Principal Admitting Worker - ED Registration Orange - PT Nights

About the role

The incumbent performs the essential functions of the Emergency Department Registration, which can include: pre-admission, financial counseling, insurance notification, verification and authorization, management of unscheduled admissions in acute care or mental health admissions, NICU transfers and other duties as assigned.

Responsibilities

• Perform pre-admission and financial counseling
• Notify and verify insurance plans
• Manage unscheduled admissions in acute care or mental health admissions
• Handle NICU transfers and other duties as assigned

Requirements

• Must possess the skill, knowledge and ability essential to the successful performance of assigned duties
• Must demonstrate general understanding of medical terminology
• Must demonstrate customer service skills appropriate to the job
• Extensive and demonstrated knowledge of Government and Commercial Insurance Plans
• Experience with registration and/or billings computer software programs
• Experience in a hospital or medical office setting
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English
• Demonstrated knowledge and understanding of Managed Care plans
• Demonstrated experience with referral authorization process
• Demonstrated ability to utilize payer and government websites to access and interpret health plan benefit packages and make determinations
• Maintain a work pace appropriate to the workload
• Establish and maintain effective working relationships across the Health System

Qualifications

• Knowledge of University and medical center organizations, policies, procedures and forms
• Experience with computer software programs such as Quest, Invision and EPIC
• Bilingual in English and Spanish

Skills

• None specified

Benefits

We offer a wealth of benefits to make working at UCI even more rewarding. These benefits may include medical insurance, sick and vacation time, retirement savings plans, and access to a number of discounts and perks. Please utilize the links listed here to learn more about our compensation practices and benefits.

Pay

TBD

Schedule

TBD

Conditions of Employment

• Background Check and Live Scan
• Employment Misconduct*
• Legal Right to Work in the United States
• Vaccination Policies
• Smoking and Tobacco Policy
• Drug Free Environment
• Misconduct Disclosure Requirement: As a condition of employment, the final candidate who accepts a conditional offer of employment will be required to disclose if they have been subject to any final administrative or judicial decisions within the last seven years determining that they committed any misconduct; received notice of any allegations or are currently the subject of any administrative or disciplinary proceedings involving misconduct; have left a position after receiving notice of allegations or while under investigation in an administrative or disciplinary proceeding involving misconduct; or have filed an appeal of a finding of misconduct with a previous employer.

Total Rewards

Total Rewards We offer a wealth of benefits to make working at UCI even more rewarding. These benefits may include medical insurance, sick and vacation time, retirement savings plans, and access to a number of discounts and perks. Please utilize the links listed here to learn more about our compensation practices and benefits.