About this role
Inova Health Center 8081 - Fairfax East is looking for a dedicated Oncology Patient Specialist 3 to join the team. This role will be full-time day shift from Monday – Friday, between 8:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. This role is responsible for delivering exceptional service by addressing customer needs, counseling on financial liability, communicating effectively, managing patient registration, and supporting oncology scheduling.
Inova is consistently ranked a national healthcare leader in safety, quality and patient experience. We are also proud to be consistently recognized as a top employer in both the D.C. metro area and the nation.
Featured Benefits:
- Committed to Team Member Health: offering medical, dental and vision coverage, and a robust team member wellness program.
Retirement: Inova matches the first 5% of eligible contributions – starting on your first day.
Tuition and Student Loan Assistance: offering up to $5,250 per year in education assistance and up to $10,000 for student loans.
Mental Health Support: offering all Inova team members, their spouses/partners, and their children 25 mental health coaching or therapy sessions, per person, per year, at no cost.
Work/Life Balance: offering paid time off and paid parental leave.
Oncology Patient Specialist 3 Job Responsibilities:
- Gathers information about customer complaints in a courteous and professional manner.
- Accepts and provides direct/honest feedback between team members in a non-punishing manner.
- Anticipates overload and peak work conditions while making plans and identifying resolving resources.
- Supports scheduling activities by conducting pre-service activities such as insurance verification and submission.
- Selects the most effective communication method considering the audience, type of message and intended outcome.
- Responds to daily problems with an appropriate sense of urgency; Delivers an acceptable volume of work with high levels of accuracy.
- Reports safety hazards/violations and takes appropriate action to protect the environment and guests until help arrives, when/if necessary.
- Explains insurance benefits and patient liability by using appropriate communication methods and style; Identifies and communicates payroll authorization and referral requirements.
Minimum Qualifications:
- Education: High School Diploma or GED
- Experience: 4 years of healthcare patient access experience/healthcare revenue cycle experience or 4 years of related oncology medical office experience.
We are Inova, Northern Virginia’s leading nonprofit healthcare provider. Every day, our 26,000+ team members provide world-class healthcare to the communities we serve. Our people are the reason we're a national leader in healthcare safety, quality and patient experience. And from best-in-class facilities to professional development opportunities, we support them at every step. At Inova, we're constantly striving to be ever better — to shape a more compassionate future for healthcare.
Inova Health System is an Equal Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, color, disability, gender identity or expression, marital status, national or ethnic origin, political affiliation, pregnancy (including childbirth, pregnancy-related conditions and lactation), race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, veteran status, genetic information, or any other characteristics protected by law.
Other facts
About Inova
We are Inova, Northern Virginia and the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area’s leading nonprofit healthcare provider. With expertise and compassion, we partner with our patients to help them stay healthy. We treat illness, heal injury and look at a patient’s whole health to help them flourish. Through our expansive network of hospitals, primary and specialty care practices, emergency and urgent care centers, and outpatient services, Inova provides care for more than 1 million unique patients every year. Total patient visits exceed 4 million annually, demonstrating our ability to deliver the best clinical care and ensuring a seamless experience for all who rely on us for their healthcare needs.
Consistently ranked and recognized as a national healthcare leader in safety, quality and patient experience, Inova’s world-class care is made possible by the strength and breadth of our network, our 26,000 team members, our technology and our innovation. In 2025, Inova was named the Health System of the Year by Press Ganey, a national leader in healthcare experience, recognizing our excellence in patient care, team member engagement, and commitment to continuous improvement.
Inova is home to Northern Virginia’s only Level 1 Trauma Center and Level 4 Neonatal Intensive Care Unit and provides high-quality healthcare to each person in every community we are privileged to serve – regardless of ability to pay – every day of their life. More information about Inova can be found at www.inova.org.
What you'll do
- This role is responsible for delivering exceptional service by addressing customer needs, counseling on financial liability, communicating effectively, managing patient registration, and supporting oncology scheduling. Responsibilities also include gathering complaint information, providing feedback, anticipating workload, conducting insurance verification, and explaining patient liability.
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