Archived listing. The details below describe a past opening.
It's more than a career, it's a calling. MO-SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital
Worker Type:
Regular
Job Highlights:
Join a team where your work matters – every moment, every patient, every community. At SSM Health, you’ll be empowered to grow, supported to thrive, and inspired to make a lasting impact.
In this role, you will provide hands-on support in a fast-paced environment where every shift makes a direct impact on patients and families. Your attention to detail, compassion, and ability to work closely with various teams will help create a safer, smoother care experience. If you want to grow in a collaborative care setting, this role is perfect for you.
- Department: Behavioral Health
- Schedule: Full time, varying schedule, (4) 10 hour shifts, Monday through Friday.
- Will rotate every other Saturday
- Department is open Monday - Saturday (9am - 7pm)
- No on call requirement
- Location: MO-SSM St. Louis University Hospital, Urgent Care
Skills and Matching Criteria:
- Exceptional customer service and patient-centered communication.
- Ability to remain calm in high-stress situations.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills.
- Emotional intelligence and compassion.
- Experience with Epic or other health record systems.
- Knowledge of insurance verification and registration processes.
- Proficiently with Microsoft Office applications.
- Reliability, accountability, and professionalism.
Apply today. SSM Health- We bring out the incredible in you, every day.
Job Summary:
Responsible for communicating with patients, participants and staff to accurately schedule patients for prescribed procedures and gather the necessary demographic, insurance and clinical information for the procedure.
Job Responsibilities and Requirements:
PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES
- Gathers information from patient and enters into appropriate database. Seeks appropriate resources to resolve issues about the type, date or location of prescribed procedures.
- Schedules patient procedures in a manner that most efficiently utilizes the patient's time and clinical resources. Coordinates and communicates schedules.
- Assists with coordination of activities related to insurance pre-certification/authorization.
- Provides counseling to patient, participant or their representative regarding pre-service requirements and instructions.
- Performs clerical and reception duties associated with patient registration.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
EDUCATION
- High School diploma/GED or 10 years of work experience
EXPERIENCE
PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS
- Frequent lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 0-25 lbs.
- Frequent sitting, standing, walking, reaching and repetitive foot/leg and hand/arm movements.
- Frequent use of vision and depth perception for distances near (20 inches or less) and far (20 feet or more) and to identify and distinguish colors.
- Frequent use of hearing and speech to share information through oral communication. Ability to hear alarms, malfunctioning machinery, etc.
- Frequent keyboard use/data entry.
- Occasional bending, stooping, kneeling, squatting, twisting and gripping.
- Occasional lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 25-50 lbs.
- Rare climbing.
REQUIRED PROFESSIONAL LICENSE AND/OR CERTIFICATIONS
Department:
4890570235 SLUH Behavioral Health Urgent Care
Work Shift:
Day Shift (United States of America)
Scheduled Weekly Hours:
40
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