Patient Advocate

Acadia Healthcare; Belton (TX); On-site; USD 42,000 - 62,000; Full time

Job summary

Harboroaks seeks a dedicated professional to support patient rights by educating patients and families, guiding complaint processes, and reporting unresolved safety threats to staff. The role collaborates with risk and department managers to resolve concerns promptly and improve service quality.

Responsibilities include handling grievances, logging incidents, and participating in staff education on patient safety.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent required.
• Associate or Bachelor’s degree in a clinical field preferred.
• Experience in customer service or risk management preferred.
• Experience with behavioral health patients preferred.
• CPR and de-escalation/restraint certification required.
• First aid may be required based on state or facility.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate patient/family grievance process from complaint to resolution.
• Collaborate with staff to develop acceptable resolutions to complaints.
• Identify process deficiencies risking patient rights or safety.
• Maintain grievance logs up to date.
• Work with risk department and managers to address concerns promptly.
• May participate in new hire orientation on patient safety and advocacy.
• Identify critical customer service needs and discuss with supervisor and medical staff.
• Perform other functions and tasks as assigned.

Skills

Customer service

Risk management

Behavioral health

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Associate or Bachelor’s degree in clinical field

Tools

CPR certification

De-escalation training

First aid certification

Job description

Overview

PURPOSE STATEMENT:

Support patient rights efforts through educating patients and families, guiding complaint/grievance processes and reporting unresolved threats to patient safety to appropriate staff.

Responsibilities

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• Facilitate patient/family grievance process to include processing the complaint, forwarding to the appropriate manager and communicating the resolution to the complainant for resolution purposes.
• Collaborate with appropriate staff to develop acceptable resolutions to potential complaints.
• Identify process deficiencies that result in possible threats to patient rights or patient safety.
• Maintain the complaint and grievance logs up to date.
• Collaborate with risk department and department managers to ensure patient concerns are dealt with in a timely and appropriate manner.
• May participate in new hire orientation on educating staff on patient safety and advocacy
• Identify critical needs with regard to customer service and discuss with supervisor and medical staff.

OTHER FUNCTIONS:

• Perform other functions and tasks as assigned.

Qualifications

EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE/SKILL REQUIREMENTS:

• High school diploma or equivalent required. Associate or Bachelor's degree in a clinical field preferred.
• Experience in customer service or risk management preferred.
• Experience with behavioral health patients preferred.

LICENSES/DESIGNATIONS/CERTIFICATIONS:

• CPR and de-escalation/restraint certification required (training available upon hire and offered by facility).
• First aid may be required based on state or facility.

ADDITIONAL REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS:

While this job description is intended to be an accurate reflection of the requirements of the job, management reserves the right to add or remove duties from particular jobs when circumstances (e.g. emergencies, changes in workload, rush jobs or technological developments) dictate.

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