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General Information

Work Location: Los Angeles, CA, USA
Onsite or Remote
Fixed Hybrid
Work Schedule
Variable hybrid shifts, Monday-Friday, 9am-9pm
Posted Date
05/18/2026
Salary Range: $26.42 - 37.49 Hourly
Employment Type
2 - Staff: Career
Duration
Indefinite
Job #
30427

Primary Duties and Responsibilities

The Department of Psychiatry and Bio-behavioral Science is seeking to hire a full-time Front Office Admin to join the Program for the Education and Enrichment of Relational Skills (PEERS) Clinic. The Clinic offers annualized, evidence-based social skills programming for youth and adults who are struggling socially. Primary duties include:

  • Answering and directing central phone lines
  • Front desk duties (greetings, check-in, discharge, preparation of patient charts, etc.)
  • Patient scheduling, interviewing, encounter registration
  • Verifying insurance benefits and record benefits for finance review
  • Monitoring collection, quality control, and processing of charge documents
  • Updating referrals and new authorization dates and extended treatments
  • Other administrative duties as assigned

Salary range: $26.42/hr - $37.49/hr

Job Qualifications

Prior experience working in a medical setting support service role 
Prior PEERS experience (highly preferred)
Knowledge of basic psychiatric terminology (preferred)
Ability to perform the functions patient encounters, registration, and appointment scheduling using a computerized system
Knowledge of patient related policies and procedures
Knowledge of Microsoft Work, Windows, Outlook, and other PC applications
Knowledge of Medical Enterprise supported services, Care Connect (EPIC) systems (preferred)
Skill in performing basic arithmetic operations
Sufficient typing skills
Strong communication skills
Ability to work as part of a team, establishing and maintaining cooperative working relationships with all staff members, management, and the public

As a condition of employment, the final candidate who accepts an offer of employment will be required to disclose if they have been subject to any final administrative or judicial decisions within the last seven years determining that they committed any misconduct; or have filed an appeal of a finding of substantiated misconduct with a previous employer.

Current/former UC employees are subject to a personnel file review.