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General Information

Work Location: Los Angeles, USA
Onsite or Remote
Fully On-Site
Work Schedule
Monday-Friday 8am-5pm
Posted Date
05/20/2025
Salary Range: $25.6 - 36.33 Hourly
Employment Type
4 - Staff: Limited
Duration
11 months
Job #
24497

Primary Duties and Responsibilities

The Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Science is seeking to hire a full-time Admin to join the UCLA Children’s Friendship Program. The Program is an evidence-based, social skills program via Telehealth that helps elementary school children who have trouble making or keeping friends learn new social skills through behavioral rehearsal and exposure. 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
Please note, this is a limited position that may convert to career.

Salary range: $25.60-$36.33

Job Qualifications

Prior experience working in a medical setting support service role (preferred)
Ability to answer multiple phone lines and take accurate messages
Ability to prepare charts, slides, schedule patients accurately
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 NPBBHS and 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 a conditional 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; received notice of any allegations or are currently the subject of any administrative or disciplinary proceedings involving misconduct; have left a position after receiving notice of allegations or while under investigation in an administrative or disciplinary proceeding involving misconduct; or have filed an appeal of a finding of misconduct with a previous employer.