Emergency Department Patient Experience Advocate

Mount Sinai Medical Center; Miami Beach (FL); On-site; USD 25,000 - 39,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Life insurance

Long-term disability coverage

Healthcare spending accounts

Retirement plan

Paid time off

Tuition reimbursement

Employee assistance program

Wellness program

On-site housing for select positions

Job summary

Mount Sinai Medical Center in Miami Beach, FL, seeks a patient-support professional to enhance ED patient experience through rounding, comfort provisions, and clear communication about care processes. You will act as a liaison between families, patients, and clinicians, while upholding HIPAA and hospital policy.

The role emphasizes empathy, timely updates, and collaboration with care teams. Required is a high school diploma and 1–2 years in customer service or healthcare support.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent required.
• 1-2 years of experience in customer service, hospitality, patient advocacy, healthcare support, or another public-facing role required.

Responsibilities

• Conduct continuous, systematic rounding in ED treatment rooms and waiting areas to assess patient and family comfort, identify concerns, and provide timely support.
• Proactively address non-clinical needs such as warm blankets, pillows, reading materials, phone chargers, and approved water or snacks when permitted by clinical staff.
• Maintain awareness of the patient environment and promptly report cleanliness, supply, environmental services, or maintenance concerns to the appropriate department or leader.
• Help patients and families understand the Emergency Department process, including triage, diagnostic testing, treatment flow, consults, disposition planning, and expected next steps.
• Provide compassionate, realistic, and frequent updates regarding wait times, test results, imaging, physician evaluations, consults, admissions, transfers, or discharge planning, while remaining within role scope and privacy expectations.
• Serve as a communication bridge for family members and support appropriate information sharing between families, patients, and the care team in accordance with HIPAA and hospital policy.
• Recognize early signs of patient or family frustration and use active listening, empathy, and de-escalation techniques to support a calm and respectful care environment.
• Address concerns in real time whenever possible and partner with ED leadership to resolve dissatisfaction related to communication gaps, delays, comfort needs, or other non-clinical concerns.
• Escalate complex complaints, grievances, safety concerns, or unresolved issues to the Charge Nurse, Nurse Manager, Patient Experience team, Risk Management, or other appropriate leader based on hospital process.
• Function as an additional support presence for the care team by promptly communicating patient concerns, pain complaints, changes in condition, or requests requiring clinical assessment to the assigned nurse, provider, or charge nurse.
• Participate in ED huddles and collaborate with nurses, physicians, advanced practice providers, registration, social work, case management, security, environmental services, and patient experience staff to support coordinated care.
• Document rounding activity, patient concerns, common themes, service-recovery actions, and escalations in the designated departmental tracking process.
• Support patient experience and quality improvement goals by identifying trends, sharing feedback with leadership, and reinforcing behaviors that improve responsiveness, communication, safety, and overall perception of care.

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Job description

Mount Sinai Medical Center in Miami Beach, FL, seeks a patient-support professional to enhance ED patient experience through rounding, comfort provisions, and clear communication about care processes. You will act as a liaison between families, patients, and clinicians, while upholding HIPAA and hospital policy.

The role emphasizes empathy, timely updates, and collaboration with care teams. Required is a high school diploma and 1–2 years in customer service or healthcare support.