Patient Experience Specialist – Call Center, Full Time

University of Miami; Miami (FL); Hybrid; USD 42,000 - 62,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Medical benefits

Dental benefits

Tuition remission

Job summary

University of Miami Health System seeks a Patient Experience Specialist 1 to oversee patient care experiences on assigned units and ambulatory sites. You will intervene in real time to address patient, family, and guest needs and collaborate with nurses and hospital staff to resolve issues.

The role requires at least 3 years of relevant experience and a strong commitment to PFCC principles, with excellent communication and teamwork skills to support a peaceful healing environment.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or equivalent is required or equivalent experience.
• Three years of relevant experience is required.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills are essential.
• Ability to learn new procedures, technologies and adapt to changing priorities.

Responsibilities

• Provide in-the-moment service recovery for patients, families, and staff.
• Coordinate with Patient Experience Representatives to address concerns.
• Serve as a resource on PFCC and interpret survey data for units.
• Communicate effectively via phone, email, web messages or mail.
• Contribute to a culture of compassion and caring across the team.

Skills

Learning Agility

Teamwork

Technical Proficiency

Communication

Education

High School Diploma or equivalent

Job description

Patient Experience Specialist - Call Center, Full Time page is loaded## Patient Experience Specialist - Call Center, Full Timeremote type: On-Sitelocations: Miami, FLtime type: Full timeposted on: Posted Todayjob requisition id: R100101060**Current Employees:**If you are a current Staff, Faculty or Temporary employee at the University of Miami, please click to log in to Workday to use the internal application process. To learn how to apply for a faculty or staff position, please review this .The Patient Experience Specialist 1 provides oversight of the patient care experience and intervenes when necessary. The Patient Experience Specialist 1 is responsible for their assigned unit/ambulatory site to provide in the moment service recovery as well as addressing any issues the patient/family or their guest might need assistance with. They will engage the Patient Experience Representative 1 when they are not able to solve the issue in the moment.**CORE JOB FUNCTIONS*** Provides service excellence support with a strong commitment to Patient Experience to all patients, their loved ones, and UHealth professional and support staff. Maintains a positive, patient, family and employee centered, problem-solving attitude by communicating with various customers toward creating an environment where engaged employees provide positive memorable experiences to our patients.* Plays a key role contributing to a peaceful healing environment while contributing to enhanced communication and connection with our patients, their families, and unit staff.* Deploys unit-based practices related to culture enhancement, mentoring for personal and team effectiveness of patient and family centered care guiding principles and patient experience to result in ensuring a high performing unit culture leading to the delivery of a consistent exceptional patient experience.* Assists in maintaining a safe environment for patients, co-workers, and families. Participates with Patient Experience Representatives, Risk and Compliance, Office of General Counsel, and Quality and Safety teams.* Serves as an internal resource and subject matter expert on PFCC, and interpreting and contextualizing Press-Ganey survey data with the units.* Assists with recognizing, understanding and reporting patient concerns to primary nurse and to Patient Experience Representatives as appropriate.* Works independently and deal effectively with stress as a result of heavy workload and the handling of complex patient inquiries.* Meets the daily production standard established for the department.* Deploys critical thinking while responding to a variety of technical issues from patients, physicians and employees via phone, email, web messages, chat, fax or mail.* Serves as a facilitator and coach in developing a culture of compassion and caring through building healthy relationships among staff, patients and families.* Serves as an advisory resource for critical patient centered initiatives across UHealth.* Adheres to University and unit-level policies and procedures and safeguards University assets.***This list of duties and responsibilities is not intended to be all-inclusive and may be expanded to include other duties or responsibilities as necessary.***CORE QUALIFICATIONS**Education:**High School Diploma or equivalent/relevant experience, certification or license**Certification and Licensing:**Refer to department description for applicable certification requirements**Experience:**Minimum 3 years of relevant experience required**Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:*** Learning Agility: Ability to learn new procedures, technologies, and protocols, and adapt to changing priorities and work demands.* Teamwork: Ability to work collaboratively with others and contribute to a team environment.* Technical Proficiency: Skilled in using office software, technology, and relevant computer applications.* Communication: Strong and clear written and verbal communication skills for interacting with colleagues and stakeholders.*This is a core job profile description and is not reflective of all duties that may be assigned to a specific position in each individual department. The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and primary responsibilities of this core job profile. Specific duties and tasks may vary based upon departmental needs. Other duties may be assigned to the above consistent with the knowledge, skills, and abilities required for the job.*The University of Miami offers competitive salaries and a comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, tuition remission and more.UHealth-University of Miami Health System, South Florida's only university-based health system, provides leading-edge patient care powered by the ground breaking research and medical education at the Miller School of Medicine. As an academic medical center, we are proud to serve South Florida, Latin America and the Caribbean. Our physicians represent more than 100 specialties and sub-specialties, and have more than one million patient encounters each year. Our tradition of excellence has earned worldwide recognition for outstanding teaching, research and patient care. We're the challenge you've been looking for.The University of Miami is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Applicants and employees are protected from discrimination based on certain categories protected by Federal law.**Job Status:**Full time**Employee Type:**StaffThe mission of the University of Miami is to transform lives through education, research, innovation, and service. A vibrant and diverse academic and healthcare community, the University of Miami and the University of Miami Health System (\"UHealth\") have rapidly progressed to become one of the nation's top research universities and academic medical centers in the nation.The University comprises 12 schools and colleges serving undergraduate and graduate students in more than 350 majors and programs. Visit to learn more about our points of pride.The University ranks No. 55 on U.S. News & World Report's 2022 Best Colleges list and ranked No. 49 in the 2022 Wall Street Journal/Times Higher Education College Rankings.Bascom Palmer Eye Institute is ranked the #1 eye hospital in the USA and offers some of the nation's premiere eye doctors to treat every eye condition for adults. Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer, part of the Miller School of Medicine, received the prestigious National Cancer Institute designation in 2019.The University of Miami and UHealth have also ranked among the Forbes Best Employers and Best Employers for Women on several occasions, most recently in 2022.