Team Lead, Patient Access

Company: Sentara Health
Location: Suffolk
Posted on: March 28, 2025

Job Description:

City/State
Suffolk, VA

Work Shift
Rotating

Overview:

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  The Patient Access Team Leader is a working resource to the patient registration teams. The responsibilities include registering patients, coordinating staffing and work assignments during the shift, real-time monitoring of registration performance to ensure department standards and procedures are followed, and researching and resolving the team's insurance verification issues using the insurance verification tools (Change Health, Epic RTE). They serve as point-of-contact to both internal and external customers for the assigned shift and registration area and address problems at the time they occur. The Patient Access Team Leader also assists the Team Coordinator and department leadership by serving as registration system super-user, taking on-call rotation, participating in the interviewing process, preparing and reviewing reports, performing QA audits, mentoring and training staff, managing department supply levels, and participating in meetings and workgroups.
  
  Up to $1,500 Sign-On Bonus for Qualified Candidates!
  
  Education
  HS - High School Grad or Equivalent
  
  Certification/Licensure
  
  One of the approved professional certifications must be obtained within 6 months of hire. CHAA, CRCR, or CRCS certification required.
  
  Experience
  --- 2 years of Customer Service and/or Data Entry
  --- 2 years of previous healthcare related experience
  --- Associates or Bachelors degree can be considered in Lieu of two years of experience
  --- Proficiency in Keyboarding
  --- Competency of working in two or more Patient Access areas required
  
  Keywords: Customer Service, Patient Registration, Data Entry, Front Desk, First Point of Contact, Leadership, Insurance Verification, Talroo-Allied Health, Non-clinical, monster
  
  
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  We provide market-competitive compensation packages, inclusive of base pay, incentives, benefits, and equity. The base pay rate for Full Time employment is:$17.31 - $28.85
  
  Benefits: Caring For Your Family and Your Career
  
  --- Medical, Dental, Vision plans
  
  --- Adoption, Fertility and Surrogacy Reimbursement up to $10,000
  
  --- Paid Time Off and Sick Leave
  
  --- Paid Parental & Family Caregiver Leave
  
  --- Emergency Backup Care
  
  --- Long-Term, Short-Term Disability, and Critical Illness plans
  
  --- Life Insurance
  
  --- 401k/403B with Employer Match
  
  --- Tuition Assistance - $5,250/year and discounted educational opportunities through Guild Education
  
  --- Student Debt Pay Down - $10,000
  
  --- Reimbursement for certifications and free access to complete CEUs and professional development
  
  --- Pet Insurance
  
  --- Legal Resources Plan
  
  --- Colleagues may have the opportunity to earn an annual discretionary bonus if established system and employee eligibility criteria is met
  
  Sentara Obici Hospital , a 175-bed state-of-the-art facility, is located on Godwin Boulevard in Suffolk, VA. Our full-service hospital continues a legacy of providing residents of Western Tidewater with high-quality, patient-centered care. As a recognized accredited Primary Stroke Center, and Magnet hospital for nursing excellence, the hospital specializes in orthopedic and spine, heart and vascular, advanced imaging, gynecological and comprehensive breast services, behavioral health, maternity, weight loss surgery, and a heartburn treatment center.
  
  Sentara Health is an equal opportunity employer and prides itself on the diversity and inclusiveness of its close to an almost 30,000-member workforce. Diversity, inclusion, and belonging is a guiding principle of the organization to ensure its workforce reflects the communities it serves.
  
  In support of our mission "to improve health every day," this is a tobacco-free environment.
  
  For positions that are available as remote work, Sentara Health employs associates in the following states:
  
  Alabama, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Minnesota, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, and Wyoming. Associated topics: business coach, executive producer, fire chief, fire marshal, general manager, lieutenant, police captain, police chief, senior manager, sergeant

Keywords: Sentara Health, Suffolk , Team Lead, Patient Access, Other , Suffolk, Virginia