**Job Description** **Access Center Lead Agent - Greenlawn, Long Island- OFFS** **Strength Through Diversity** Ground breaking science. Advancing medicine. Healing made personal. **Job Title: Access Center Lead Agent** The Lead Agent for the Access Center is a senior level individual, responsible for scheduling appointments, consults and follow-up appointments for patients, and who takes a lead role among this group, mentoring and managing all training for new and less experienced staff. This individual assists the Supervisor in oversight of front desk and office activity, or functions as point of contact in the Supervisor’s absence. **_Roles & Responsibilities:_** + Schedules patient FPA appointments and updates practice management system. + Collects patient demographics and insurance information and enters into practice management system. + Verifies patient insurance coverage prior to appointment and advises patient of any insurance referrals or authorizations needed. + May schedule patients’ appointments for tests or consults. + May initiate reminder calls for next day’s appointments. + Manages training and mentors less experienced Scheduling Coordinator and administrative staff, and discusses issues of concern with Supervisor. + May perform duty as liaison between Scheduling Coordinator staff and Administrative Assistants in addressing patient concerns. + Participates in customer service initiatives, patient satisfaction surveys, ACD and appointment reporting. + May participate and offer input into the Performance Appraisal process with the Supervisor. + Point of contact in the Supervisor’s absence. + Performs other related duties. **_Requirements:_** **Education Requirements** High School diploma/GED **Experience Requirements** 3+ years of secretarial/clerical experience, preferably with some directly related experience, in a medical practice environment **Computer Skills** MS Office Suite (please check one): 1 (basic) 0 (intermediate) 0 (advanced) Other: Basic MS Word (Word, Excel), Outlook Knowledge of IDX and Cerner systems helpful **General Skills and Competencies** + Excellent written and oral communication skills + Excellent customer relations + Exceptional attention to detail and accuracy **_Strength Through Diversity_** The Mount Sinai Health System believes that diversity is a driver for excellence. We share a common devotion to delivering exceptional patient care. Yet we’re as diverse as the city we call home- culturally, ethically, in outlook and lifestyle. When you join us, you become a part of Mount Sinai’s unrivaled record of achievement, education and advancement as we revolutionize medicine together. We work hard to acquire and retain the best people, and to create a welcoming, nurturing work environment where you can develop professionally. We share the belief that all employees, regardless of job title or expertise, can make an impact on quality patient care. Explore more about this opportunity and how you can help us write a new chapter in our story! **_Who We Are_** **Over 38,000 employees strong, the mission of the Mount Sinai Health System is to provide compassionate patient care with seamless coordination and to advance medicine through unrivaled education, research, and outreach in the many diverse communities we serve.** **Formed in September 2013, The Mount Sinai Health System combines the excellence of the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai with seven premier hospital campuses, including Mount Sinai Beth Israel, Mount Sinai Beth Israel Brooklyn, The Mount Sinai Hospital, Mount Sinai Queens, Mount Sinai West (formerly Mount Sinai Roosevelt), Mount Sinai St. Luke’s, and New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai.** _The Mount Sinai Health System is an equal opportunity employer. We promote recognition and respect for individual and cultural differences, and we work to make our employees feel valued and appreciated, whatever their race, gender, background, or sexual orientation._ **EOE Minorities/Women/Disabled/Veterans** **Qualifications** **Access Center Lead Agent - Greenlawn, Long Island- OFFS** **Strength Through Diversity** Ground breaking science. Advancing medicine. Healing made personal. **Job Title: Access Center Lead Agent** The Lead Agent for the Access Center is a senior level individual, responsible for scheduling appointments, consults and follow-up appointments for patients, and who takes a lead role among this group, mentoring and managing all training for new and less experienced staff. This individual assists the Supervisor in oversight of front desk and office activity, or functions as point of contact in the Supervisor’s absence. **_Roles & Responsibilities:_** + Schedules patient FPA appointments and updates practice management system. + Collects patient demographics and insurance information and enters into practice management system. + Verifies patient insurance coverage prior to appointment and advises patient of any insurance referrals or authorizations needed. + May schedule patients’ appointments for tests or consults. + May initiate reminder calls for next day’s appointments. + Manages training and mentors less experienced Scheduling Coordinator and administrative staff, and discusses issues of concern with Supervisor. + May perform duty as liaison between Scheduling Coordinator staff and Administrative Assistants in addressing patient concerns. + Participates in customer service initiatives, patient satisfaction surveys, ACD and appointment reporting. + May participate and offer input into the Performance Appraisal process with the Supervisor. + Point of contact in the Supervisor’s absence. + Performs other related duties. **_Requirements:_** **Education Requirements** High