Medical Receptionist Jobs in Long Beach, CA
Medical receptionists in Long Beach check in patients at MemorialCare's medical offices, the admitting desks on Atlantic Avenue, St. Mary Medical Center downtown and the VA on East 7th Street, with hospital registration jobs posted at up to $33 an hour. Here are the current openings, followed by who is hiring and how to start.
Current medical receptionist Openings in Long Beach, CA
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Medical Receptionist Work in Long Beach
In Long Beach the front desk of health care goes by many titles. MemorialCare's physician offices call it Front Office Assistant, the hospital on Atlantic Avenue near the 405 hires Admitting Representatives on day and evening shifts, Dignity Health St. Mary on Linden Avenue downtown posts Patient Registration Representatives, and the VA Long Beach Healthcare System next to CSULB hires Medical Support Assistants. It pays to search all of those titles, not just receptionist.
Community clinics add steady front desk work too. TCC Family Health runs about a dozen sites from Downtown and the Westside to North Long Beach, and patient services and front desk staff are among the roles it hires. Hospital admitting jobs bring evenings, weekends and holidays; clinic jobs mostly run weekday daytime hours.
Top Long Beach Employers Hiring Medical Receptionists
These Long Beach employers have posted front desk, registration and patient access jobs on their own careers sites:
- MemorialCare Medical Foundation - the MemorialCare physician group hires Front Office Assistants for its Long Beach medical practices.
- MemorialCare Long Beach Medical Center - the Atlantic Avenue hospital hires Admitting Representatives on day, evening and per diem schedules.
- Dignity Health St. Mary Medical Center - the downtown hospital hires Patient Registration Representatives to check in patients and verify insurance.
- VA Long Beach Healthcare System - the VA medical center on East 7th Street posts Medical Support Assistant jobs that schedule appointments and work in the electronic health record.
- TCC Family Health - the community health center hires patient services and front desk staff across its Long Beach clinics.
Medical Receptionist Salaries in Long Beach
- Entry level: about $20 to $23 an hour for new front office staff in physician practices.
- Experienced: roughly $23 to $29 an hour for experienced front office and admitting staff.
- Senior / hospital registration: about $26 to $33 an hour for hospital patient registration, and about $50,500 to $65,600 a year for a GS-5 VA Medical Support Assistant.
These are estimates drawn from local employer postings. Pay moves with the setting and experience: hospital registration and admitting jobs generally ask for a year of patient access or insurance experience and pay more, evening and weekend shifts can carry differentials, and MemorialCare has offered a $1,500 sign-on bonus to new external front office hires.
How to Become a Medical Receptionist in Long Beach
California has no license or state certification for medical receptionists, so no board stands between you and the job. Most Long Beach postings ask for a high school diploma, customer service experience and knowledge of medical and insurance terminology, and MemorialCare's front office jobs also require BLS for Healthcare Providers. Long Beach City College offers a Medical Assisting Administrative Option certificate covering scheduling, medical records, and billing and coding, plus a Medical Insurance Billing certificate, both useful for moving into hospital registration.
What the Job Involves
Medical receptionists are the first person a patient meets. You greet and check in patients, collect demographics and insurance details, verify eligibility, explain copays and collect payments, schedule and confirm appointments, answer phones, process new patient forms, scan records into the electronic system, and keep the waiting room moving. Hospital admitting staff also handle consent forms and coordinate with nurses on bed assignments.
Skills Employers Look For
- Customer service and phone skills
- Medical and insurance terminology
- Insurance verification and payment collection
- Scheduling and electronic health record systems
- Typing and data entry accuracy
- Calm handling of busy lobbies and upset patients
Career Path and Advancement
Many Long Beach front desk workers start in a physician office, move to hospital admitting or patient registration for higher pay, and step up to a lead admitting representative or front office supervisor job. Others use the insurance experience to move into medical billing and coding, or train as medical assistants through LBCC's combined program.
Related Careers in Long Beach
If front desk health care work interests you, these related Long Beach roles are close matches:
Frequently Asked Questions
Do you need a certificate to be a medical receptionist in California?
No state license or certificate is required. Employers set their own requirements, usually a high school diploma and customer service experience, and some Long Beach employers such as MemorialCare also require BLS certification.
How much do medical receptionists make in Long Beach?
Front office jobs in Long Beach physician practices generally pay about $20 to $29 an hour depending on experience. Hospital patient registration at St. Mary Medical Center has been posted at $26.31 to $33.05 an hour.
What job titles should I search for?
Search for front office assistant, admitting representative, patient registration representative, patient access, medical support assistant and unit secretary as well as medical receptionist. Long Beach hospitals and the VA usually post under those titles rather than receptionist.
Do hospital front desk jobs require experience?
Usually. MemorialCare's admitting jobs ask for a year of hospital or patient financial services experience, and St. Mary's registration jobs ask for a year in registration, a physician office or a revenue cycle role. Physician office front desk jobs are the easier way in.
What hours do medical receptionists work in Long Beach?
Physician offices and clinics mostly run weekday daytime shifts, such as 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Hospital admitting and registration jobs add evening shifts and weekend and holiday rotations.
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