Client Access Specialist (Part-Time)
Central City Concern · Portland, OR · 1 mo ago
On-siteOTHR$25.08–$32.3/hrPart-time
We need to output only HTML fragment, no html/body tags, no markdown fences. Use for section headings: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Only include sections that have real specific content. Must not repeat job title as heading. Must not put Job ID etc. Remove boilerplate.
We need to parse the posting and extract content.
First, identify sections:
- About the role: description of organization, role purpose, location floating, etc. Could be first paragraph(s) up to maybe "This position will work as a member...". Let's extract.
- Responsibilities: list of duties (Essential Duties And Responsibilities). Use
for section headings: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Only include sections that have real specific content. Must not repeat job title as heading. Must not put Job ID etc. Remove boilerplate.
We need to parse the posting and extract content.
First, identify sections:
- About the role: description of organization, role purpose, location floating, etc. Could be first paragraph(s) up to maybe "This position will work as a member...". Let's extract.
- Responsibilities: list of duties (Essential Duties And Responsibilities). Use - .
- Requirements: maybe Minimum Qualifications? Could be Requirements section. Could combine with Qualifications? The instruction says use headings: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. So we need to map content accordingly.
- Qualifications: maybe Minimum Qualifications (education, experience). Could be separate from Requirements? Usually Requirements = qualifications. But we have both headings; we need to decide what goes where. Possibly Requirements = mandatory qualifications (education, experience, certifications). Qualifications = preferred qualifications (bilingual, experience in clinical setting, etc). We'll split.
- Skills: Skills And Abilities section.
- Benefits: BENEFITS section.
- Pay: Compensation info.
- Schedule: Schedule info.
We must not include sections with placeholder or vague content. Ensure we have real specifics.
Let's extract each.
First, About the role: The initial paragraph(s) before responsibilities.
Text:
"Central City Concern offers integrated housing, health care, and employment services with the long-term goal of eliminating homelessness. Our Client Access team supports the following locations Blackburn, Evergreen Crossing, Imani, Old Town Clinic, Old Town Recovery Center, and River Haven. This role can float between locations to help maintain staffing levels. This position will work as a member of a multi-disciplinary team to deliver comprehensive, person-centered, integrated services. The Client Access Specialist I is considered a critical link between the patient and the care delivered by the clinical and service staff of our integrated services clinic. The Client Access Specialist I must exemplify the core values and mission of the organization, always exercising the utmost discretion, diplomacy and tact in patient, visitor and staff interactions. They are responsible for welcoming and greeting all patients and visitors into the clinic and providing complete and meaningful information."
That seems like About the role.
Now Responsibilities: The "Essential Duties And Responsibilities" block. We'll list each duty as
- . Need to capture all duties.
Let's copy that block:
"Deliver comprehensive, client centered, and trauma informed integrated services.
Identify new opportunities to improve collaboration between and within service and care teams while carefully following information-sharing guidelines.
Proactively identify opportunities for improvement within workflows and logistics.
Participate in review of Key Performance Indicators; review and contribute to continuous improvement opportunities and plans.
Build understanding of and appreciation for diversity among clients and support their connection to culturally responsive and culturally specific services as requested.
Greet all patients/clients and visitors in person and over the phone in a welcoming and inclusive manner.
Enter initial demographics for new clients seeking services at and schedule an appointment with Registration Specialist.
Review patient alerts (at scheduling and check-in) and takes needed action to resolve.
Schedule appointments for established patients/clients for multiple providers and services.
Arrange interpretation services for appointments.
Check patients/clients in for scheduled appointments and groups or walk-ins.
Work with patients in a trauma informed way to gather patient profile updates.
Thoroughly reviews patient profile and other paperwork to ensure the completeness and quality of data.
Scan and/or distribute paperwork timely and appropriately as per protocol.
Update registration data in Epic as per policy and training.
Verify insurance coverage and copies new insurance cards, directing patients to work with OHP assistors when needed.
