • Our eight-campus healthcare district has 613 beds and offers comprehensive health services across a broad continuum of care.
  • It takes a special person to work for Kaweah Health.

Responsibilities

  • Maintains confidentiality and protects sensitive data at all times.
  • Provides support for various floors as needed, in the absence of a unit secretary.
  • Thoroughly documents activity.

Requirements

  • must be bilingual in Spanish.
  • Required: High school diploma
  • For Chronic Disease Mgmt Clinic: must be bilingual in Spanish.
  • Provides patient with written material as required by State and Federal law.
  • Obtains appropriate signature and documents accurately in Patient Management system as required for compliance.
  • Must be accountable for the QA of own work.
  • Proficiency in the applicable programs.
  • Education
  • Experience
  • Preferred: Prior patient access, registration, insurance benefit and medical terminology experience.
  • For Patient Access-Emergency Dept: requires Kaweah Health approved crisis intervention training within 60 days of hire/transfer.
  • For Rural Health Clinics: requires Heartsaver AED.
  • For Rural Health Clinics, Urgent Care Centers and GME-Family Medicine Center: prefer bilingual in Spanish, need to be determined by hiring leader at time of job opening based on clinic needs.
  • For Rural Health Clinics & GME-Family Medicine Center (when testing required), and Chronic Disease Mgmt Clinic: Requires successful completion of the Language Resource Assistant (LRA) test at a General level. LRA is a language assessment test that demonstrates written and oral interpretation/translation technique skills. Test will be administered if selected.

Nice to have

  • Department Specific Requirements
  • Preferred: College courses

Skills

  • Knowledge/Skills/Abilities
  • Excellent communication, customer service and data input skills.
  • LRA is a language assessment test that demonstrates written and oral interpretation/translation technique skills.

Compensation

  • $20.00 -$30.00

Benefits

  • Full-Time Benefit Eligible
  • 7644 SRCC Medical Oncology-Hanford
  • Kaweah Health is a publicly owned, community healthcare organization that provides comprehensive health services to the greater Visalia area in central California.
  • Throughout it all, our focus is to make a difference, and we do - in the health of our patients, our loved ones, and our community.
  • Benefits Eligible
  • requires Kaweah Health approved crisis intervention training within 60 days of hire/transfer.
  • Obtains Advance Directive for Medical Record.
  • Works closely with Financial Counselors to evaluate patient's financial needs, making appropriate determinations and referral to appropriate agencies for assistance to ensure reimbursement to the Kaweah Health.

Company info

  • Assists customers timely with patient access concerns.
  • Ensures that all efforts provide value to and meet the needs of departmental customers.
  • Answers all inquiries from all customers, both internal and external, in a timely manner whether the inquiries are via telephone, email, fax and in person.
  • Ensures high quality work of the registration process for patient care services with emphasis on service excellence to customers.

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