Patient Admissions Specialist

UC Irvine; Irvine (CA); On-site; USD 30,000 - 41,000; Full time

Job summary

UC Irvine is seeking Temporary Admitting Workers to support admission screening and patient processing across Campus and Medical Center locations. Responsibilities include interviewing patients, arranging finances, verifying insurance, and maintaining records.

Flexible locations include Orange County sites and partner clinics, with standard daytime hours. Applicants should have medical terminology knowledge, data-entry experience, EMS/EPIC EMR skills, and strong English reading/writing

Qualifications

• Knowledge of medical terminology.
• Data entry experience.
• Experience using electronic medical records (EMS) systems.
• Experience working in customer service environments.
• Ability to read, write, and follow oral and written instructions in English.
• 1-3 years of general clerical experience or completion of vocational training in the medical front office field.

Responsibilities

• Interviewing patients for admission to UCI medical facilities.
• Making financial arrangements for hospital and clinic patients.
• Insurance verification and pre-authorizations.
• Maintaining medical records.
• Patient scheduling and re-scheduling.

Skills

Medical terminology

Data entry

EMS/EMR experience

Customer service

English communication

General clerical

Education

Vocational medical front office training

Tools

EPIC EMR

Job description

UC Irvine is seeking Temporary Admitting Workers to support admission screening and patient processing across Campus and Medical Center locations. Responsibilities include interviewing patients, arranging finances, verifying insurance, and maintaining records.

Flexible locations include Orange County sites and partner clinics, with standard daytime hours. Applicants should have medical terminology knowledge, data-entry experience, EMS/EPIC EMR skills, and strong English reading/writing