Collect and record payments and co-pays.
Make confirmation calls for scheduled appointments.
Clear the schedule of no showed appointments each day.
Make outreach calls for appointments no showed and documents in patient/client chart as per protocol.
Make calls to arrange medical transportation for patients/clients.
Distribute bus tickets to patients and records transaction.
Facilitate patient flow and manages the waiting areas to provide comfort & safety in a welcoming and inclusion environment.
Participate in crisis response protocols.
Manage patient/client mail.
Issue and collects patient/client surveys.
Keep public literature/brochures/handouts/suggestion boxes supplied.
Keep office supplies, appointment cards and forms adequately stocked by anticipating needs and informing purchasing agent.
Provide backup for contact center representative.
Provide information inquiries and outside resource materials in a polite and courteous manner.
Participate in compliance, quality assurance and quality improvement activities as directed.
Adhere to all state and federal privacy regulations, including HIPAA and 42 CFR Part 2, and to CCC policies and agreements regarding confidentiality, privacy, and security.
Support compliance with all privacy and security requirements pursuant to community partners’ and outside providers’ patient confidentiality agreements, including privacy and security requirements for EMR access.
This includes immediately reporting any breach of protected health information or personal identification information of any person receiving CCC services by CCC or an outside provider to the CCC Compliance Department, as well as to your supervisor or their designee.
Attend all mandatory CCC trainings in a timely manner.
Perform other duties as assigned."
We need to ensure each bullet is a separate
- . Some lines may be incomplete due to formatting; but we keep as is.
Now Requirements: Minimum Qualifications block.
Text:
"Minimum Qualifications
High school diploma or GED equivalent and 1 year of experience in a medical office setting or administrative support role; OR 2 years of experience in a high-volume public contact position that utilized customer service where every 2 years is equivalent to 1 year of experience in a medical office setting or administrative support role.
Experience in a clinical setting is preferred.
Bilingual in Spanish preferred.
Ability to work efficiently in a fast paced environment.
Ability to work calmly with patients/clients that are often in distress or agitated.
Must have current CPR certification prior to start.
Must generally have the ability to walk, bend, stoop, kneel, squat, twist, reach, pull and lift heavy objects, and climb stairs with reasonable or no accommodation.
Ability to adhere to Central City Concern’s drug-free workplace which encourages a safe, healthy and productive work environment and strictly complies with the Drug-Free Work Place Ace of 1988. An employee shall not, in the workplace, unlawfully manufacture, distribute, dispense, possess or use a controlled substance or alcohol.
Must pass a pre-employment drug screen, TB test, and background check. This includes clearance by the DHS Background Check Unit.
Must adhere to agency’s non-discrimination policies.
Ability to effectively interact with co-workers and clients with diverse ethnic backgrounds, religious views, political affiliations, cultural backgrounds, lifestyles, and sexual orientations, treating each individual with respect and dignity."
We can treat this as Requirements (mandatory). However some lines say "preferred". Might be better to split: Requirements = mandatory (high school diploma or GED, 1 year experience OR 2 years public contact, CPR certification, ability to adhere to drug-free workplace, pass pre-employment drug screen, TB test, background check, adhere to non-discrimination policies, ability to interact with diverse). The "Experience in a clinical setting is preferred." and "Bilingual in Spanish preferred." could go to Qualifications (preferred). Also ability to work efficiently in fast paced environment, ability to work calmly with distressed patients - those could be Requirements (skills). But we have separate Skills section later.
Let's follow instruction: Use Requirements heading for mandatory qualifications; Qualifications heading for preferred qualifications.