School diploma/GED **Experience Requirements** 3+ years of secretarial/clerical experience, preferably with some directly related experience, in a medical practice environment **Computer Skills** MS Office Suite (please check one): 1 (basic) 0 (intermediate) 0 (advanced) Other: Basic MS Word (Word, Excel), Outlook Knowledge of IDX and Cerner systems helpful **General Skills and Competencies** + Excellent written and oral communication skills + Excellent customer relations + Exceptional attention to detail and accuracy **_Strength Through Diversity_** The Mount Sinai Health System believes that diversity is a driver for excellence. We share a common devotion to delivering exceptional patient care. Yet we’re as diverse as the city we call home- culturally, ethically, in outlook and lifestyle. When you join us, you become a part of Mount Sinai’s unrivaled record of achievement, education and advancement as we revolutionize medicine together. We work hard to acquire and retain the best people, and to create a welcoming, nurturing work environment where you can develop professionally. We share the belief that all employees, regardless of job title or expertise, can make an impact on quality patient care. Explore more about this opportunity and how you can help us write a new chapter in our story! **_Who We Are_** **Over 38,000 employees strong, the mission of the Mount Sinai Health System is to provide compassionate patient care with seamless coordination and to advance medicine through unrivaled education, research, and outreach in the many diverse communities we serve.** **Formed in September 2013, The Mount Sinai Health System combines the excellence of the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai with seven premier hospital campuses, including Mount Sinai Beth Israel, Mount Sinai Beth Israel Brooklyn, The Mount Sinai Hospital, Mount Sinai Queens, Mount Sinai West (formerly Mount Sinai Roosevelt), Mount Sinai St. Luke’s, and New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai.** _The Mount Sinai Health System is an equal opportunity employer. We promote recognition and respect for individual and cultural differences, and we work to make our employees feel valued and appreciated, whatever their race, gender, background, or sexual orientation._ **EOE Minorities/Women/Disabled/Veterans** Non-Bargaining Unit, M82 - Hicksville Overhead OFFS - MSH, Mount Sinai Hospital " **Responsibilities** **Access Center Lead Agent - Greenlawn, Long Island- OFFS** **Strength Through Diversity** Ground breaking science. Advancing medicine. Healing made personal. **Job Title: Access Center Lead Agent** The Lead Agent for the Access Center is a senior level individual, responsible for scheduling appointments, consults and follow-up appointments for patients, and who takes a lead role among this group, mentoring and managing all training for new and less experienced staff. This individual assists the Supervisor in oversight of front desk and office activity, or functions as point of contact in the Supervisor’s absence. **_Roles & Responsibilities:_** + Schedules patient FPA appointments and updates practice management system. + Collects patient demographics and insurance information and enters into practice management system. + Verifies patient insurance coverage prior to appointment and advises patient of any insurance referrals or authorizations needed. + May schedule patients’ appointments for tests or consults. + May initiate reminder calls for next day’s appointments. + Manages training and mentors less experienced Scheduling Coordinator and administrative staff, and discusses issues of concern with Supervisor. + May perform duty as liaison between Scheduling Coordinator staff and Administrative Assistants in addressing patient concerns. + Participates in customer service initiatives, patient satisfaction surveys, ACD and appointment reporting. + May participate and offer input into the Performance Appraisal process with the Supervisor. + Point of contact in the Supervisor’s absence. + Performs other related duties. **_Requirements:_** **Education Requirements** High School diploma/GED **Experience Requirements** 3+ years of secretarial/clerical experience, preferably with some directly related experience, in a medical practice environment **Computer Skills** MS Office Suite (please check one): 1 (basic) 0 (intermediate) 0 (advanced) Other: Basic MS Word (Word, Excel), Outlook Knowledge of IDX and Cerner systems helpful **General Skills and Competencies** + Excellent written and oral communication skills + Excellent customer relations + Exceptional attention to detail and accuracy **_Strength Through Diversity_** The Mount Sinai Health System believes that diversity is a driver for excellence. We share a common devotion to delivering exceptional patient care. Yet we’re as diverse as the city we call home- culturally, ethically, in outlook and lifestyle. When you join us, you become a part of Mount Sinai’s unrivaled record of achievement, education and advancement as we revolutionize medicine together. We work hard to acquire and retain the best people, and to create a welcoming, nurturing work environment where you can develop professionally. We share the belief that all employees, regardless of job title or expertise, can make an impact on quality patient care. Explore more about this opportunity and how you can help us write a new chapter in our story! **_Who We Are_** **Over 38,000 employees strong, the mission of the Mount Sinai Health System is to provide compassionate patient care with seamless coordination and to advance medicine through unrivaled education, research, and outreach in the many diverse communities we serve.