Patient Access Representative (Full-time; Evenings) - West Jefferson Medical Center Emergency Department

Patient Access Representative In The Emergency Department

Be the calm, capable first connection!

As a Patient Access Representative in the Emergency Department, you're often the first person patients and families interact with during urgent and stressful moments. You bring professionalism, empathy, and accuracy to every interactionhelping patients navigate registration, admissions, and next steps with confidence and care.

Your work plays a critical role in patient safety, billing, and continuity of care, and you do it all while protecting confidentiality and keeping things moving in a fast-paced environment.

What You'll Do:

• Greet and assist patients and families in person and by phone
• Register and admit patients for emergency, walk-in, and non-scheduled services
• Create or activate patient accounts and enter accurate demographic and insurance information
• Verify insurance eligibility and scan required documents
• Support bed placement, transfers, and discharges in collaboration with clinical teams
• Explain financial responsibility, collect payments when appropriate, and connect patients to financial assistance
• Coordinate with case management and providers to ensure proper patient placement
• Provide directions and guidance throughout the hospital as needed

What You Bring:

• Strong customer service skills and a calm, compassionate presence
• Ability to work accurately and efficiently in high-pressure situations
• Team mindset and attention to detail

Minimum Requirements:

• High School Diploma or GED (or 2 years of applicable experience in lieu of education)
• 2 years of customer service and/or healthcare experience

Make an impact when it matters mostevery patient, every visit!

WORK SHIFT:

Evenings (United States of America)

LCMC Health is a community.

Our people make health happen. While our NOLA roots run deep, our branches are the vessels that carry our mission of bringing the best possible care to every person and parish in Louisiana and beyond and put a little more heart and soul into healthcare along the way. Celebrating authenticity, originality, equity, inclusion and a little "come on in" attitude is the foundation of LCMC Health's culture of everyday extraordinary.

Your extras

• Deliver healthcare with heart.
• Give people a reason to smile.
• Put a little love in your work.
• Be honest and real, but with compassion.
• Bring some lagniappe into everything you do.
• Forget one-size-fits-all, think one-of-a-kind care.
• See opportunities, not problems it's all about perspective.
• Cheerlead ideas, differences, and each other.
• Love what makes you, you - because we do

You are welcome here.

LCMC Health is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

The above job summary is intended to describe the general nature and level of the work being performed by people assigned to this work. This is not an exhaustive list of all duties and responsibilities. LCMC Health reserves the right to amend and change responsibilities to meet organizational needs as necessary.

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