Thus:
Requirements (
- ):
- High school diploma or GED equivalent
- 1 year of experience in a medical office setting or administrative support role; OR 2 years of experience in a high-volume public contact position that utilized customer service (where every 2 years is equivalent to 1 year of experience in a medical office setting or administrative support role)
- Must have current CPR certification prior to start
- Must generally have the ability to walk, bend, stoop, kneel, squat, twist, reach, pull and lift heavy objects, and climb stairs with reasonable or no accommodation
- Ability to adhere to Central City Concern’s drug-free workplace (strictly complies with Drug-Free Work Place Act of 1988)
- Must pass a pre-employment drug screen, TB test, and background check (including clearance by the DHS Background Check Unit)
- Must adhere to agency’s non-discrimination policies
- Ability to effectively interact with co-workers and clients with diverse ethnic backgrounds, religious views, political affiliations, cultural backgrounds, lifestyles, and sexual orientations, treating each individual with respect and dignity
- Ability to work efficiently in a fast paced environment
- Ability to work calmly with patients/clients that are often in distress or agitated
We could also include "Ability to work efficiently in a fast paced environment." and "Ability to work calmly..." as requirements.
Now Qualifications (preferred):
- Experience in a clinical setting is preferred
- Bilingual in Spanish preferred
- Working knowledge of Centricity preferred
- Basic knowledge of medical terminology preferred
- Experience in both medical and behavioral clinic setting preferred
- Proficient in Microsoft Office products (maybe skill)
- Excellent data entry skills (skill)
- Knowledge of insurances and verifications (skill)
- De-escalation skills (skill)
- Ability to problem solve independently and with a team (skill)
- Extremely detailed oriented (skill)
- Organized with ability to multi-task (skill)
- Familiarity with electronic medical records and medical scheduling systems (skill)
- Ability to follow complex scheduling guidelines (skill)
- Ability to navigate electronic systems applicable to job functions (skill)
- Experience with general office machines (skill)
- Ability to consider impacts and outcomes for underserved communities during decision-making processes (skill)
- Ability to consider impacts of systems of oppression, structural racism, and individual bias on client outcomes (skill)
- Excellent communication skills, both verbally and written (skill)
- Excellent customer service skills a must (skill)
- Bi-Lingual preferred (already)
- etc.
But many of those are in Skills And Abilities section. So maybe we should put Skills And Abilities under Skills heading. Qualifications could be just preferred qualifications like experience, bilingual, etc. Let's separate.
Thus:
Qualifications (
- ):
- Experience in a clinical setting preferred
- Bilingual in Spanish preferred
- Working knowledge of Centricity preferred
- Basic knowledge of medical terminology preferred
- Experience in both medical and behavioral clinic setting preferred
Now Skills heading: copy Skills And Abilities block.
Skills And Abilities text:
"Ability to consider the impacts and outcomes for underserved communities during decision-making processes.
Ability to consider impacts of systems of oppression, structural racism, and individual bias on client outcomes.
Excellent communication skills, both verbally and written.
Excellent customer service skills a must.
Familiarity with electronic medical records and medical scheduling systems.
Ability to follow complex scheduling guidelines.
Ability to navigate electronic systems applicable to job functions.
Experience with general office machines
Extremely detailed oriented.
Organized with an ability to multi-task .
Ability to problem solve independently and with a team.
De-escalation skills.
Proficient in Microsoft Office products.
Excellent data entry skills.
Knowledge of insurances and verifications.
Must have a high tolerance for ambiguity and change.
Working knowledge of Centricity preferred.
Basic knowledge of medical terminology preferred.
Bi-Lingual preferred.
Experience in both medical and behavioral clinic setting preferred."