** **Formed in September 2013, The Mount Sinai Health System combines the excellence of the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai with seven premier hospital campuses, including Mount Sinai Beth Israel, Mount Sinai Beth Israel Brooklyn, The Mount Sinai Hospital, Mount Sinai Queens, Mount Sinai West (formerly Mount Sinai Roosevelt), Mount Sinai St. Luke’s, and New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai.** _The Mount Sinai Health System is an equal opportunity employer. We promote recognition and respect for individual and cultural differences, and we work to make our employees feel valued and appreciated, whatever their race, gender, background, or sexual orientation._ **EOE Minorities/Women/Disabled/Veterans** **About Us** **Strength Through Diversity** The Mount Sinai Health System believes that diversity, equity, and inclusion are key drivers for excellence. We share a common devotion to delivering exceptional patient care. When you join us, you become a part of Mount Sinai’s unrivaled record of achievement, education, and advancement as we revolutionize medicine together. We invite you to participate actively as a part of the Mount Sinai Health System team by: + Using a lens of equity in all aspects of patient care delivery, education, and research to promote policies and practices to allow opportunities for all to thrive and reach their potential. + Serving as a role model confronting racist, sexist, or other inappropriate actions by speaking up, challenging exclusionary organizational practices, and standing side-by-side in support of colleagues who experience discrimination. + Inspiring and fostering an environment of anti-racist behaviors among and between departments and co-workers. At Mount Sinai, our leaders strive to learn, empower others, and embrace change to further advance equity and improve the well-being of staff, patients, and the organization. We expect our leaders to embrace anti-racism, create a collaborative and respectful environment, and constructively disrupt the status quo to improve the system and enhance care for our patients. We work hard to create an inclusive, welcoming and nurturing work environment where all feel they are valued, belong and are able to advance professionally. Explore more about this opportunity and how you can help us write a new chapter in our history! **“About the Mount Sinai Health System:** Mount Sinai Health System is one of the largest academic medical systems in the New York metro area, with more than 43,000 employees working across eight hospitals, more than 400 outpatient practices, more than 300 labs, a school of nursing, and a leading school of medicine and graduate education. Mount Sinai advances health for all people, everywhere, by taking on the most complex health care challenges of our time — discovering and applying new scientific learning and knowledge; developing safer, more effective treatments; educating the next generation of medical leaders and innovators; and supporting local communities by delivering high-quality care to all who need it. Through the integration of its hospitals, labs, and schools, Mount Sinai offers comprehensive health care solutions from birth through geriatrics, leveraging innovative approaches such as artificial intelligence and informatics while keeping patients’ medical and emotional needs at the center of all treatment. The Health System includes approximately 7,400 primary and specialty care physicians; 13 joint-venture outpatient surgery centers throughout the five boroughs of New York City, Westchester, Long Island, and Florida; and more than 30 affiliated community health centers. We are consistently ranked by U.S. News & World Report's Best Hospitals, receiving high "Honor Roll" status, and are highly ranked: No. 1 in Geriatrics and top 20 in Cardiology/Heart Surgery, Diabetes/Endocrinology, Gastroenterology/GI Surgery, Neurology/Neurosurgery, Orthopedics, Pulmonology/Lung Surgery, Rehabilitation, and Urology. New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai is ranked No. 12 in Ophthalmology. U.S. News & World Report’s “Best Children’s Hospitals” ranks Mount Sinai Kravis Children's Hospital among the country’s best in several pediatric specialties. The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai is ranked No. 14 nationwide in National Institutes of Health funding and in the 99th percentile in research dollars per investigator according to the Association of American Medical Colleges. Newsweek’s “The World’s Best Smart Hospitals” ranks The Mount Sinai Hospital as No. 1 in New York and in the top five globally, and Mount Sinai Morningside in the top 20 globally. The Mount Sinai Health System is an equal opportunity employer. We comply with applicable Federal civil rights laws and does not discriminate, exclude, or treat people differently on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, religion, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression. We are passionately committed to addressing racism and its effects on our faculty, staff, students, trainees, patients, visitors, and the communities we serve. Our goal is for Mount Sinai to become an anti-racist health care and learning institution that intentionally addresses structural racism.” **EOE Minorities/Women/Disabled/Veterans** **Compensation Statement** Mount Sinai Health System (MSHS) provides a salary range to comply with the New York City Law on Salary Transparency in Job Advertisements. The salary range for the role is $21 - $34 Hourly. Actual salaries depend on a variety of factors, including experience, education, and hospital need. The salary range or contractual rate listed does not include bonuses/incentive, differential pay or other forms of compensation or benefits.