Patient Experience Representative

Selectminds; Port Huron (MI); On-site; USD 52,000 - 66,000; Full time

Job summary

McLaren Health Care in Port Huron, MI is seeking a Patient Experience Analyst to follow up with patients and analyze survey data to drive improvements in satisfaction across the system.

You will develop customized reports, present findings to leadership, assist in action-plans, monitor results, and promote best practices with clinicians and staff.

The role emphasizes collaboration, data-driven decision making, and ongoing learning to enhance patient care and service quality.

Qualifications

• Must have an Associate degree in business administration or related field or 3 years direct customer service experience.
• Preferred: previous process improvement and customer service experience.

Responsibilities

• Serves as internal resource for managers in the use of the online patient satisfaction survey data tool and related data analysis.
• Evaluates survey results, identifying trends and target areas for improvement.
• Creates customized reports and presentations.
• Assists leadership in developing action plans based on report data and monitors plan results.
• Promotes patient satisfaction best practices within healthcare and serves as a resource for related information.
• Works with patients, families and medical staff to facilitate resolution of care issues.
• Provides education on patient relations topics to hospital personnel.
• Maintains professional knowledge by attending workshops and reviewing publications.

Skills

Data interpretation

Data analysis

Microsoft Office

Communication skills

Education

Associate degree in business administration or related field

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

The McLaren system includes 12 hospitals across the state, ambulatory surgery centers, imaging centers, a 730-member employed primary and specialty care physician network, commercial and Medicaid HMOs covering more than 242,000 Michigan lives, home health, infusion and hospice providers, pharmacy services, a clinical laboratory network, and a wholly owned medical malpractice insurance company. McLaren operates Michigan’s largest network of cancer centers and providers, anchored by the Karmanos Cancer Institute, a National Cancer Institute-designated comprehensive cancer center. McLaren has 20,000 full-, part-time and contracted employees and more than 93,000 network providers throughout Michigan.

Position Summary:

Provides follow up services to patients to ensure better customer service. Documents, analyzes, and implements programs to address patient concerns to help increase our customer satisfaction.

Essential Functions and Responsibilities as Assigned:

1. Serves as internal resource for managers in the use of the online patient satisfaction survey data tool and related data analysis.

2. Provides assistance and support to management in understanding survey reports and findings including:

Evaluates survey results, identifying trends and target areas for improvement.

Creates customized reports and presentations.

Assists leadership in the developing action plans based on report data; monitors plan results.

Monitors patient satisfaction “best practices” within healthcare industry; serves as organizational resource for related information.

3. Assists in the development and implementation of various customer care programs to increase the awareness of quality care for the patients and their families.

4. Assists in the development and implementation of policies and procedures that affect patient care and patient satisfaction.

5. Builds and maintains effective working relationships with patients, physicians, employees, and visitors in a friendly and cordial manner, in person or on the telephone, thus promoting a positive service image for the organization.

6. Works with the patient, family members and medical staff as an advisor to facilitate the resolution of care issues.

7. Provides education regarding patient relations topics to hospital personnel

8. Maintains professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops; reviewing professional publications; establishing personal networks; participating in professional societies.

9. Complies with federal, state, and local legal and certification requirements by studying existing and new legislation; anticipating future legislation; enforcing adherence to requirements; advising management on needed actions.

10. Performs other related duties as required and directed.

Qualifications:

Required

• Associate degree in business administration or related field

OR

3 years direct customer service experience

Preferred:

• Previous process improvement and customer service experience

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

1. Demonstrated expertise in quality management principles, methods, and tools and incorporating them into the daily operations of the organization.

2. Ability to understand, interpret, explain, and use data for patient experience activities.

3. Advanced skills in data management as well as the ability to collect, analyze, and present data to groups and individuals.

4. Competency in applying the principles, methods, materials, and equipment necessary in
providing services.

5. Ability to work effectively with all levels of staff.

6. Working knowledge of and proficiency in Microsoft Office.

7. Ability to manage ongoing projects and prioritize appropriately to meet deadlines.

8. Well-developed written, verbal, and presentation skills.

9. Mid to high level proficiency with Microsoft Office applications.

10. Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists.

11. Compliance with the Code of Ethics and Guide for Professional Conduct.

Additional Information

• Schedule: Full-time
• Requisition ID: 26010931
• Daily Work Times: 8:00am-4:30pm
• On Call: No

McLaren Health Care is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sexual orientation, gender identification, age, sex, marital status, national origin, disability, genetic information, height or weight, protected veteran or other classification protected by law.

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McLaren Health Care is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employmentwithout regard to race, color, religion, sexual orientation, gender identification, age, sex, marital status,national origin, disability, genetic information, height or weight, protected veteran or other classificationprotected by law.