Note some duplicates with Qualifications; but we can keep them under Skills as they are skills. However we might have duplication; but instruction says preserve ALL substantive information; do not invent or summarize away detail. Duplicates okay? Might be okay but we could avoid duplication by not repeating. However we need to keep all info; if we omit duplicates we lose some info (though it's same). Safer to keep them under Skills as they appear; Qualifications we keep only those not already in Skills? But the posting includes both "Preferred" under Minimum Qualifications and also under Skills
- ):
- High school diploma or GED equivalent
- 1 year of experience in a medical office setting or administrative support role; OR 2 years of experience in a high-volume public contact position that utilized customer service (where every 2 years is equivalent to 1 year of experience in a medical office setting or administrative support role)
- Must have current CPR certification prior to start
- Must generally have the ability to walk, bend, stoop, kneel, squat, twist, reach, pull and lift heavy objects, and climb stairs with reasonable or no accommodation
- Ability to adhere to Central City Concern’s drug-free workplace (strictly complies with Drug-Free Work Place Act of 1988)
- Must pass a pre-employment drug screen, TB test, and background check (including clearance by the DHS Background Check Unit)
- Must adhere to agency’s non-discrimination policies
- Ability to effectively interact with co-workers and clients with diverse ethnic backgrounds, religious views, political affiliations, cultural backgrounds, lifestyles, and sexual orientations, treating each individual with respect and dignity
- Ability to work efficiently in a fast paced environment
- Ability to work calmly with patients/clients that are often in distress or agitated
We could also include "Ability to work efficiently in a fast paced environment." and "Ability to work calmly..." as requirements.
Now Qualifications (preferred):
- Experience in a clinical setting is preferred
- Bilingual in Spanish preferred
- Working knowledge of Centricity preferred
- Basic knowledge of medical terminology preferred
- Experience in both medical and behavioral clinic setting preferred
- Proficient in Microsoft Office products (maybe skill)
- Excellent data entry skills (skill)
- Knowledge of insurances and verifications (skill)
- De-escalation skills (skill)
- Ability to problem solve independently and with a team (skill)
- Extremely detailed oriented (skill)
- Organized with ability to multi-task (skill)
- Familiarity with electronic medical records and medical scheduling systems (skill)
- Ability to follow complex scheduling guidelines (skill)
- Ability to navigate electronic systems applicable to job functions (skill)
- Experience with general office machines (skill)
- Ability to consider impacts and outcomes for underserved communities during decision-making processes (skill)
- Ability to consider impacts of systems of oppression, structural racism, and individual bias on client outcomes (skill)
- Excellent communication skills, both verbally and written (skill)
- Excellent customer service skills a must (skill)
- Bi-Lingual preferred (already)
- etc.
But many of those are in Skills And Abilities section. So maybe we should put Skills And Abilities under Skills heading. Qualifications could be just preferred qualifications like experience, bilingual, etc. Let's separate.
Thus:
Qualifications (
- ): - Experience in a clinical setting preferred - Bilingual in Spanish preferred - Working knowledge of Centricity preferred - Basic knowledge of medical terminology preferred - Experience in both medical and behavioral clinic setting preferred Now Skills heading: copy Skills And Abilities block. Skills And Abilities text: "Ability to consider the impacts and outcomes for underserved communities during decision-making processes. Ability to consider impacts of systems of oppression, structural racism, and individual bias on client outcomes. Excellent communication skills, both verbally and written. Excellent customer service skills a must. Familiarity with electronic medical records and medical scheduling systems. Ability to follow complex scheduling guidelines. Ability to navigate electronic systems applicable to job functions. Experience with general office machines Extremely detailed oriented. Organized with an ability to multi-task . Ability to problem solve independently and with a team. De-escalation skills. Proficient in Microsoft Office products. Excellent data entry skills. Knowledge of insurances and verifications. Must have a high tolerance for ambiguity and change. Working knowledge of Centricity preferred. Basic knowledge of medical terminology preferred. Bi-Lingual preferred. Experience in both medical and behavioral clinic setting preferred." Note some duplicates with Qualifications; but we can keep them under Skills as they are skills. However we might have duplication; but instruction says preserve ALL substantive information; do not invent or summarize away detail. Duplicates okay? Might be okay but we could avoid duplication by not repeating. However we need to keep all info; if we omit duplicates we lose some info (though it's same). Safer to keep them under Skills as they appear; Qualifications we keep only those not already in Skills? But the posting includes both "Preferred" under Minimum Qualifications and also under Skills