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Job Details

PRIMARY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Creating and maintaining patient appointment schedules to ensure optimal clinic and homecare efficiencies are achieved

• Ensure that all communication received by all customers (i.e. program personnel, Field Nurses, Patients) are handled within departmental Key Performance Indicators. This includes but is not limited to: scheduling initial patient appointments, rescheduling of established series of appointments, and collaboration with Nursing Services on staffing challenges

• Will report adverse events, serious adverse events, product complaints in accordance with Innomar training and policies & procedures

• Will participate in close communication through regular touchpoints with Field Nurses and on an ad-hoc basis with Business Area Managers as required under the leadership of the Associate Manager, Patient Appointment Coordination

• Will support and collaborate on new initiatives and embrace and execute on internal departmental processes, including but not limited to: database enhancements/changes, new/revised workflow/process flows

• Will identify scheduling challenges and opportunities and follow department escalation process through to resolution/solution

• Will strategize and engage with key stakeholders (e.g. pharmacy, program, nursing) to proactively mitigate risk and achieve optimal patient experiences

• Identify defects in process and communicate in a timely and responsible manner (leveraging the escalation process) to avoid delays in facilitating patient appointments; and ultimately participate in process improvement initiatives which drive efficiencies and productivity

• Manage workload (eg. Multi-tasking) as assigned by the Associate Manager which includes but is not limited to: consistently evaluate and re-prioritize daily tasks, flexibility with phone queue coverage and exercise proactive team collaboration to ensure Key Performance Indicators are achieved

• The Patient Appointment Facilitator will also be assigned other duties and tasks as required from time to time

EXPERIENCE AND EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENTS:

• Post-secondary education or equivalent in a related discipline;

• Minimum of 2 years experience in the healthcare, pharmaceutical or biotechnology industry (or similar); scheduling experience an asset

• Candidate must have strong communication, critical thinking and interpersonal skills

• Strong proficiency in Microsoft applications (Outlook, Word, Excel, Internet Explorer, PowerPoint);

• Proven ability to organize time, set priorities and multi-task in order to meet various competing work deadlines;

• Ability to work in a fast-paced team environment with a strong attention to detail

• Flexibility to changing departmental/organizational landscape; adaptability and adoptability of new work flows to support departmental/organizational initiatives

• Bilingualism, French/English is an asset

MINIMUM SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE AND ABILITY REQUIREMENTS:

• Critical thinking and ability to navigate complex scenarios

• Experienced and strong comfort level with receiving inbound and placing outbound calls

• Ability to communicate effectively both orally and in writing

• Effective interpersonal skills

• Effective organizational skills with a strong level of attention to detail

• Ability to meet deadlines

• Excellent problem-solving skills; ability to resolve issues effectively and efficiently

• Knowledge of Microsoft Outlook

The successful candidate may have daily contacts with unilingual English-speaking customers, patients or peers from cross-functional teams.

What Cencora offers

We provide compensation, benefits, and resources that enable a highly inclusive culture and support our team members’ ability to live with purpose every day. In addition to traditional offerings like medical, dental,