Admitting Worker - GHEI Orange - Ophth Clinic - FT Days

Admitting Worker - GHEI Orange - Ophth Clinic - FT Days

Req ID: 147907

Location: Orange, California

Division: Medical Center

Department: GHEI Orange - Ophth Clinic

Position Type: Full Time

Salary Range Minimum: USD $23.23/Hr.

Salary Range Maximum: USD $28.82/Hr.

Who We Are

UCI Health is the clinical enterprise of the University of California, Irvine, and the only academic health system based in Orange County. UCI Health is comprised of its main campus, UCI Medical Center, a 459-bed, acute care hospital in in Orange, Calif., four hospitals and affiliated physicians of the UCI Health Community Network in Orange and Los Angeles counties and ambulatory care centers across the region. Listed among America's Best Hospitals by U.S. News & World Report for 23 consecutive years, UCI Medical Center provides tertiary and quaternary care and is home to Orange County's only National Cancer Institute-designated comprehensive cancer center, high-risk perinatal/neonatal program and American College of Surgeons-verified Level I adult and Level II pediatric trauma center, gold level 1 geriatric emergency department and regional burn center. UCI Health serves a region of nearly 4 million people in Orange County, western Riverside County and southeast Los Angeles County.

To learn more about UCI Health, visit www.ucihealth.org.

Your Role on the Team

Position Summary:

Incumbent serves as first point of contact for patients in the ambulatory clinics. Performs general clerical and reception dutes. Enters patient data to the registration system and verifies insurance and/or third party coverage. Schedules, confirms, and cancels patient appointments. The essential functions listed below are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties that may be assigned to this position, not does it restrict the duties which may be assigned to this position if such duties reasonably relate to the position.

What It Takes to be Successful

Required Qualifications:

• Must possess the skill, knowledge and ability essential to the successful performance of assigned duties
• Must demonstrate customer service skills appropriate to the job
• Must be able to work weekends/holidays
• Demonstrated experience using office equipment such as a printer, copier, fax, scanner
• Demonstrated experience using multi-line telephone system
• Demonstrated experience using a computer, including data entry and retrieval
• Demonstrated effective written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to work variable shifts including evenings, nights, weekends, and holidays
• Ability to work evenings, weekends and holidays as necessary
• Ability to make simple calculations and perform simple math
• Ability to maintain a work pace appropriate to the workload
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships across the Health System
• Ability to effectively read, write and speak English

Preferred Qualifications:

• Demonstrated knowledge of medical terminology
• Demonstrated knowledge of insurance programs and/or government programs
• Demonstrated experience working with TDS, Signature, IDX
• Demonstrated experience working in registration, scheduling and/or authorization process
• Demonstrated experience working in a hospital or medical office setting
• Bilingual skill in Spanish or Vietnamese or Chinese