Patient Access Team Lead

HCA Healthcare; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 42,000 - 64,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

401(k) with match

Tuition assistance

Employee discounts

Life insurance

Job summary

St. David's North Austin Medical Center, part of HCA Healthcare, seeks a Patient Access Team Lead to oversee registration operations and staff. You will guide daily processes, help with scheduling, QA reporting, and uphold AIDET-based patient interactions on a team-focused unit.

The role emphasizes strong customer service, adherence to department policies, and collaboration with nursing and ancillary teams to maintain smooth patient access workflows.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED preferred.
• At least one year of related experience required.

Responsibilities

• Staff and order supplies according to budget guidelines and department needs.
• Assists Manager and/or Supervisor in creating staff schedules and ensures adequate coverage.
• Model AIDET guidelines in all interactions with the patient and ensure staff are adhering to the patient's experience expectations.
• Promotes and demonstrates excellent customer service.
• Maintain QA statistics (including patient wait times, etc.) and report results to Supervisor or Manager.
• Oversee the daily activities of the registration area to ensure department standards are met.
• Assists Supervisor and/or Manager in educating registration staff of any changes pertinent to their roles.
• Relieve staff members during employee sick/vacation time.
• Secure all signatures necessary for treatments, release of medical information, assignment of insurance benefits and payment of services from legally responsible patients.
• Work closely and professionally with nursing and ancillary departments in effort to maintain a teamwork approach.
• Excel in all functions performed by patient representatives in all registration areas
• Collect/request deposits and copays.
• Assume on-call responsibilities to ensure adequate staffing and problem-solving.
• Register all patient types.
• Assists in resolving patient concerns.

Skills

Staff scheduling

Customer service

Team collaboration

Education

High school diploma or GED

Job description

Schedule: Monday - Friday; 12pm to 8:30pm; rotating weekends.

Do you want to join an organization that invests in you as a Patient Access Team Lead? At St. David's North Austin Medical Center, you come first. HCA Healthcare has committed up to $300 million in programs to support our incredible team members over the course of three years.

Job Summary And Qualifications

As a Patient Access Team Lead, you will be responsible for providing feedback on daily registration processes and staffing issues to the Patient Access Supervisor or Patient Access Manager. You will also provide assistance to staff level employees as necessary to ensure compliance with department policies and procedures. Assist leadership with staffing, report reconciliation, and QA process.

What you will do in this role:

• Staff and order supplies according to budget guidelines and department needs.
• Assists Manager and/or Supervisor in creating staff schedules and ensures adequate coverage.
• Model AIDET guidelines in all interactions with the patient and ensure staff are adhering to the patient's experience expectations.
• Promotes and demonstrates excellent customer service.
• Maintain QA statistics (including patient wait times, etc.) and report results to Supervisor or Manager.
• Oversee the daily activities of the registration area to ensure department standards are met.
• Assists Supervisor and/or Manager in educating registration staff of any changes pertinent to their roles When appropriate, relieve staff members during employee sick/vacation time.
• Secure all signatures necessary for treatments, release of medical information, assignment of insurance benefits and payment of services from legally responsible patients.
• Work closely and professionally with nursing and ancillary departments in effort to maintain a teamwork approach.
• Excel in all functions performed by patient representatives in all registration areas
• Collect/request deposits and copays.
• Assume on-call responsibilities to ensure adequate staffing and problem-solving .
• Register all patient types.
• Assists in resolving patient concerns.

What qualifications you will need:

• High school diploma or GED preferred.
• At least one year of related experience required.

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits for medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, behavioral health and telemedicine services
• Wellbeing support, including free counseling and referral services
• Time away from work programs for paid time off, paid family leave, long- and short-term disability coverage and leaves of absence
• Savings and retirement resources, including a 401(k) Plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay (based on years of service), Employee Stock Purchase Plan, flexible spending accounts, preferred banking partnerships, retirement readiness tools, rollover support and financial wellbeing counseling
• Education support through tuition assistance, student loan assistance, certification support, dependent scholarships and a partnership with Galen College of Nursing
• Additional benefits for fertility and family building, adoption assistance, life insurance, supplemental health protection plans, auto and home insurance, legal counseling, identity theft protection and consumer discounts

Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location.

Parallon

Parallon provides full-service revenue cycle management, or total patient account resolution, for HCA Healthcare. Our services include scheduling, registration, insurance verification, hospital billing, revenue integrity, collections, payment compliance, credentialing, health information management, customer service, payroll and physician billing. We also provide full-service revenue cycle management as well as targeted solutions, such as Medicaid Eligibility, for external clients across the country. Parallon has over 17,000 colleagues, and serves close to 1,000 hospitals and 3,000 physician practices, all making an impact on patients, providers and their communities.

HCA Healthcare has been recognized as one of the World’s Most Ethical Companies® by the Ethisphere Institute more than ten times. In recent years, HCA Healthcare spent an estimated $3.7 billion in cost for the delivery of charitable care, uninsured discounts, and other uncompensated expenses.

"Good people beget good people." - Dr. Thomas Frist, Sr.

HCA Healthcare Co-Founder

We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.