Patient Service Specialist

Cleveland Clinic; Lakewood (CO); On-site; USD 35,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

Cleveland Clinic Lakewood Family Health Center seeks a friendly Patient Service Specialist to welcome patients, collect co-pays, and prep visits. You will assist with scheduling, MyChart enrollment, and kiosk use, coordinating with physicians for a smooth checkout.

This role offers growth across Cleveland Clinic in a patient‑centered environment. Responsibilities include patient registration, insurance verification, and scheduling, with rotating day/evening/weekend shifts.

Qualifications

• 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
• Ability to perform basic math sufficient to process insurance co-pays

Responsibilities

• Welcome and check in patients, collect co-pays, complete visit preparations, assist with kiosk use
• Support patients with scheduling, pre-registration and MyChart enrollment
• Partner with physicians to ensure smooth checkout
• Perform patient registration, visit preparation, telephone triage, insurance verification, co-pay collection, scheduling, arrival/departure desk activities and interpreter services as needed
• Enter and maintain confidential patient information
• Recruit, enroll and educate patients on MyChart and Appointment Pass

Skills

PC Windows applications

Math for insurance co-pays

Epic experience

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Associate’s Degree

Bachelor’s Degree

Job description

At Cleveland Clinic Health System, we believe in a better future for healthcare. And each of us is responsible for honoring our commitment to excellence, pushing the boundaries and transforming the patient experience, every day.

We all have the power to help, heal and change lives — beginning with our own. That’s the power of the Cleveland Clinic Health System team, and The Power of Every One.

Job Title

Patient Service Specialist

Location

Lakewood

Facility

Lakewood Family Health Center

Department

Administration-Ambulatory Operations

Job Code

B15028

Shift

Day/Evening/Night/Weekend

Schedule

9:00am-5:30pm/6:30am-3:30pm

Job Summary

Job Details

Cleveland Clinic Lakewood Family Health Center is happy to bring a new generation of healthcare to Lakewood. Our focus is on providing top-quality care, outstanding service, strong educational programs and community investment. Cleveland Clinic provides a dynamic and technologically advanced environment that allows you to discover, learn and grow.

As a Patient Service Specialist, you’ll help create an exceptional experience for patients, families and visitors from arrival through checkout. You’ll welcome and check in patients, collect co-pays, complete visit preparations, assist with kiosk use, and support patients with scheduling, pre-registration and MyChart enrollment. You’ll also partner closely with physicians to ensure a smooth and efficient checkout process. This role offers a great opportunity to build your customer service experience while exploring career growth across Cleveland Clinic.

A caregiver in this position works 9:00am to 5:30pm with rotating weekends.

A caregiver who excels in this role will:

• Provide comprehensive, proactive and “Patients First” experience for patients and visitors.

• Investigate, triage and resolve patient issues using the established HEART model.

• Create a welcome 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.

• Recruit, enroll and educate patients on MyChart and Appointment Pass.

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

• Ability to perform basic math sufficient to process insurance co-pays

Preferred qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:

• Knowledge of medical terminology

• Type a minimum of 30 words per minute or personal computer keyboard skills

• Epic 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 without regard to color, race, religion, national origin, age, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, ancestry, status as a disabled or Vietnam era veteran or any other characteristic protected by law. Information provided on this application may be shared with any Cleveland Clinic Health System facility.

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Cleveland Clinic is pleased to be an equal employment opportunity employer.