Call Center Representative

The University of Kansas Health System; Liberty (MO); On-site; USD 21,000 - 30,000; Part time

Job summary

The University of Kansas Health System in Liberty, MO is seeking a part-time Call Center Representative for our Switchboard. You will deliver professional customer service to patients, staff and physicians 24/7/365 in a high-volume environment.

Using Genesis, Communicator, OnCall and Epic, you will triage calls, activate paging, and support code and security paging teams as needed. Strong communication and multitasking skills are essential; an Associates degree is preferred.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or GED required; 2+ years in call center health care or emergency dispatch ok.
• Associates degree preferred in Communications or Health Care Administration.
• Experience with call center software and ability to multitask in a high-volume environment.

Responsibilities

• Assist with operations of the Switchboard call center for KU Health System and Medical Center.
• Triages calls to determine needs and manages caller expectations with high service levels.
• Activate medical code tests and paging for after-hours, weekends, and holidays.
• Maintain on-call schedules and communicate changes to hospital, physicians, and departments.
• Provide professional service using Genesis, Communicator, OnCall, and Epic.

Skills

Customer service

Multitasking

Communication

Call center software

Typing

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Associates degree in Communications/Health Care Administration

Tools

Genesis

Communicator

OnCall

Epic

Job description

Position Title

Call Center Representative Varies Liberty Hospital

Position Summary

The call center representative is a frontline resource for our patients, staff and physicians. The call center representative provides professional customer service to all callers in a 24/7/365 call center environment. This position is in our Switchboard call center located on our main campus.

Responsibilities and Essential Job Functions

• Assists with operations of the Switchboard call center for the University of Kansas Health System and Medical Center.
• The rep utilizes all software systems (Genesis, Communicator, OnCall, Epic to provide professional service to all callers, internal and external.
• Triages incoming calls to determine caller needs and manage the callers’ expectations with the highest level of customer service and efficiency by utilizing all available software resources.
• Provides answering service for clinical and administrative departments
• Provides code and personal pager management and pager programming after hours, weekends and holidays.
• Activates medical code tests on all software systems, ensuring paging hardware and software systems are functioning.
• Activates medical and security code teams
• Initiates non urgent text pages to administrative and clinical staff
• Maintains the on call schedules in the web on call system and Qgenda; makes changes to the schedules after hours as needed; documents changes and sends communication to hospital, physicians and university departments as needed.
• Utilizes internal overhead paging system
• Attend all individual, department and health system meetings, training and reviews as needed.
• Must be able to perform the professional, clinical and or technical competencies of the assigned unit or department.
• These statements are intended to describe the essential functions of the job and are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities.
• Skills and duties may vary dependent upon your department or unit.
• Other duties may be assigned as required.

Required Education and Experience

• High School Graduate 2 or more years of experience in call center-based customer service, health care call center or Emergency Dispatch Call Center.
• Experience talking, typing and listening simultaneously in a customer service environment.
• Experience utilizing Call Center Software to answer, transfer, page and email in a customer service environment.

Preferred Education and Experience

• Associates Degree in Communications, Business or Health Care Administration from an accredited college or university.

Knowledge Requirements

• Exceptional communication and phone skills.
• Ability to handle multiple calls and/or tasks while providing excellent customer service.

Time Type

Part time

Important information for you to know as you apply

The health system is an equal employment opportunity employer. Qualified applicants are considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), national origin, ancestry, age, disability, veteran status, genetic information, or any other legally-protected status. See also Diversity, Equity & Inclusion.

The health system provides reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities. If you need to request reasonable accommodations for your disability as you navigate the recruitment process, please let our recruiters know by requesting an Accommodation Request form using this link [e-mail].

Employment with the health system is contingent upon, among other things, agreeing to the health-system-dispute-resolution-program.pdf and signing the agreement to the DRP.

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About The University of Kansas Health System

As part of the region’s premier academic medical center, The University of Kansas Health System in Kansas City is a world-class healthcare provider and destination for complex care and diagnosis. We are driven by our commitment to service, continuous improvement and to the highest degree of excellence. Collaboration between physicians, nurses, researchers, educators and other professionals who share their expertise leads to exciting discoveries and life-changing treatments for the people we serve.