Patient Access & Support Specialist

Description

This position is eligible to work remotely from the following states: Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Mexico, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin and Wyoming

Become part of an inclusive organization with over 40,000 teammates, whose mission is to improve the health and well-being of the unique communities we serve.

Hours for this position are primarily weekday evenings and weekends and will work rotating holidays. Schedule flexibility is preferred to help cover daytime and overnights as needed.

Summary:

UNC Professional Relations is hiring a full-time Patient Access & Support Specialist. Operating 24/7 (including holidays), this department serves as an integral point of contact for multiple service lines supporting the UNC Health Care System as well as non-affiliated contracted practices across the state. UNC Professional Relations is looking for candidates who are skilled in providing excellent customer service to medical professionals as well as a diverse patient population and who also possess strong critical thinking skills. They should be self-motivated, able to multi-task in a fast paced environment, and demonstrate strong critical thinking and problem solving skills.

Responsibilities:

1. Fronting patient calls for nurse triage and identifying conditions needing urgent intervention.

2. Researching and recommending UNC Health Care System providers to new and existing patients based on their needs and preferences

3. Registering new patients, scheduling, canceling, rescheduling and confirming patient appointments for UNC Health Care System primary care and specialty care facilities across the state and collaborating with internal departments and external entities with a goal of providing the right care at the right time

4. Providing administrative front desk support for the UNC Virtual Practice: Schedule management, support with identifying appropriate care access, troubleshoot common issues and provide one call resolutions, document and route patient care needs, maintain strict privacy protocols on digital platform.

5. Coordinating communications between medical professionals for consultation and patient care follow up to ensure patients are receiving timely care.

6. Participating in special projects to add value to the department and it's support of the UNC Health Care system in a collaborative and respectful way to meet our organizational goals.

7. Maintaining awareness of higher call volumes and taking appropriate action to prioritize and address call waiting queues in order to meet our departmental service level commitments to provide timely patient care and exceptional patient experiences.

8. Accurately document the details of all incoming and outbound calls in real time in Epic in accordance with standard operating procedures (SOPs).

9. Demonstrate a high level of customer service support related to multiple services and telecommunication line offerings including but not limited to: RN Triage support, system access navigation, primary and specialty care scheduling, and virtual front desk support.

Other information:
Education Requirements:
* High School degree or GED required
Licensure/Certification Requirements:
Professional Experience Requirements:
* If Bachelor's degree, one (1) year of customer service experience, preferably in a health care/patient centered setting. If Associates degree, three (3) years of customer service experience, preferabl in a health care/patient centered setting.If High School degree, five (5) years of customer service experience, preferably in a health care/patient centered setting.
Knowledge/Skills/and Abilities Requirements:
* Strong verbal and written communication skills with a focus on patient centered care to meet patient and departmental needs; professionalism, active listening, rapport building, facilitating, empathy, conflict resolution, complaint management, and problem solving. *Provides open, positive mission-focused communication, direction and assistance to all internal and external customers. Express initiative, teamwork and a good attitude. Shows interest and self-motivation. *Ability to work effectively in fast-paced, constantly changing, demanding work environment while maintaining strong critical thinking, communication, and organizational skills. *Assumes additional responsibilities while also identifying situations that need 2nd level review/escalation. *Familiarity with Microsoft Office programs *Strong personal computer and technology skills (including typing) *Ability to access and utilize numerous databases simultaneously *Strong organizational skills and the ability to shift priorities *Must gain knowledge of the UNC Health Care System and all services we support as well as familiarity with some medical terminology during training. *Must gain knowledge of and proficiency in following protocols.

Legal Employer: NCHEALTH

Entity: Shared Services

Organization Unit: Professional Relations

Work Type: Full Time

Standard Hours Per Week: 40.00

Salary Range:$19.59 - $27.84 per hour (Hiring Range)

Pay offers are determined by experience and internal equity

Work Assignment Type: Remote

Work Schedule: Variable

Location of Job: US:NC:Chapel Hill

Exempt From Overtime: Exempt: No

This position is employed by NC Health (Rex Healthcare, Inc., d/b/a NC Health), a private, fully-owned subsidiary of UNC Heath Care System. This is not a State employed position.

Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.

UNC Health makes reasonable accommodations for applicants' and employees' religious practices and beliefs, as well as applicants and employees with disabilities. All interested applicants are invited to apply for career opportunities. Please email applicant.accommodations@unchealth.unc.edu if you need a reasonable accommodation to search and/or to apply for a career opportunity.