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Clinic Registration Specialist, Grand Forks, Days

Altru Health System logoAltru Health System$16.26–$24.38/hrGrand Forks, NDFull timePosted 3d agoStill open, checked every night
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This posting states $16.26–$24.38 an hour. Open patient access representative jobs in North Dakota post a median of $19.63 an hour, the middle half $19.63–$19.97, across 31 jobs that state their pay, so this one is above the middle half of what they post. Patient access representatives employed in North Dakota earn a median of $18.56 an hour (source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics), according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (May 2025) (source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics).

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Altru Hospital in Grand Forks reported 66 work injuries and illnesses to OSHA for 2025 over 3,130,043 hours worked: 4.2 per 100 full-time workers, against 5.0 per 100 full-time workers at hospitals, general medical and surgicalnationwide. This is the employer's own report. Workplace injuries by employer.

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About the job

Everything we do is underscored by a why - and that why is one another.

Location

Altru Family Medicine Residency 725 Hamline Street Grand Forks, ND 58201

Pay Range: $16.26 - $24.38

Summary

Schedule: 40 hours per week, Monday-Friday, 8:30am-5pm, occasional weekends

Under the direction of the practice manager, the Registration Specialist Clinic will be responsible for answering incoming calls for the clinic, responding to a variety of patient requests and inquires including scheduling appointments for physicians and hospital related appointments and procedures. In addition, the Registration Specialist Clinic will focus on obtaining the required information from the Patient/family to complete registration, complete verification through use of various software, complete Medicare secondary (MSP) questions, and look up current insurance and co-pay information.

Essential Job Functions

  • Accurately registers patients by collecting and recording demographic, insurance, financial, and clinical data in the computer system. Records and collects necessary patient account documents. Collects self-pay balances, pre-payment amounts, and co-pays per guidelines, if applicable. Creates accounts for new patients and updates accounts for previous patients to ensure accurate services and account processing.
  • Schedules patient visits and/or procedures, while coordinating appointments with other departments to meet the patient/provider needs.
  • Accurately schedules and registers appointments.
  • Maintains knowledge of and complies with third-party payers’ requirements for verifying insurance information, obtains authorizations/pre-certifications, and completes other activities to ensure services are billed and reimbursed appropriately. Reviews Medicare accounts for completed MSPQ.
  • Modifies work schedule to meet department goals/deadlines and the needs of the department and patients.
  • Performs other duties as assigned or needed to meet the needs of the department/organization.

Education

  • Preferred: Associates - Healthcare

Work Experience

  • Preferred: A minimum of 1 year Related Experience

Language Requirements

This position requires proficiency in reading, writing, and speaking English to ensure effective communication in the workplace and with patients, families, and team members.

Physical Demands

  • Sit: Continuously (67-100%)
  • Stand: Occasionally (5-33%)
  • Walk: Occasionally (5-33%)
  • Stoop/Bend: Occasionally (5-33%)
  • Reach: Frequently (34-66%)
  • Crawl: Not Applicable
  • Squat/Crouch/Kneel: Occasionally (5-33%)
  • Twist: Occasionally (5-33%)
  • Handle/Finger/Feel: Continuously (67-100%)
  • See: Continuously (67-100%)
  • Hear: Continuously (67-100%)

Weight Demands

  • Lift -Floor to Waist Level: Light (10-20 pounds)
  • Carry: Sedentary (<10 pounds)
  • Push/Pull: Sedentary (<10 pounds)
  • Slide/Transfer: Not Applicable

Working Conditions

  • Indoor: Continuously (67-100%)
  • Outdoor: Not Applicable
  • Extreme Temperature: Not Applicable

Driving Requirement Definitions

  • Professional Drivers: Persons who drive as their main responsibility OR transport passengers or hazardous materials.
  • Frequent Drivers: Persons whose main responsibility is not driving, but drive daily or almost daily.
  • Occasional Drivers : Persons who drive from once per month to as frequently as once per week.
  • Infrequent Drivers: Persons who are generally not expected to drive.

Driving Requirement for this position

Infrequent Driver

Reference ID: R8489

Making a real difference. For one another.

To take the best care of our patients and community - including friends, family, and neighbors - we need people who are committed to growth, excellence, and one another.

At Altru, you’ll find a culture where support and teamwork are at the heart of what we do. You’ll have opportunities to advance your skills, work with the latest technologies, experience the fulfillment that comes from giving back, and take your career wherever you want it to go.

Join our team and be a part of a small community with a big heart.

Altru offers a comprehensive benefits package to its full- and part-time employees. Excellent benefits include a health plan and 401(k) retirement plan. Other benefits include a dental plan, vision plan, life and disability insurance, education assistance, paid time off (PTO)

From Altru Health System's job posting, checked 9 Nov 2026. The employer's own page is the final word on requirements and availability.

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About Altru Health System

Nonprofit health system with a hospital in Grand Forks and clinics serving northeastern North Dakota and northwestern Minnesota.

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