Access Liaison- New Orleans
Ochsner Health · New Orleans, LA · 3 mo ago
OTHRFull-time
About the role
This job welcomes and connects the consumer to the health system. Handles acquisition, front door navigation, care coordination and transitions of care. Delivers excellent care and meets the unique care needs for various segments of patient populations that interact with the health system.
Responsibilities
- Maintains a patient/consumer focused approach in all interactions while engaging in holistic coordination of care for consumers by optimizing patient care setting and matching right setting/right time.
- Manages patient egresses, including but not limited to phone, email, text, live-chat, etc.
- Delivers first contact resolution providing the patient with right care outcome.
- Responds to patient and provider request with a focus on transforming experience by building trust and rapport.
- Provides timely and effective resolutions that exceed stakeholder expectations.
- Develops and fosters interpersonal relationships with stakeholders inside and outside of team by proactively offering patient focused solutions and demonstrating an elevated level of attention, care and follow up to close customer service loop.
- Navigates escalations to clinic partners with poise and skill to resolve patient issues.
- Navigates and flexes between the varying needs of patient segments to eliminate barriers to efficient delivery of care.
- Identifies system service delivery problems and potential solutions for effective patient management interventions.
- Serves as liaison with medical staff, nursing staff and ancillary department staff to eliminate barriers to ensure delivery of care.
- Serves as a subject matter expert and brand ambassador for our service line focuses on retention by creating opportunities and options for patients by addressing preventive care screenings and annual appointments.
Requirements
- Education Required – High school diploma or equivalent.
- Work Experience Preferred – Bachelor’s degree.
- Required – Four years of experience in customer service, appointment coordinator or another related field.
Qualifications
- Excellent critical thinking skills.
- Ability to maintain a patient/consumer focused approach in all interactions.
- Ability to solve potentially complex navigation problems.
- Proficient in navigating and managing multiple systems.
- Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to manage multiple stakeholders.
- Ability to use appropriate judgement on when to employ non-traditional, effective solutions to fully resolve stakeholders needs.
- Proficiency in technology applications and various software packages specific to role.
- Ability to prioritize, organize and coordinate multiple work assignments in a fast-paced environment.
Skills
- Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- Sedentary Work - Exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally and/or a negligible amount of force frequently to lift, carry, push, pull, or otherwise move objects. Sedentary work involves sitting most of the time, but may involve walking or standing for brief periods of time.
Benefits
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Pay
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Schedule
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