Call Center Representative

Liberty Hospital; Liberty (MO); On-site; USD 30,000 - 40,000; Part time

Job summary

Liberty Hospital in Liberty, Missouri is looking for a part-time Call Center Representative to join their 24/7 call center team. The role involves providing exceptional customer service to patients and staff, handling multiple calls efficiently, and managing the call center operations with professionalism.

Qualified candidates should have a high school diploma along with 2 or more years of relevant call center experience. Preferred qualifications include an associate's degree in Communications or Business. This is an opportunity to work in a dynamic healthcare environment with various responsibilities.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of experience in call center or healthcare customer service.
• Ability to speak, type, and listen simultaneously.
• Familiarity with call center software and operations.

Responsibilities

• Assist with operations of the Switchboard call center.
• Utilize various software systems to assist callers.
• Triage incoming calls and manage caller expectations.
• Maintain on-call schedules and ensure proper communication.
• Attend departmental and system meetings and training.

Skills

Exceptional communication skills

Customer service

Ability to multi-task

Call center software usage

Education

High School diploma

Associate's degree in Communications, Business or Health Care Administration

Job description

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.

Position Title

Call Center Representative

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.
• Attends 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 describe the essential functions of the job and are not intended to be an exhaustive list. Skills and duties may vary depending on the department or unit. Other duties may be assigned as required.

Required Education and Experience

• High School graduate.
• 2 or more years of experience in a call center‑based customer service, health‑care call center or emergency dispatch call center.
• Experience speaking, 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

• Associate’s 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

Job Requisition ID

R-50081

EEO Statement

• 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 during your 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.