**Location:** Sioux Falls, SD **Worker Type:** Regular **Work Shift:** Day Shift (United States of America) Avera Heart Hospital, isn't just a place to work, it's a family. Our 650 employees are what make the difference in our care and why we are one of the only few hospitals out of 4,000 nationwide to achieve a double 5-star rating from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS). Be apart of something great! **Position Highlights** **Position Summary:** The Director of Patient Access will assume overall responsibility for patient access operations including the Registration and PBX teams, Prior Authorization team, and Case Management team. The Director will lead the development and refinement of consistent scheduling, financial clearance, registration, and pre-service financial counseling processes. Additionally, manages implementation of those strategies, continually seeks to identify areas of opportunity aimed at growing patient revenue, reducing accounts receivable days and discharged not final billed days, and reducing patient access-related denials. The director will be responsible for integrating, monitoring and facilitating improvement in the overall quality, timeliness, completeness and accuracy of processes. The Patient Access Director provides valuable feedback to leadership that furthers continuous process improvement and the provision of high quality front-end revenue cycle processes. **Work Schedule:** Monday – Friday, 8-5 or as directed by CFO. **Education/Experience:** Bachelor's degree or equivalent from a four-year college or university is preferred; or up to five years of related experience and/or training is required; or an equivalent combination of education and experience is required. Minimum of five years leadership experience in healthcare, hospital/clinic experience required. **Licensure/Certification:** None required. At Avera, the way you are treated as an employee translates into the compassionate care you deliver to patients and team members. Because we consider health care a ministry, you can live out your faith, uphold the dignity and respect of all persons while not compromising high-quality services. Join us in making a positive impact on moving health forward. The policy of Avera to provide opportunities for all qualified employees or applicants without regard to disability and to provide reasonable accommodations for all employees or applicants who may be disabled. Avera is committed to ensuring compliance in accordance with the Americans with Disability Act. For assistance, please contact HR Now at 605-504-4444. Additional Notices: For TTY, dial 711 Avera is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer: Minority/Female/Disabled/Veteran/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity.