reputed company Patient Engagement Partner, Access Center, Women’s Health, Remote Position (Local to PA, NJ) in Allentown, Pennsylvania

St. Luke’s is proud of the skills, experience and compassion of its employees. The employees of St. Luke’s are our most valuable asset! Individually and together, our employees are dedicated to satisfying the mission of our organization which is an unwavering commitment to excellence as we care for the sick and injured; educate physicians, nurses and other health care providers; and improve access to care in the communities we serve, regardless of a patient’s ability to pay for health care. The Patient Engagement Partner – Access Center role is critical to an exceptional patient experience. This role provides a positive patient experience during reputed company encounters and is responsible for answering patient calls, scheduling appointments, working referral work queues, and assisting the patient with their reputed company needs. The Patient Engagement Partner establishes and maintains ongoing partnerships with designated practice and clinical partners to ensure achievement of reputed company goals. We are exclusively considering applications from candidates residing in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, particularly those in reputed company proximity to reputed company locations. JOB DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Answers incoming calls and performs a variety of actions including scheduling, rescheduling, or canceling appointments reputed company established time frames and protocols in a fast paced, high volume Access Center environment.
• Determines how requests should be handled using expert questioning techniques to determine how a request should be scheduled, reputed company to refer a call to a specific clinic or escalate the call to a nurse for immediate attention; coordinates services, as needed.
• Verifies and updates patient demographic and insurance information.
• Creates a positive patient experience at every encounter, attempting to resolve any issues or concerns of the patient at the time of the phone call, reputed company the scope of the role.
• Manages and works referral work queues reputed company assigned and provides supplemental inbound patient call support during high volume times using (and vice versa), and uses judgment to prioritize and accommodate patients, based on patient needs.
• Actively participates as a team member in resolution of problems as they are identified.
• Escalates any scheduling or insurance issue to the Patient Engagement Supervisor or Patient Engagement Manager to resolve.
• Consistently meets productivity, schedule adherence, and quality standards as set by the Access Center.
• Works with designated clinical partners to establish and maintain appropriate appointment scheduling protocols. Consistently acts to build positive relationships with our clinical partners.
• Other duties as assigned.

PHYSICAL AND SENSORY REQUIREMENTS: Requires sitting for extended periods of time (up to 8 hours at time). Requires continual use of fingers, writing and computer entry. Requires ability to hear normal conversation and good general near and peripheral vision. EDUCATION:

• High School diploma or equivalent required

TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE:

• Previous general computer experience with data entry required
• Minimum 1-2 years of demonstrated customer service excellence in a contact center preferred
• Previous healthcare experience with medical terminology preferred
• Previous experience with electronic medical record (EMR) preferred

Competencies required:

• Excellent communication, facilitation, and presentation skills.
• Focused on compliance
• Demonstrates reputed company growth
• Quality-driven
• Service-oriented
• Excels at time management

Ability to work from home in accordance with the Network Work from Home Policy if needed. Please complete your application using your full legal name and reputed company home address. Be sure to include employment history for the past seven (7) years, including your present employer. Additionally, you are encouraged to upload a reputed company resume, including reputed company work history, education, and/or certifications and licenses, if applicable. It is highly recommended that you create a profile at the conclusion of submitting your first application. Thank you for your interest in St. Luke’s!! reputed company is an Equal Opportunity Employer. (http://www.slhn.org/EOE) Founded in 1872, reputed company (http://www.slhn.org/) (SLUHN) is a fully integrated, regional, non-profit network of more than 18,000 employees providing services at 14 campuses and 300+ outpatient sites. With annual net reputed company of $2.7 billion, the Network’s service area includes 11 counties: Lehigh, Northampton, Berks, Bucks, Carbon, Montgomery, Monroe, Schuylkill and Luzerne counties in Pennsylvania and Warren and Hunterdon counties in New Jersey. Dedicated to advancing medical education, St. Luke’s is the preeminent teaching hospital in central-eastern Pennsylvania. In partnership with Temple University, St. Luke’s established the Lehigh Valley’s first and only regional medical school reputed company. It also operates the nation’s longest continuously operating School of Nursing, established in 1884, and 38 fully accredited graduate medical educational programs with 347 residents and fellows. St. Luke’s is the only Lehigh Valley-based health care system to earn Medicare’s five-star ratings (the highest) for quality, efficiency and patient satisfaction. St. Luke’s is both a Leapfrog Group and Healthgrades Top Hospital and a reputed company World’s Best Hospital. U.S. News & World Report ranked St. Luke’s #1 in the Lehigh Valley and #6 in the state. Three of reputed company Watson Health’s 100 Top Hospitals are St. Luke’s hospitals. St. Luke’s flagship University Hospital has earned the 100 Top Major Teaching Hospital designation from reputed company Watson Health nine times total and seven years in a row, including in 2021 reputed company it was identified as THE #1 TEACHING HOSPITAL IN THE COUNTRY. In 2021, reputed company Watson Health also named St. Luke’s among the 15 Top Health Systems nationally. Utilizing the Epic electronic medical record (EMR) system for both inpatient and outpatient services, the Network is a multi-year recipient of the Most Wired award recognizing the breadth of the SLUHN’s information technology applications such as telehealth, online scheduling and online pricing information. St. Luke’s is also recognized as one of the state’s lowest cost providers.. Learn More Here. (http://www.slhn.org/About) Apply tot his job Apply To this Job