Scheduler Authorization Representative

Salary: $19.52 - $30.26 Hourly
Location : 1800 West Charleston Blvd, Las Vegas, NV
Job Type: Full Time
Job Number: 26-SARQ2
Department: PATIENT ACCESS SVCS - 8560
Opening Date: 06/08/2026
Closing Date: 6/15/2026 5:00 PM Pacific


Position Summary
EMPLOYER-PAID PENSION PLAN (NEVADA PERS)
COMPETITIVE SALARY & BENEFITS PACKAGE

As an academic medical center with a rich history of providing life-saving treatment in Southern Nevada, UMC serves as the anchor hospital of the Las Vegas Medical District, offering Nevada's highest level of care to promote successful medical outcomes for patients.
UMC is a Level I Trauma Center, home of the ONLY Verified Burn Center, and Transplant Center. In 2026, we became the FIRST and ONLY Magnet®-Recognized hospital in the state, reflecting UMC's nursing professionalism, teamwork, and superiority in patient care.
Position Summary:
Serves as the primary point of contact for patient scheduling, registration, and ensuring timely authorization form insurance carriers to optimize the hospitals revenue cash flow. Coordinating schedules (i.e. appointments) for patients and providers. Collects, verifies and updates patient demographic and guarantor information. Verifies insurance benefits/eligibility, manages referrals runs patient estimate, collects copays and patient estimated out of pocket expenses and appropriate. Performs appointment scheduling, registration and customer services duties. Obtains authorization and re-authorization as needed, for both professional and facility services as well as notification for inpatient stays.
Job Requirement
Education/Experience:
Equivalent to graduation from high school and two (2) years Admitting Discharge experience in a hospital setting or one (1) year surgery scheduling experience or one (1) year experience working in a physicians office performing scheduling/authorization activities.
Additional Position Requirements

Required Additional Qualifications

• At least one (1) Year of registration experience.
• At least two (2) years of Insurance Verification Experience.
• At least one (1) year of experience with Epic Systems.
• Open availability, to include nights and weekends.

Preferred Qualifications

• Notice of Admission experience.
• At least two (2) years of experience with submitting authorizations.

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities, and Physical Requirements

Knowledge of:
Scheduling and authorization procedures; medical terminology; laws, rules, and regulations governing area of assignment; financial system and insurance requirements; commercial and governmental payers, Medicare plans; CPT, ICD 10 procedure coding; Medicare rules and regulations; department and hospital safety practice and procedures; patient rights; age specific patient care practices; infection control policies and practices; handling, storage, use and disposal of hazardous materials; department and hospital emergency response policies and procedures.
Skill in:
Communicating effectively with physicians, patients, and other employees; customer services; computerized scheduling system; verifying benefits and eligibility; forms and applications according to laws and guidelines in area of assignment; preparing technical and statistical reports; performing technical, specialized office support work; using initiative and judgement within established procedural guidelines; setting priorities and meeting critical deadlines; using computers and related software applications; communicating with a wide variety of people from diverse socio-economic and ethnic backgrounds; establishing and maintaining effective working relationships with all personnel contacted in the course of duties; efficient, effective and safe use of equipment.

Physical Requirements and Working Conditions:
Mobility to work in a typical clinical setting and use standard office equipment, stamina to remain seated for extended periods of time and maintain concentration, vision to read printed materials and a VDT screen, and hearing and speech to communicate effectively in person and over the telephone. Strength and agility to exert up to 10 pounds of force occasionally and/or an eligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects, including the human body.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this classification.
The University Medical Center of Southern Nevada offers a comprehensive & competitive benefits package:

• Employer Paid Pension Plan through Nevada Public Employees' Retirement System "PERS"!
  • Vesting in the pension plan after 5 years of qualifying employment!
• Health/Dental/Vision Insurance - Less than $20 per paycheck for employee-only coverage
• Consolidated Annual Leave (CAL) - CAL is used for personal leave, holidays (twelve scheduled holidays per year), doctor appointments, vacation, and sick days up to 16 consecutive scheduled work hours (short-term sick leave), etc.
• Extended Illness Bank (a/k/a Sick Bank)
• 457 Deferred Compensation Plan
• Comprehensive Group Health Insurance Plan
• Nevada has no State Income Tax
• No Social Security (FICA) Deduction

THE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER OF SOUTHERN NEVADA IS AN AFFIRMATIVE ACTION/ EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER
01


I understand that I must FULLY complete the application including my education and work experience and that all answers to the experience questions below must be supported by documented work history . Incomplete applications or applications missing relevant work history information (including current UMC employment if applicable) will not be considered.

• Yes
• No

02


Do you have a high school diploma or GED? Please note that you may be required to provide original high school diploma or GED.

• Yes
• No

03


What best describes your work experience relevant to this position. select as many as apply.

• At least two (2) years Admitting Discharge experience in a hospital setting.
• At least one (1) year experience working in a physicians office performing scheduling/ authorization activities.
• At least one (1) year of registration experience.
• At least two (2) years of insurance verification experience.
• at least two (2) years of experience with submitting authorizations.
• None of the Above.

04


Briefly describe your current/and or previous Admitting Discharge work experience in a hospital setting, and/or surgery scheduling experience working in a physicians office performing scheduling/ authorization activities.Please be specific. "See Resume" will NOT be accepted.
05


You may be required to variable shifts including nights/overnights and weekends. Are you able to meet this requirement?

• Yes
• No

06


UMC is a union facility and all full-time/part-time shifts are bid on by seniority within a department. This means that the shift available to fill is usually a night shift position. Are you willing to work a night shift position?

• Yes
• No

07


I understand that my answers to the supplemental questions alone will not qualify me for the position. I must document those experience, level of education, and certifications clearly in the application in order to be qualified.

• Yes, I understand and will include those experience, level of education, and certifications clearly in the application.

Required Question