What are the responsibilities and job description for the Patient Access Lead position at Mercy?
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Overview:
In this role, the Patient Access Lead serves as a resource to the Supervisor/Manager by providing expert guidance to co-workers, monitoring assigned area, training and mentoring team members and identifying and implementing workflow improvements. The Patient Access Lead has the knowledge and skills to perform all duties required by their assigned area.
Qualifications:
- Experience: 3-5 years' experience with medical terminology, insurance plans, verification of benefits, authorization and pre-determination. Participate in Preceptor training/experience.
- Required Education: High School diploma or equivalent.
- Preferred Education: Some college preferred.
- Other: Minimum Skills, Knowledge and Ability Requirements:
- Interpersonal, organizational, and analytical skills required.
- Must possess ability to work in stressful situations, meet deadlines and perform daily responsibilities with consistent accuracy.
- Ability to use logic, good judgment and be able to rapidly identify and initiate corrective actions when problems arise.
- Must be able to communicate effectively providing good written and oral direction to co-workers.
- Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with patients, physicians, clinical and non-clinical hospital staff and insurance companies.
- Physical Requirements: Position requires the ability to push, pull, and/or lift 50 lbs on a regular basis. Position requires prolonged standing and walking during each shift. Position requires the ability to grip, reach, bend, kneel, twist, and squat to perform duties.
We Offer Great Benefits:
Day-one comprehensive health, vision and dental coverage, PTO, tuition reimbursement and employer-matched retirement funds are just a few of the great benefits offered to eligible co-workers, including those working 32 hours or more per pay period!
We’re bringing to life a healing ministry through compassionate care.
At Mercy, our supportive community will be behind you every step of your day, especially the tough ones. You will have opportunities to pioneer new models of care and transform the health care experience through advanced technology and innovative procedures. We’re expanding to help our communities grow. Join us and be a part of it all.
What Makes You a Good Match for Mercy?
Compassion and professionalism go hand-in-hand with us. Having a positive outlook and a strong sense of advocacy is in perfect step with our mission and vision. We’re also collaborative and unafraid to do a little extra to deliver excellent care – that’s just part of our commitment. If that sounds like a good fit for you, we encourage you to apply.
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