Patient Service Specialist

ccf; Baton Rouge (LA); On-site; USD 36,000 - 54,000; Full time

Job summary

Cleveland Clinic Health System in Florida is seeking a Patient Service Specialist to support front-end patient registration and scheduling at Parkland, with rotating day/evening shifts. You will help ensure a welcoming patient experience and coordinate with Care teams across Parkland Primary Care and Physical Therapy.

Responsibilities include insurance verification, co-pay collection, and promoting MyChart usage.

Qualifications

• Minimum high school diploma or GED with 2 years of relevant experience.
• OR an Associate's Degree with 1 year of experience.
• OR a Bachelor's Degree.
• Proficient with PC window applications.
• Ability to perform basic math for insurance co-pays.
• Excellent communication and organizational skills.

Responsibilities

• Provide a comprehensive, proactive 'Patients First' experience for patients and visitors.
• Investigate, triage and resolve patient issues using the HEART model.
• Register patients, schedule visits, verify insurance, collect co-pays.
• Educate patients on MyChart and Appointment Pass.
• Support scheduling, interpreter services, and record keeping.

Skills

Patient registration

Appointment scheduling

Insurance processing

Customer service

Education

Associate's Degree

Bachelor's Degree

Job description

Job Title

Patient Service Specialist

Location

Parkland

Facility

Florida Parkland

Department

Registration-Weston Hospital

Job Code

000667

Shift

Day/Evening Rotation

Schedule

8:30am-5:00pm/10:30am-7:00pm

Job Summary

Join the Cleveland Clinic team down in sunny Florida, where you will work alongside passionate caregivers and provide patient-first healthcare. You will work alongside dedicated caregivers, receive endless support and appreciation, and build a rewarding career with one of the most respected healthcare organizations in the world.

Cleveland Clinic is the first hospital in the nation to make great customer service a cornerstone of our mission. Patient Service Specialists deliver what matters most to our patients and their families, ensure exceptional experiences and thrive on making positive impacts in the community. In this role, you will provide front-end support for the Parkland Primary Care Office as well as for Physical Therapy during the rotating Monday and Wednesday shifts. The Patient Service Specialist role is a great steppingstone to other careers within customer service and other departments with Cleveland Clinic.

Job Details

A caregiver in this position works Monday-Friday from 8:00AM - 5:30PM, including rotating Mondays/Wednesdays from 10:30AM - 7:00PM. Start/end times may vary based on schedule and business needs.

Caregivers must be flexible to travel to any North Broward site during their shift.

A caregiver who excels in this role will:

• Provide a comprehensive, proactive and "Patients First" experience for patients and visitors.
• Investigate, triage and resolve patient issues using the established HEART model.
• Create a welcoming and professional environment, interact with patients and ensure stellar patient experiences.
• Perform patient registration, visit preparation, telephone triage, insurance verification, co-pay collection, patient and record tracking, scheduling, arrival and/or departure desk activities and screening and scheduling of interpreter services.
• Enter and maintain confidential patient information.
• Encourage patient utilization of front-end technology and provide guidance, encouragement, education and hands-on training.
• Recruit, enroll and educate patients on MyChart and Appointment Pass.
• Conduct follow-ups to MyChart, web appointment inquiries and outreach to patients informing them of upcoming routine checkups.
• Process the workflow for the day.
• Support and participate in process improvement efforts.
• Maintain measured performance in quality, patient experience, first call resolution (FCR), customer satisfaction, teamwork and medical terminology.
• Generate staff provider schedules and relay staff messaging.

Minimum qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:

• High School Diploma or GED and two years of experience in patient registration, appointment scheduling, insurance processing or customer service
• OR an Associate's Degree and one year of experience
• OR a Bachelor's Degree
• Working knowledge of PC window applications sufficient to input and retrieve data
• Ability to perform basic math sufficient to process insurance co-pays
• Excellent communication and organizational skills

Preferred qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:

• Knowledge of medical terminology
• Ability to type a minimum of 30 words per minute or demonstrable personal computer keyboard skills
• Bi-lingual Spanish language skills.
• Customer service experience in a medical setting
• Medical office system experience

Physical Requirements:

• Dexterity sufficient to operate a PC and other office equipment.
• Requires extended periods of standing, walking or sitting.
• Good visual acuity through normal or corrected vision.
• Must be able to navigate various locations and function in a fast-paced, hectic environment.
• Ability to lift and transport up to 25 pounds.

Personal Protective Equipment:

• Follows standard precautions using personal protective equipment as required.

The policy of Cleveland Clinic Health System and its system hospitals (Cleveland Clinic Health System) is to provide equal opportunity to all of our caregivers and applicants for employment in our drug free environment. All offers of employment are followed by testing for controlled substances.

Cleveland Clinic Health System administers an influenza prevention program. You will be required to comply with this program, which will include obtaining an influenza vaccination on an annual basis or obtaining an approved exemption.

Decisions concerning employment, transfers and promotions are made upon the basis of the best qualified candidate wit