Per Diem Patient Access Liaison

Patient Access Liaisons (PAL) provide centralized scheduling services related to patient access, scheduling, and support to assure effective and efficient delivery of health care services, always striving towards a patient experience of excellence. The Shared Patient Access Center handles patient access requests for Boston Children's Hospital patients. The Patient Access Liaisons (PAL) offer a one-of-a-kind appointment experience elevating patient satisfaction. The positions in this job family will work directly with the caller to respond to various questions and issues, resulting in proficiency, accuracy, and quality of patient service care.

The Patient Access Liaison will:

1. Provide centralized scheduling services for the Shared Patient Access Center/Call center. Perform tasks to meet patient access, scheduling, and patient satisfaction goals.
2. Interact with patients and families via telephone to provide information in response to inquiries. Identify caller's needs, clarify information, and provide centralized registration and scheduling for service options of primary care and specialty care.
3. Register patients by collecting patient and insurance information.
4. Gather pertinent information for prescription and refill requests.
5. Receive routine complaints and issues during telephone calls. Reply with the appropriate predetermined response. Elevate non-routine issues to POD supervisor for further action
6. Attend and participate in team meetings as required. Contribute by making suggestions for process improvements

Schedule will be:

• Monday and Tuesdays 9am to 3pm and additional coverage as needed.

Candidates should have:

1. 1 year of related experience, i.e., customer service experience, preferably in a call center environment or healthcare setting
2. High-school or GED diploma
3. Experience with Epic scheduling preferred.

Boston Children's Hospital offers competitive compensation and unmatched benefits including flexible schedules, affordable health, vision and dental insurance, child care and student loan subsidies, generous levels of time off, 403(b) Retirement Savings plan, Pension, Tuition and certain License and Certification Reimbursement, cell phone plan discounts and discounted rates on T-passes. Experience the benefits of passion and teamwork.