Job: Outreach & Enrollment Specialist

Job Description

Job Type: Full time, Hourly

Wage: $16-$19.09/hr. 

Location: Canon City, CO.

Job Description:

Benefits:

• Health, Dental, Vision Insurance, HRA, FSA, DCA, Retirement Plan
• Aflac – Group Accident, Group Critical Illness, Hospital
• MASA – Employer paid Air Ambulance Coverage
• Paid Leave: Vacation – 10 days accrued/year, Sick – 12 days accrued/year, Holidays – 8 days/year
• (Benefits after one year of employment.) Retirement Match, Employer paid Basic Life, LTD, STD

Job Summary:

To provide application assistance and education to patients on financial assistance programs including Health First Colorado (Colorado’s Medicaid), Connect for Health Colorado (Colorado’s insurance marketplace) and other assistance programs. Travel is required to outreach and community events to educate and enroll participants in programs as appropriate. Must foster a culture of patient and family centered care, service, quality and safety excellence, while improving patient experience, employee experience and community relations.

Knowledge and Skills:

• Basic knowledge of health insurance and health service delivery.
• Proficiency using the internet and basic knowledge of MS Office, Excel
• Proficiency with electronic health record systems
• Good interpersonal skills and ability to work well will the public
• Ability to obtain and maintain Certified Application Counselor certification, Certified Application Assistance Site (CAAS) certification, and other certifications as applicable.
• Ability to use prescribed calculations to determine income eligibility.
• Ability to travel for training as well as for outreach and community events.
• Three to four full weeks (up to five nights of each week) of overnight travel for initial training outside of Canon City to other regions in Colorado is required.

Education and Experience:

• Two years previous healthcare office experience

Requirements and Conditions:

• Drug screen is required
• Background check is required

Applications must be submitted by: open untiled filled

Valley-Wide Health Systems, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer: We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, disability, or any other status protected by law or regulation. It is our intention that all qualified applicants be given equal opportunity and that selection decisions be based on job-related factors. Employee Rights Under the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)

**Disclaimer: The duties and responsibilities described above are not a comprehensive list and additional tasks may be assigned to the employee, time to time; the scope of the job may change as necessitated by business demands. Click “View Application” below for more detail on this specific job.