Experience Specialist/Receptionist

US-IA-Sioux City

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Req #: 175864
Type: Full Time Benefits

UnityPoint Health

				Overview:

Experience Specialist

PACE (Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly)

Monday-Friday 8:00AM-4:30PM

Full Time Benefits

As a central point of contact, they create meaningful first and lasting impressions and serve as a liaison between participants, families and visitors and members of the health care team to address questions, provide non-medical information and to simply help participants, families and visitors navigate their healthcare experience.

Responsibilities:

Customer Service

*  Smile and greet participants, families, and visitors with a warm welcome, proactively communicate with participants which includes listening with empathy and intent to understand and provides participants, families and visitors opportunities to ask questions.

*  Collaborate with and report participant and family concerns to appropriate team members as needed and assists with resolution of concerns.

*  Consults with members of the healthcare team and provides updates and other information to participants and families.

*  Answer telephone calls in a clear, courteous, caring, calm and professional manner. Screen calls by urgency and route calls promptly, accurately, and professionally to appropriate party.

*  Open and/or close the PACE Center following specified guidelines. 

*  Collaborates with appropriate support services to ensure the environment is clean and welcoming.

*  Demonstrates effective and caring communication skills and telephone techniques and etiquette.

*  Interacts with participants, families, and visitors and team members in a positive and supportive manner with sensitivity to cultural differences.

Administrative/Clerical Support

*  Work independently and responsible for timely completion of assigned functions.

*  Be aware of what is happening in the PACE Center and the organization by attending department meetings, reading emails and regularly checking information on the organization's intranet site.

*  Opens, sorts, and organizes mail. 

*  Completes check in and check out in the EMR for Center attendance. 

*  Creates enrollment binders and new hire folders. 

*  Maintain regular and consistent attendance at work.

*  Maintain compliance with Personnel policies and procedures.

*  Monitor environmental conditions in order to secure protected health information. 

*  Behave in a manner consistent with all Corporate Compliance and HIPAA policies and procedures.

*  Demonstrate initiative to improve quality and customer service by striving to exceed customer expectations. 

*  Balance team and individual responsibilities; be open and objective to other's views; give and welcome feedback; contribute to positive team goals; and put the success of the team above own interests.

*  Perform other duties as requested by manager to facilitate the smooth and effective operations of the office.

Qualifications:

Education:

* High School Degree or Vocational School Graduate

License(s)/Certification(s):

* Maintain current Mandatory Reporter

Knowledge/Skills/Abilities:

*  Ability to demonstrate strong customer service skills.

*  Ability to effectively enter information into a variety of computer programs.

*  Ability to understand and apply guidelines, policies and procedures.

*  Ability to interact effectively with physicians, health care team members, individuals and members of their support systems.

*  Ability to communicate effectively with people of diverse professional, education and lifestyle backgrounds.

*  Writes, reads, comprehends and speaks fluent English

*  Multicultural sensitivity

*  Microsoft Office - basic computer skills.

*  Customer/patient focused

*  Critical thinking skills using independent judgment in making decisions
			
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