
Patient Services Associate I
Santa Maria, CAJob$25–31.77/hrSeen todaySeen in employer's feed today
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Job overview
The Patient Services Associate provides administrative support for clinic operations and patient experiences. The role manages phone service, communications, patient demographics, insurance verification, appointment scheduling, referrals, authorizations, pre-registrations, and other clerical tasks. It requires prior customer-related service experience and emphasizes communication, attention to detail, organization, and system proficiency while handling sensitive information responsibly.
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Job Summary and Responsibilities
As our Patient Services Professional, you will be the welcoming voice and central administrative support, ensuring seamless patient experiences and efficient clinic operations through diverse engagements.
Every day, you will expertly manage phone customer service, distribute communications, and handle patient information like demographics, insurance verification, and appointment scheduling. You'll also process referrals, authorizations, pre-registrations, and other clerical tasks, adapting to clinic needs while responsibly handling sensitive data.
To be successful in this role, you will possess exceptional communication, meticulous attention to detail, strong organizational skills, and system proficiency. Your proactive service, adaptability, and responsible handling of information are crucial for patient care and clinic goals.
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Consistently demonstrates customer service expectations.
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Uses scripted closing at every interaction. "Is there anything else I can do for you" Over the phone and as patients leave the clinic.
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Engages in professional business related conversations in patient areas and avoids personal conversations where patients may hear them.
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Keeps patient informed about appointment delays and offers solutions every 10 minutes.
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Consistently demonstrates competence as outlined in the job description.
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Meets or exceeds telephone performance expectations consistently by answering within 3 rings and keeping abandonment rates below 5%.
Job Requirements
Required
- Prior customer related service experience
Where You'll Work
Dignity Health’s Pacific Central Coast Health Centers (PHC) is a non-profit Community clinic organization comprised of more than 40 health centers located primarily from Ventura to Templeton, spanning the coast. Our experienced physicians and advanced practice providers offer a wide range of primary and specialty care services. PHC is a part of Dignity Health Central Coast’s award-winning network of outstanding hospitals, imaging centers, laboratories, and post-acute services.
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Pay Range
$25.00 - $31.77 /hour
We are an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.
How this job compares
Set against the 1,172 open Patient Services jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 14, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$25–31.77/hr
- California median$25–36/hr76 hourly ranges
- US median$20–27/hr677 hourly ranges
This range's midpoint, $28.39/hr, is 7% below the California median midpoint ($30/hr) — in the middle half of Patient Services hourly ranges in California.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 87 open Patient Services jobs in California and 1,172 across the US. 2% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in California
- Providence19 open
- Sutter Health16 open
- UCLA Health10 open
- Experience
- Patient Services postings that state a minimum ask for 1 year of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 1 to 2 years (657 postings).
- Education
- 40 of the 1,172 open Patient Services jobs (3%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 14, 2026. Figures based on too few postings are left out.
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