Access Liaison- Call Center- Mid shift

Overview

We ve made a lot of progress since opening the doors in 1942, but one thing has never changed - our commitment to serve, heal, lead, educate, and innovate. We believe that every award earned, every record broken and every patient helped is because of the dedicated employees who fill our hallways. At Ochsner, whether you work with patients every day or support those who do, you are making a difference and that matters.

Come make a difference at Ochsner Health and discover your future today!

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. Takes incoming contacts (including but not limited to: calls, live chats, emails, texts), and determines correct pathway and next steps for patient.

Coordinates with clinic partners if access barriers exist to get the patient what they need. Develops and fosters interpersonal relationships with stakeholders inside and outside of team by offering patient focused solutions and demonstrating an elevated level of attention, care and follow up to close customer service loop. Creates opportunities and options for patients by addressing preventive care screenings and annual appointments.

• 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 and provides the patient with the right care outcome.
• Responds to patient and provider requests with a focus on transforming the 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 the 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 focusing on retention by creating opportunities and options for patients by addressing preventive care screenings and annual appointments.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

Required – High school diploma or equivalent.

Preferred – Bachelor’s degree.

Required – Four years of experience in customer service, appointment coordinator or another related field.

• 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.

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. 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…