Access/Senior Access Representative- Patient Access Center- FT Day Shift

About the role

UCI Health is one of California’s largest academic health systems and the clinical enterprise of the University of California, Irvine. Established on July 1, 1976, UCI Health operates a 1,461-bed system that includes UCI Health – Orange, UCI Health – Irvine, four community network hospitals, and a growing network of ambulatory care centers across Orange and Los Angeles counties. As Orange County’s only academic health system, UCI Health is home to the only National Cancer Institute–designated comprehensive cancer center in the county, the region’s only American College of Surgeons–verified Level I adult and Level II pediatric trauma center, an American College of Emergency Physicians Gold Level 1 Geriatric Emergency Department, and a nationally recognized regional burn center verified by the American Burn Association. Powered by UC Irvine, UCI Health serves 5.6 million people across Orange County, western Riverside County, and southeast Los Angeles County through excellence in patient care, research, and medical education.

Responsibilities

• Provides high-quality customer service to patients calling to obtain medical services at UC Irvine Medical Center
• Serves as a preceptor for new staff

Requirements

• Must possess the skill, knowledge, and ability essential to the successful performance of assigned duties
• Must demonstrate customer service skills appropriate to the job
• Minimum 6 months of experience working in a call center setting plus 12 months of experience working in a healthcare setting, or 12 months of experience working in a call center in a healthcare setting
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English
• Demonstrated knowledge of medical terminology
• Demonstrated knowledge of insurance programs and/or government programs
• Demonstrated experience using office equipment such as a printer, copier, fax, scanner
• Demonstrated experience using a computer, including data entry and retrieval
• Ability to maintain a work pace appropriate to the workload
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships across the Health System

Preferred Qualifications

• Knowledge of University and medical center organizations, policies, procedures, and forms
• Demonstrated experience working with a patient registration software system
• Bilingual skills in English and Spanish and/or Vietnamese