Representative Registration and Financial

St. Joseph's Health; Paterson (NJ); On-site; USD 36,000 - 48,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Health & Wellness

PTO and paid holidays

Tuition reimbursement

Employee Assistance Program

Long Term Disability

Life Insurance Options

Onsite Day care Program

403b retirement plan with companymatch

Job summary

St. Joseph’s Health in Paterson, NJ, seeks a patient registrar to manage the front desk, collecting demographic, financial, and insurance information and ensuring accurate data entry for timely service.

The role includes screening patients before services, processing co-pays, and referring Self Pay patients to financial assistance as needed, while coordinating with ancillary departments to support patient flow.

Qualifications

• High School diploma or equivalent.
• At least 1 year of related work experience.
• Bilingual preferred; ability to communicate with diverse patients.
• Knowledge of medical terminology is a plus.
• Proficient knowledge of Microsoft Office.
• Strong communication skills to handle calls and interruptions while maintaining quality.

Responsibilities

• Register patients and collect demographic, financial, and insurance information.
• Screen patients prior to services and manage co-pays; refer Self Pay patients to financial services when needed.
• Enter data accurately and ensure prompt service; act as liaison for ancillary departments.

Skills

Communication skills

Bilingual preferred

Medical terminology

Education

High School diploma or equivalent

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Job Description

Responsible for various activities related to the patient registration process, collection of demographic, financial and insurance information. Screens patients prior to services being rendered, collects co-pays, and refers Self Pay patients to appropriate financial services when needed. Enters data accurately and ensures prompt service to all patients. Acts as a liaison for other ancillary departments within the hospital.

Job Description

Responsible for various activities related to the patient registration process, collection of demographic, financial and insurance information. Screens patients prior to services being rendered, collects co-pays, and refers Self Pay patients to appropriate financial services when needed. Enters data accurately and ensures prompt service to all patients. Acts as a liaison for other ancillary departments within the hospital.

Qualifications

Work requires a High School diploma or equivalent and at least one year of previous work related experience, bilingual preferred. Knowledge of medical terminology is considered an asset. Proficient knowledge of Microsoft Office preferred. Work requires communication skills needed to frequently answer telephone calls and work with multiple interruptions and still sustain positive communication.

About Us

St. Joseph’s Health is recognized for the expertise and compassion of its highly skilled and responsive staff. The combined efforts of the organization’s outstanding physicians, superb nurses, and dedicated clinical and professional staff have made us one of the most highly respected healthcare organizations in the state, the largest employer in Passaic County, and one of the nation’s “100 Best Places to Work in Health Care”.

Benefits Eligibility

Full-time and Part-time Employees-over 20 hours a week

• Competitive salary*
• Robust benefits with health, dental, Rx and vision plans
• 403b retirement plan options with company match**
• Health & Wellness*
• Non-Profit Health System – eligible for Federal Student Loan Forgiveness
• PTO, and paid holidays
• Tuition reimbursement
• Employee Assistance Program
• LTD : Long Term Disability
• Life Insurance Options
• Onsite Day care Program
• Available for Per Diem Employees and Part-time Employees working under 20 hours per week.
• 403b Company Match not applicable for Per Diem Employees and Part-time Employees working under 20 hours per week.

Pay transparency

St. Joseph’s Health provides a salary range to comply with New Jersey Law. The rate of pay for each position will be determined based on a variety of factors including the candidate's relevant experience, qualifications, skills, etc.” The salary range does not include incentives, differential pay or other forms of compensation.

About The Team

St. Joseph’s University Medical Center is an academic tertiary care medical center and state designated trauma center, located on the Paterson campus, regularly accepts referrals of difficult or unusual cases from other hospitals and physicians and performs both complex and routine procedures.

The Medical Center offers a full complement of specialty and subspecialty services including ambulatory, behavioral health, cardiovascular, emergency/trauma, internal medicine, neuroscience, oncology, orthopedic/spine, rehabilitation, surgical specialty, women’s health, imaging and pediatrics.

The nursing team at St. Joseph’s University Medical Center, which includes St. Joseph’s Children’s Hospital, has held the Magnet Award for Nursing Excellence, the profession’s highest honor, since 1999. They are also recipients of the prestigious 2010 Magnet Prize™ - one of only 8 Magnet-designated hospitals to ever receive The Magnet Prize, and the only one worldwide to receive the 2010 award.