Patient Service Specialist - Pediatric Speech & OT Clinic

Vanderbilt University Medical Center

8d•Onsite

About The Position

Discover Vanderbilt University Medical Center: Located in Nashville, Tennessee, and operating at a global crossroads of teaching, discovery, and patient care, VUMC is a community of individuals who come to work each day with the simple aim of changing the world. It is a place where your expertise will be valued, your knowledge expanded, and your abilities challenged. Vanderbilt Health is committed to an environment where everyone has the chance to thrive and where your uniqueness is sought and celebrated. It is a place where employees know they are part of something that is bigger than themselves, take exceptional pride in their work and never settle for what was good enough yesterday. Vanderbilt’s mission is to advance health and wellness through preeminent programs in patient care, education, and research. Organization: Speech Pathology - Support Sta Job Summary: Provides service to patient before, during or post-appointment with minimal guidance. Facilitates efficient workflow, supports appropriate use of technology, and engages in effective communication. Navigates complex patients to include scheduling with multiple services or coordination with outside facilities or providers. . Position Hours Monday - Friday Days Department Summary Monroe Carell’s Speech-Language Pathology team provides comprehensive evaluation and treatment services for children with communication, feeding, and swallowing disorders. Working within a collaborative, multidisciplinary environment, speech-language pathologists partner with families and healthcare providers to deliver individualized care that supports each child’s developmental and functional needs. Team members also collaborate with the Pediatric Aerodigestive Clinic to assess and manage medically complex children with airway, pulmonary, digestive, sleep, and feeding disorders. Through an integrated, patient-centered approach, the program is dedicated to improving communication skills, feeding outcomes, and overall quality of life for pediatric patients and their families.

Requirements

CUSTOMER SERVICE (Intermediate): A continuing focus on the needs and requirements of customers, anticipating their needs, remaining sensitive to customers while performing services for them, responsive to customer needs.
PATIENT SCHEDULING (Novice): The ability to coordinate and schedule patient appointments, procedures and other office visits with various computer systems in the hospital or clinic.
PATIENT DOCUMENTATION (Novice): The ability to receive and record patient information.
MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY & DOCUMENTATION (Novice): The ability to comprehend medical terminology and
APPOINTMENT & PRODECURAL SCHEDULING (Fundamental Awareness): The ability to coordinate and schedule diagnostic testing and procedures within various computer systems in the hospital.
Experience Level: 1 year
Education: High School Diploma or GED

Nice To Haves

Provides service to patient before, during or post-appointment with minimal guidance.
Facilitates efficient workflow, supports appropriate use of technology, and engages in effective communication.
Navigates complex patients to include scheduling with multiple services or coordination with outside facilities or providers.
Provides guidance to entry level co-workers.
Continuously improves own skills by identifying development opportunities.
Seeks to understand colleagues' priorities, working styles and develops relationships across areas.
Openly shares information with others and communicates in a clear and courteous manner.
Invests time to understand the problems, needs of others and how to provide excellent service.
Seeks to understand issues, solves routine problems, and raises proper concerns in a timely manner.
Listens carefully to understand the issues and provides accurate information and support.
Checks work quality before delivery and asks relevant questions to meet quality standards.
Demonstrates basic knowledge of conditions that affect safety and reports unsafe conditions to the appropriate person or department.
Takes responsibility for completing assigned activities and thinks beyond standard approaches to provide high-quality work/service.
Displays understanding of how personal actions will impact departmental resources.
Uses accurate information and good decision making to consistently achieve results on time and without error.
Willingly proposes/accepts ideas or initiatives that will impact day-to-day operations by offering suggestions to enhance them.
Absorbs new technology quickly; understands when to utilize the appropriate tools and procedures to ensure proper course of action.
Embraces changes by keeping an open mind to changing plans and incorporates change instructions into own area of work.

Responsibilities

Proficiently performs all Associate Patient Service Specialist job responsibilities.
Schedules appointments and procedures through clinical communication, work queues, and patient portal messages
Manages registration and patient work queues.
Coordinates with patients and/or outside facilities to ensure all pre-appointment orders and consults have been received and ready to view prior to patient visit.
Communicates with patients through the patient portal using critical decision making to route appropriately as applicable.
The responsibilities listed are a general overview of the position and additional duties may be assigned.