Patient Service Specialist Trainee - Float

Cleveland Clinic; Fort Lauderdale (FL); On-site; USD 21,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

Cleveland Clinic Weston Hospital is seeking a Patient Service Specialist Trainee to join the Ambulatory Team. You will manage calls, triage patient needs, register patients, schedule appointments, and verify insurance while supporting front-end operations.

On-the-job training will rotate through specialties; the role offers exposure to workflows, systems, and patient-centered care. Weekend and holiday flexibility is required, with 8-hour shifts Mon–Fri and rotation opportunities.

Qualifications

• 6–12 months of customer service experience (paid, volunteer, or relevant school activities)
• High School Diploma or GED (or completion within two years of hire)
• Ability to perform basic math for insurance co-pays
• Excellent communication and organizational skills

Responsibilities

• Answer and triage calls, calendar support, and patient registration.
• Obtain authorizations and referrals, appointment scheduling, and insurance verification.
• Promote MyChart and Appointment Pass enrollment; educate patients.
• Coordinate interpreter services and follow up on routine checkups.
• Support front-end technology use and maintain accurate patient information.

Skills

Customer service

Communication

Organizational skills

Typing 30 wpm

PC Windows applications

Education

High School Diploma or GED

On-the-Job Training program

Associate’s Degree

Tools

MyChart

Job description

Join Cleveland Clinic Weston Hospital’s Ambulatory Team, where caregivers remain on the leading edge of technology and education while consistently providing patient-centered healthcare. Our physicians have expertise in more than 55 specialties and work as a team to deliver patient-centered, compassionate care. Here, you will work alongside passionate and 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. Your day-to-day focus will be on answering and triaging calls, calendar support, obtaining authorizations and referrals, appointment scheduling, patient registration, wayfinding and answering general questions. You will train on a rotating schedule through each specialty area of the facility to learn the elements of the workflows, systems and expectations. The Patient Service Specialist Trainee role is a great steppingstone to becoming a Patient Service Specialist as well as other careers within customer service and other departments with Cleveland Clinic.

A caregiver in this position works variable 8-hour shifts requiring availability Monday – Friday from 8:00AM – 5:00PM and 12:30PM – 9:30PM. Flexibility to work rotating weekends and holidays will be required, as needed.

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 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.
• Support front-end technology utilization to promote understanding and comfort levels in use by caregivers and providers.
• Enter and maintain confidential patient information.
• 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.
• Participate in patient outreach activities such as proactive patient calls to assist with health maintenance and care compliance

Minimum qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:

• High School Diploma or GED
• Individuals currently enrolled in a High School Health Occupations Students of America (HOSA) program or comparable On-the-Job Training (OJT) program must provide a High School Diploma or GED upon program completion or within two years of hire into role, whichever occurs first
• 6-12 months of customer service experience (paid, volunteer, or relevant school extracurricular activities acceptable)
• OR successful completion of a job-related vocational education program
• OR Associate’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

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.

Pay Range

Salaries [which may be] shown on independent job search websites reflect various market averages and do not represent information obtained directly from The Cleveland Clinic. Because we value each individual candidate, we invite and encourage each candidate to discuss salary/hourly specifics during the application and hiring process.