Manager, Patient Access OC

City of Hope

$90K — $120K *
Hospitals & Medical Centers
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree required or 4 additional years of experience in lieu of a degree
  • 5 years of healthcare experience related to patient access
  • 1 year of leadership experience
  • Familiarity with EPIC EMR system
  • Strong understanding of regulatory and operational standards

Responsibilities

  • Guide day-to-day operations of hospital admitting and registration
  • Recruit, train, and manage patient access staff
  • Prepare and monitor fiscal budget for cost centers
  • Implement technology and streamline processes
  • Establish and uphold quality assurance and compliance standards
  • Enhance customer service practices for patients and staff
  • Lead special projects to improve patient access and satisfaction

Benefits

  • Opportunities for professional growth and learning
  • Supportive and inclusive team culture
  • Access to comprehensive healthcare benefits
  • Participation in professional development workshops
  • Flexible work assignments to enhance staffing efficiency
Full Job Description
We are seeking a strong Patient Access Manager with hospital-based Admitting experience to support and lead front-end operations across hospital admitting, ETC registration, and workflow optimization. This role plays a key part in guiding day-to-day operations while applying sound judgment in a fast-paced environment. The ideal candidate brings experience building and refining processes, improving patient throughput, and ensuring compliance with regulatory and operational standards. Equally important, this individual leads with a people-first approach-fostering a positive, inclusive team culture, supporting and developing staff, and communicating effectively across all levels. This leader will embody City of Hope's values of compassion, collaboration, and integrity, helping to create an environment where both patients and team members feel supported. We are looking for a well-rounded leader who can balance operational execution with team engagement to enhance both the patient experience and overall departmental performance. As a successful candidate, you will: Personnel Management • Accomplishes appropriate patient access resource objectives by recruiting, selecting, orienting, training, assigning work, coaching, counseling, and disciplining employees; administering timekeeping system; communicating job expectations; planning, monitoring, appraising, and reviewing job contributions; planning and reviewing compensation actions; enforcing policies and procedures. • Develop a culture of pride and ownership and provide opportunities for learning and growth. Ensures appropriate staffing levels throughout the work week, reassess staffing levels to identify and achieves staffing optimization. Monitors and authorizes overtime when necessary. Schedule work assignments to ensure appropriate staffing coverage during regular office when scheduled and unscheduled absences occur. Provides timely decision making and direction to clinical staff to streamline workflow, improve efficiency of operation and eliminate delays; re-assign work as needed. Resource Management • Responsible for preparing the annual fiscal budget for related cost centers. Monitors monthly budget and expenses, modifying spending as needed. Ensures expenditures stay within budget and accounts for variances when they occur. • Implements new technology and acts as a catalyst for change to meet current and future business needs. Provide subject matter and technical expertise in the design and implementation of relevant applications. Functions as authority for all decisions related to the admissions system(s). • Continuously assess and streamline processes, establishing and implementing standard work, maintaining performance boards, monitoring metrics, coordinating meetings and facilitating workgroups. Maintains equipment by evaluating and installing equipment; developing preventive maintenance programs; calling for repairs; evaluating and implementing upgrades. Quality Assurance / Compliance • Monitors staffing productivity and quality by establishing and monitoring thresholds and benchmarks. Provides constructive feedback to staff and senior leadership. Responsible for implementing quality control audits to monitor the quality of work and provide retraining as required to maintain performance standards. • Establish and foster excellent customer service practices supporting the daily needs of patients, caregivers, providers and staff. Oversees effective customer service systems, communication and feedback. Serve as the first line of communication and follow through for patients via direct means, telephone, email, and written correspondence. Respond and solve problems, including internal and external complaints. Special Projects • Handles special projects involve supporting work related to various strategic initiatives such as improving patient access, improving patient satisfaction, and implementing new systems. • Maintains professional and technical knowledge by tracking emerging trends in admitting management; attending educational workshops; reviewing professional publication; establishing personal networks; benchmarking state-of-the-art practices; participating in professional societies; identifying and implementing new technology. • Develop and maintain written standard operating procedures, policies and protocols consistent with COH, The Joint Commission, DHS, and other applicable regulatory policies. • Other duties as assigned Your qualifications should include: • Bachelor's Degree required; 4 additional years of experience plus the minimum experience requirement may substitute for minimum education. • 5 years of related healthcare experience. • 1 year of experience in a leadership capacity • Experience using EPIC EMR system. City of Hope employees pay is based on the following criteria: work experience, qualifications, and work location. To learn more about our Comprehensive Benefits, please CLICK HERE

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