UCLA Health

Administrative Assistant II - Ophthalmology Call Center, Westwood

UCLA Health  •  Onsite  •  2 months ago
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Job Description


General Information

Work Location: Los Angeles, CA, USA
Onsite or Remote
Fully On-Site
Work Schedule
Monday - Friday 8am-5pm
Posted Date
04/06/2026
Salary Range $26.42 - 37.49 Hourly
Employment Type
2 - Staff: Career
Duration
Indefinite
Job #
29665


Primary Duties and Responsibilities

Join our Westwood Ophthalmology Call Center team, where you will play a vital role in ensuring a seamless patient experience! We are looking for a positive, detail-oriented individual dedicated to providing excellent patient service. Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

  • Pre-registering new and returning patients via telephone
  • Collecting demographic and insurance information
  • Entering authorizations and referrals
  • Scheduling appointments
  • Maintaining logs and tracking all activities
  • Communicating with faculty and office staff via email, paging system, and verbal messages

Salary Range: $26.42-37.49 Hourly

This is a full-time on-site position in Westwood.


Job Qualifications

Required:

  • Computer skills sufficient to communicate by email.
  • Verbal and written skills in English sufficient to communicate effectively with patients, doctors and staff.
  • Excellent interpersonal skills to interact with individuals of varied backgrounds effectively, with professionalism, patience and understanding.
  • Ability to prioritize tasks in a systematic manner to maximize efficiency.
  • Ability to demonstrate professionalism while dealing with the stressors of operating a multi-line telephone system.
  • Ability to work with frequent interruptions and to complete assignments in a timely manner.


Preferred:

  • Experience working in Ophthalmology
  • At least 6 months working in healthcare, scheduling patient appointments
  • Familiarity with current billing practices including governmental plans such as Medicare and Medicaid
  • Bilingual in English and Spanish.



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.

UCLA Health

About UCLA Health

For more than half a century, UCLA Health has provided the best in healthcare and the latest in medical technology to the people of Los Angeles and throughout the world.

Comprised of Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, UCLA Medical Center Santa Monica, Resnick Neuropsychiatric Hospital at UCLA, UCLA Mattel Children's Hospital, UCLA West Valley Medical Center and the UCLA Medical Group with its wide-reaching system of primary-care and specialty-care offices throughout the region, UCLA Health is among the most comprehensive and advanced healthcare systems in the world.

Our physicians are world leaders in the diagnosis and treatment of complex illnesses, and our hospitals are among the best in the country. Consistently ranked one of the top ten hospitals in the nation and the best medical center in the western United States by U.S. News & World Report, Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center is at the cutting edge of biomedical research, and our doctors and scientists are leaders in performing pioneering work across an astounding range of disciplines, from organ transplantation and cardiac surgery to neurosurgery and cancer treatment, and bringing the latest discoveries to virtually every field of medicine.

Industry
Healthcare & Social Services
Company Size
10,000+ employees
Headquarters
Los Angeles, CA
Year Founded
1955
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