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Gundersen Health System
La Crosse, Wisconsin

Admitting Counselor & Registration Clerk ( Part-time, Day Shift)

CounselorIncludes weekendsPart-Time

Listed compensation

$17.93/hr

The week · per this posting

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Posted 1mo ago · Verified live

Job Description

Love + medicine is who we are, it's what we do, it's why people want to work here. If you’re looking for a job to love, apply today.

Scheduled Weekly Hours

20

Gundersen Health System is seeking a compassionate and confident individual to join our growing team as an Admitting Counselor/Registration Clerk. This position provides the opportunity to make a difference and help others. If you are looking for a rewarding position and the chance to make a lasting impact on the healthcare community.... apply today!

What You Will Get

  • Starting pay of $17.93+ per hour based on experience + shift differentials for overnights and weekends!
  • Support to grow in your career with access to our Career Development Center and Tuition Investment Program

Top-rated Retirement Plan and Healthcare Benefits

  • Departmental leadership that supports you as you do your best work.
  • Work/Life balance to love what you do and where you live
  • What's Available:.5 FTE (40 hours bi-weekly)
  • Hours: 9:00am - 5:30pm
  • Shift: Week 1: Tuesday & Thursday. Week 2: Tuesday + Saturday & Sunday
  • Location: La Crosse Emergency Services/Urgent Care

What You Will Do

  • Provide customer service to internal and external customers.
  • Gather and verify demographic information.
  • Confirm insurance coverage and pre-certification details.
  • Inform patients about their financial responsibilities prior to admission and/or discharge.

What You Need

  • High school diploma or equivalency.
  • 1 year experience in general support or service area, requiring basic occupational knowledge and skills.

Emplify Health, a partnership of Bellin Health and Gundersen Health System, is a leading not-for-profit, patient-centered healthcare network based in Green Bay and La Crosse, Wisconsin. With 11 hospitals and over 100 clinics, we serve 67 cities across Wisconsin, Iowa, Minnesota, and Michigan's Upper Peninsula. Join us in making a meaningful difference in the lives of our patients and communities.

If you need assistance with any portion of the application or have questions about the position, please contact HR-Recruitment@gundersenhealth.org or call 608-775-0267.

We inspire your best life by relentlessly caring, learning and innovating. This is our purpose. Together with our values — belonging, respect, excellence, accountability, teamwork and humility — our pillars set our foundation and our future.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Key Responsibilities

The Admitting Counselor provides customer service by gathering demographic information and verifying insurance coverage for patients. They also inform patients of their financial responsibilities prior to admission or discharge.

Requirements

Candidates must have a high school diploma or equivalent. At least one year of experience in a general support or service area is required.

Key Skills

Data entryInsurance verificationPatient registrationFinancial counselingCommunicationAttention to detail

Admitting — Counselor Career Context

Of the 48 active Counselor listings this role was benchmarked against, 50% are remote, 15% have no call, 77% require no weekends.

The cost-of-living index for Wisconsin is 94.1 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 60.7% of Wisconsin clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Gundersen Health System ranks #13 of 13 employers hiring Counselor on WeekdayDoc by average advertised pay.

Top Counselor Jobs

48 matches · ranked by pay

Salary Distribution22 jobs

8
<$70k
5
$70k-100k
3
$100k-130k
6
$130k-160k

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks20 jobs

401k / retirement match
80% this job
CME allowance
55%
Loan repayment
30%
Sign-on bonus
20%
PSLF eligible
15%

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Work-life snapshot

median 6.2this job 5.1
Better work-life than 40% of Counseling listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 13,751 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • Includes weekends

Living in La Crosse

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$277k
Typical market rent
$1,080/mo
Residents’ average commute
16 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
91.8
State income tax
Up to 7.7%
Sources & methodology

Sources: Zillow home values (Aug 2026), Zillow market rents (Aug 2026), U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.

BEA 2024 · La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

City-level figures. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.

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About Gundersen Health System

Hospitals and Health Care
La Crosse, WI
1,001-5,000 employees

Benefits & Perks

Career Development Center
Tuition Investment Program
Top-rated Retirement Plan
Healthcare Benefits