Senior Patient Experience Coordinator
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Job ID: 176151
Category: Clerical/Administrative
Work Type: FT
Location: Philadelphia, PA, United States
Date Posted: Mar 23, 2023
Work Schedule: Days / Onsite
Description
Penn Medicine is dedicated to our tripartite mission of providing the highest level of care to patients, conducting innovative research, and educating future leaders in the field of medicine. Working for this leading academic medical center means collaboration with top clinical, technical and business professionals across all disciplines.Today at Penn Medicine, someone will make a breakthrough. Someone will heal a heart, deliver hopeful news, and give comfort and reassurance. Our employees shape our future each day. Are you living your life's work?
Summary:
- Serves as the voice of the patient. This role emphasizes the receiving and resolving of patient complaints, compliments, service referrals, patient and family requests and entry of feedback information in our patient feedback system. Answers or directs inquiries to appropriate personnel while ensuring the satisfaction of providers, patients and their families through positive interactions. Partners with all departments in Penn Medicine to embrace and encourage delivering the Penn Medicine Experience. Provides written response to patients/families in accordance with CMS/TJC requirements. Partners with clinical and non-clinical leadership to drive patient and family centered experience initiatives. As the Senior Patient Experience Coordinator, this position is responsible for co-chairing the Patient Experience Council, and leading nursing-driven patient experience projects. Serves as the point person within PGR to handle patient/visitor process, changes and exceptions.
Responsibilities:
- Responsible for facilitating all necessary documents and reports for the PAH Grievance/Feedback Committee. Including but not limited to: taking meeting minutes, preparing agendas, creating reports/dashboards, trending feedback themes and coordinating presentations.
- Manage high level, executive grievances referred to PGR in accordance with the PAH Grievance Flowsheet and ensuring Director of Patient Experience and Senior Leadership are receiving consistent communication regarding updates of these grievances.
- Review on an annual basis, all PAH PGR Regulatory Policies and provide Director of Patient Experience with recommendations for policy updates and ensure PGR’s compliance for continuous survey readiness.
- Analyzes and disseminates data on complaints, patient satisfaction surveys and other feedback mechanisms. Makes recommendations to Director of Patient Experience and/or hospital leadership which may result in operational changes or other system improvements.
- Maintains the formal grievance mechanism in compliance with CMS/TJC standards. Initiates system changes when corrective action is necessary. Monitors and evaluates the effect of corrective action.
- Rounding on assigned nursing units/outpatient departments on a daily basis to proactively address patient feedback/concerns.
- Serves as point person within PAH PGR for inpatient and outpatient visitation processes and requests.
- Responsible for reviewing lost belonging reimbursement requests, tracks financial implications of reimbursed items and provides data to Director of Patient Experience on a quarterly basis.
- Licensed Pennsylvania Notary (Required)
- Must have within first 6 months of hire
Education or Equivalent Experience:
- H.S. Diploma/GED (Required)
- Bachelor of Arts or Science (Required)
- healthcare, organizational development, business management, administration, or hospitality
- Master of Arts or Science (Required)
- healthcare, organizational development, business management, administration, or hospitality Experience in customer service, or patient relations experience required. Positive outlook, high energy with passion for excellence.
Location:
Pennsylvania Hospital / 800 Spruce Street
This position is onsite
Live Your Life's Work
We are an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. Candidates are considered for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, ancestry, age, disability, marital status, familial status, genetic information, domestic or sexual violence victim status, citizenship status, military status, status as a protected veteran or any other status protected by applicable law.
