Patient Access Representative - Central Scheduling (Full-time; Days) - LCMC Health Westpark Campus

Your job is more than a job

🌟 Be the Friendly Voice That Starts the Patient Journey!

As a Patient Access Representative in Central Scheduling , you're often the first connection patients have with our health system. Whether they're scheduling a routine appointment or coordinating specialized services, you help guide them to the right care at the right time.

Your attention to detail, compassion, and problem-solving skills help make scheduling simple, accurate, and stress-free—creating a seamless experience for both patients and providers.

💼 What You'll Do

• Schedule patient appointments across multiple specialties and locations
• Verify insurance eligibility and ensure required information is complete
• Coordinate referrals, authorizations, and scheduling requirements when needed
• Help patients find appointment times that best meet their needs
• Answer incoming calls and provide exceptional customer service
• Communicate with providers, clinics, and care teams to coordinate patient care
• Maintain accurate patient records while protecting confidentiality

⚡ What Makes You Great in This Role

• Strong customer service and communication skills
• Excellent attention to detail and organizational abilities
• Ability to multitask while navigating multiple computer systems
• A calm, friendly approach when helping patients over the phone
• Confidence solving problems and finding scheduling solutions

🧠 What You Bring

• Experience in customer service or healthcare
• Strong computer skills and the ability to learn new systems quickly
• Ability to work efficiently in a fast-paced call center or scheduling environment

📋 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

💙 Help patients take the first step toward exceptional care—one appointment at a time!

WORK SHIFT

Days (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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