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Associate Patient Service Supervisor

    Highlights

    Established in 1980, the Greater Lawrence Family Health Center (GLFHC) is a multi-site mission-driven non-profit organization employing over 700 staff whose primary focus is providing the highest quality patient care to residents throughout the Merrimack Valley. This role provides frontline supervision, staff coaching, workflow oversight, and operational support while working closely with supervisors, managers, providers, and staff to achieve departmental and organizational goals.

    Numbers & Facts

    LocationLawrence, MA
    IndustryHealthcare Services
    Company Size500 to 999 employees
    Year Founded1980
    Websitehttps://glfhc.org/

    Description

    Established in 1980, the Greater Lawrence Family Health Center (GLFHC) is a multi-site mission-driven non-profit organization employing over 700 staff whose primary focus is providing the highest quality patient care to residents throughout the Merrimack Valley. Nationally recognized as a leader in community medicine (family practice, pediatrics, internal medicine, and geriatrics), GLFHC has clinical sites throughout the service area and is the sponsoring organization for the Lawrence Family Medicine Residency program.

    GLFHC is currently seeking an Associate Patient Service Supervisor to join our team. The Associate Patient Service Supervisor supports the daily operations of Patient Service Representatives (PSRs) to ensure exceptional customer service, efficient patient access, and high-quality patient care. This role provides frontline supervision, staff coaching, workflow oversight, and operational support while working closely with supervisors, managers, providers, and staff to achieve departmental and organizational goals.

    • Supervise, coach, and support an assigned team of Patient Service Representatives.
    • Provide operational oversight during evenings, weekends, and extended hours, including Acute Care and After-Hours Call Center operations.
    • Monitor staffing, workflow, and service standards to ensure efficient operations and patient access.
    • Assist with hiring, onboarding, training, performance management, and staff development.
    • Serve as a resource for employee, patient, and operational concerns, resolving issues as appropriate.
    • Ensure daily assignments are completed and appropriate coverage is maintained.
    • Promote excellent customer service and serve as a role model for organizational standards.
    • Support quality improvement initiatives, operational projects, and departmental goals.
    • Ensure compliance with policies, confidentiality requirements, and regulatory standards.
    • Assist with referral management, cash reconciliation, reporting, and other administrative functions.
    • Travel between sites as required.

    Qualifications

    Education

    • High School Diploma or GED required.
    • Associate Degree preferred.

    Experience

    • 1-2 years of supervisory or leadership experience, preferably in a healthcare, clinic, or physician practice setting.
    • Bilingual English/Spanish (written and verbal) required.
    • Experience with computerized scheduling systems and patient access operations.
    • Knowledge of insurance processes and Medicaid reimbursement preferred.
    • Training in medical terminology preferred.
    • Strong customer service, communication, and interpersonal skills.
    • Demonstrated leadership, coaching, and problem-solving abilities.
    • Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications.

    GLFHC offers a great working environment, comprehensive benefit package, growth opportunities and tuition reimbursement.

    About Company

    Greater Lawrence Family Health Center (GLFHC), a Federally Qualified Health Center with clinical sites in located in Lawrence and Methuen, Massachusetts, serves over 60,000 unique patients from Lawrence and the surrounding communities of Methuen, Andover, North Andover and Haverhill. It is the second-largest Federally Qualified Health Center in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

    Since 1980, GLFHC has been fulfilling its mission “to improve and maintain the health of individuals and families in the Merrimack Valley by providing a network of high quality, comprehensive health care services and by training health care professionals who can respond to the needs of a culturally diverse population.”

    GLFHC is also home to the nationally-recognized Lawrence Family Medicine Residency (LFMR) program, the first family medicine residency program of its kind in the United States. Solely owned and operated as an academic medical residency by the health center, LFMR has graduated close to 200 primary care physicians. The majority of LFMR graduates have either stayed at the health center or have chosen to stay working in low-income, underserved communities in Massachusetts and across the country. In FY2020, LFMR will be home to 42 residents who participate in one of the only 4-year programs in the country as part of a demonstration project conducted by the Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services.

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