What are the responsibilities and job description for the Patient Access Specialist position at LifeScape?
* Clinic Setting * Customer Support * Scheduling *
* Monday-Friday Day Hours * Rapid City Location *
Would you like to work for a growing non-profit where you can have a positive impact on people?
Come start a career at LifeScape and see all the wonderful opportunities offered here!
Do you have excellent organization & customer service skills and want to promote the mission at LifeScape, which is “Empowering people to live their best lives”! Here is an opportunity for you! The Patient Access Specialist position at LifeScape serves as the primary contact for all patients requesting services within our Outpatient Rehabilitation Clinic – Rise Custom Solutions, in Rapid City, South Dakota. Now is your time to make a switch and start your new career today.
The following are some of the exciting, yet challenging tasks our Patient Access Specialists may complete at work:
- Respond to telephone requests for services and inquiries, and communicate with assigned staff to facilitate requested services
- Obtain necessary paperwork upon patient arrival and assure completion of all necessary forms
- Schedule appointments (evaluations and recurring treatments) for outpatient services, including but not limited to:
- Occupational therapy
- Physical therapy
- Speech-language pathology
- Behavior therapy
- Clinical psychology
- Orthotics
- Prosthetics
- Modify appointments for patients/families as requested
- Perform related duties to include:
- Greeting patients and family members
- Checking in
- Reviewing schedules
- Making charts
- Entering information into the database
- Maintaining or updates information as needed in the EMR
- Consult with providers, nurses, supervisors, and other appropriate resources to resolve complex patient needs or scheduling issues
- Provide support to billing staff as needed
If these daily tasks sound like something you would enjoy, feel fulfilled by, and be good at, then please apply for this opportunity today!
We look forward to meeting you!
Requirements
Education and Experience
High School diploma/GED is required. Any prior admissions experience is preferred. Any prior experience working with individuals with disabilities or other chronic health conditions is also preferred.
Why Work for Us?
We Are Driven by Our Mission
Empowering people to live their best life.
We Have a Vision for Our Future
LifeScape will be an innovative organization, providing exceptional services and creative solutions for people with varied needs and complex care across their life span. Through collaborative partnerships, LifeScape will become a destination for research, and the development, implementation, and training of technology-based solutions to improve the lives of people we support.
We Lead with Shared Values
Integrity - Compassion - Respect - Safety and Wellbeing - Fiscal Responsibility - Excellence - Accountability
Note: Job postings are not exhaustive lists of all skills, responsibilities, or efforts associated with a job. They reflect principal job elements essential for performing the job and evaluating performance. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the position.
LifeScape is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer of females, minorities, individuals with disabilities, and protected veterans. Employment selection and related decisions are made without regard to sex, race, age, disability, religion, national origin, color, or any other protected class.
LifeScape is a qualifying employer under the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program
Experience
Preferred- Any prior admissions experience is preferred. Any prior experience working with individuals with disabilities or other chronic health conditions is also preferred.
Education
Preferred- General Equivalency Diploma or better
- High School or better
Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities
The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)
