Experience Specialist - OB/GYN Waterloo

UnityPoint Health; Waterloo (IA); On-site; USD 34,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid time off

401(k) matching

Employee recognition program

Dental insurance

Health insurance

Paid holidays

Short/long-term disability

Pet insurance

Daily Pay

Tuition reimbursement

Adoption assistance

Job summary

UnityPoint Clinic - OB/GYN Clinic is seeking an Experience Specialist/Receptionist for dayshift, full-time with benefits. The role focuses on welcoming patients, assisting with paperwork, guiding patients to departments, and handling inquiries while maintaining accurate EMR records.

Responsibilities include answering calls, updating patients about wait times, and ensuring confidentiality. Prior experience in healthcare customer service is preferred, with a commitment to delivering a seamless

Qualifications

• Previous healthcare or hospital front desk experience preferred.
• Excellent communication and customer service skills.
• Ability to guide patients and handle paperwork efficiently.

Responsibilities

• Extends a professional welcome to all patients and visitors, providing information on services and procedures.
• Serves as the first point of contact for patients and visitors, handling check-in/check-out and ensuring a smooth registration process.
• Guides patients to appropriate departments, clinics, or service areas.
• Keeps patients and families updated about wait times, physician availability, and procedural delays.
• Assists patients in completing paperwork, including consent forms, intake forms, and insurance documentation.
• Addresses general patient inquiries, concerns, and complaints with empathy and escalates complex or urgent matters to experience specialist II.
• Offers guidance on charges, payment processes, insurance procedures, and provides non-medical information to patients if needed.
• Supports maintaining latest patient records in the EMR system, ensuring data accuracy.
• Answers incoming calls, providing basic information and forwarding calls to the concerned department.
• Ensures all patient interactions and data handling comply with confidentiality regulations and UPH standards.
• Participates in training programs to stay updated on best practices in patient care and healthcare regulations.

Skills

Customer service

Education

High School Diploma or equivalent

Job description

Dayshift, Full-Time plus Benefits

The Experience Specialist is responsible for basic patient experience, ensuring a seamless experience for patients and visitors. The role extends a professional welcome, assists with paperwork, and guides patients to the appropriate departments. The role addresses general patient inquiries, answers the incoming calls and escalates urgent concerns to experience specialist leads. The role supports in maintaining accurate patient records in the EMR system and collects patient feedback.

Overview

UnityPoint Clinic - OB/GYN Clinic

Experience Specialist/Receptionist

Dayshift, Full-Time plus Benefits

The Experience Specialist is responsible for basic patient experience, ensuring a seamless experience for patients and visitors. The role extends a professional welcome, assists with paperwork, and guides patients to the appropriate departments. The role addresses general patient inquiries, answers the incoming calls and escalates urgent concerns to experience specialist leads. The role supports in maintaining accurate patient records in the EMR system and collects patient feedback.

Why UnityPoint Health?

At UnityPoint Health, you matter. We’re proud to be recognized as a Top 150 Place to Work in Healthcare by Becker's Healthcare several years in a row for our commitment to our team members.

Our competitive Total Rewards program offers benefits options that align with your needs and priorities, no matter what life stage you’re in. Here are just a few:

• Expect paid time off, parental leave, 401K matching and an employee recognition program.
• Dental and health insurance, paid holidays, short and long-term disability and more. We even offer pet insurance for your four-legged family members.
• Early access to earned wages with Daily Pay, tuition reimbursement to help further your career and adoption assistance to help you grow your family.

With a collective goal to champion a culture of belonging where everyone feels valued and respected, we honor the ways people are unique and embrace what brings us together.

And, we believe equipping you with support and development opportunities is a vital part of delivering an exceptional employment experience.

Find a fulfilling career and make a difference with UnityPoint Health.

Responsibilities

• Extends a professional welcome to all patients and visitors, providing information on services and procedures.
• Serves as the first point of contact for patients and visitors, caters to general patient interactions, assisting with check-in and check-out, ensuring a smooth and efficient registration process.
• Guides patients to appropriate departments, clinics, or service areas.
• Keeps patients and families updated about wait times, physician availability, and procedural delays.
• Assists patients in completing paperwork, including consent forms, intake forms, and insurance documentation.
• Addresses general patient inquiries, concerns, and complaints with empathy and escalates complex or urgent matters to experience specialist II.
• Offers guidance on charges, payment processes, insurance procedures, and provides non-medical information to patients if needed.
• Supports in maintaining latest patient records in the EMR system, ensuring data accuracy.
• Answers incoming calls, providing basic information and forwarding calls to the concerned department.
• Ensures all patient interactions and data handling comply with confidentiality regulations and UPH standards.
• Participates in training programs to stay updated on best practices in patient care and healthcare regulations.

Qualifications

Education:

• High School Diploma or equivalent required.

Experience:

• Previous customer service experience in hospital or healthcare setting preferred.

License(s)/Certification(s):

• None.