Patient Advocate

Description

SCHEDULE:

Monday - Friday 10:30am - 7:00pm

WHAT WE’RE ABOUT:

At Community Health Center of Southeast Kansas (CHC/SEK) we provide the compassionate, quality healthcare that patients deserve, regardless of their ability to pay.

THE RUNDOWN:

Patient Advocates are often the first interaction that patients have with CHC/SEK and, as such, play a vital role in connecting individuals with the wide array of healthcare services offered.  

Patient Advocates are responsible for greeting callers with dignity and professionalism, understanding CHC/SEK resources and systems, scheduling appointments across sites and service lines, directing calls to appropriate staff, interacting in a positive and productive manner with site staff and always serving as advocates for patients.

Requirements

WHAT YOU'LL BE DOING:

• Answers phone calls and responds to other messages (i.e., web requests, voicemail and email) meeting timeliness goals and adhering to established guidelines.
• Identifying any additional needs a patient may have by asking clarifying questions, presenting options or solutions, and escalating to more appropriate staff when needed for resolution.
• Navigate the Electronic Health Record (EHR), system to look for various messages in EHR (Referrals, DI, Labs, Notes, Appointments, Hub, Information Screen, etc.) in order to ensure patients calls are directed to the appropriate staff.
• Schedules appointments accurately in the EHR, including rescheduling as needed, and following guidelines and policies that are in place. 
• Identify emergent & urgent calls based on information provided by caller. Transfers calls to nursing staff for triaging or contacting staff inside the EHR for emergent or urgent calls as appropriate.
• Serves as a resource patients, clinical staff and enabling staff members as appropriate in order to meet the patients’ needs.
• Contacts patients to schedule follow up appointments. 
• Contacts patients to advise them of campaigns for quality measures as needed. 
• Communicates with the patient regarding necessary information that he/she may need to bring with them to assist with their registration experience.
• Conducts reminder appointment phone calls and makes adjustments as needed.
• Performs other duties/tasks as assigned. 

WHAT YOU'LL NEED:

• High School diploma or equivalent. 
• Experience in clinic, healthcare setting, or call setting, preferred.
• Medical terminology, preferred.

BENEFITS:

• Waived copays for most medical, behavioral health and pharmacy prescriptions at any CHC location
• Medical, Dental, Vision, and Voluntary Life Insurance
• Critical Illness, Accident, Short-Term Disability, and Pet Coverage
• Company paid life insurance and long-term disability
• Retirement Plan- 5% Employer Contribution
• Medical & Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
• PTO- Starts accruing day 1 (Plus an additional 8 hours for your birthday!)
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• CEU and License Reimbursements for eligible positions

WORKING CONDITIONS:

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms and talk or hear. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 10 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.