Manager, Patient Access

• Job Type: Officer of Administration
• Bargaining Unit:
• Regular/Temporary: Regular
• End Date if Temporary:
• Hours Per Week:35
• Standard Work Schedule:
• Building: Parker Plaza
• Salary Range: $70,300.00 - $109,100.00

Position Summary

Reporting to the Assistant Director of Patient Access (PA), the Manager of Patient Access plans and coordinates the day-to-day operations of the Department of Radiology's Patient Access Center.

Responsibilities

Operations

• Works collaboratively with other leaders to help ensure access and referral management targets are met or exceeded and will participate in process improvement efforts to establish practices that foster goal attainment.

• Promote, facilitate, and provide quality efficiency, one call resolution, and customer satisfaction. Monitors data and team processes while driving to improve the services provided.

• Lead the unit to enhance the operations and its programs, including effective staff management, metrics and data management and operational analyses
• Identify staffing patterns and needs that will effectively support the operations and makes recommendations.
• Processes payroll and tracks employee attendance.
• Work with members of management to share information and contribute to the ongoing improvement of standards, policies and procedures leading to the continuous enhancement of service, quality, and productivity.
• Design and produce call center operations ad hoc reports as needed through various systems (call center software, scheduling data, etc.)
• Act as a resource for agents for questions or assistance with patient calls. May assist with handling calls during high peak volume periods.
• Manages project in multi-level capacity including but not limited to: creating long- and short-term plans, setting targets for milestones and adhering to deadlines, delegating tasks, ensuring continuous alignment with organizational goals, and communicating with senior leadership on progress and deliverables.
• May serve as backup in the Assistant Director's absence.

Strategy

• Monitors key performance indicators and helps Assistant Director develop and implement performance improvement initiatives. Continuously seeks and implements operational improvements.
• Works with Director to develop and implement change management strategies that support overall organizational goals and process improvement initiatives. Maximize employee adoption and measure effectiveness. Ensure communication of changes is cascaded throughout unit and feedback channels are in place. Ensures staff support system is in place. Works with Supervisor to address any escalated concerns and identified risks.
• Implements approved communication strategies including, but not limited to: informal and formal presentations for various audiences, feedback channels, senior leadership/stakeholder presentations, vendors, etc. Ensures relevant communication are cascaded to the various interest and stakeholder groups as needed.
• Leads and/or participates in projects and performance improvement activities.
• Ensures strategic alignment of unit goals to overall department mission and vision.
• Supports all customer satisfaction initiatives, displaying a positive attitude in interactions with staff, patients and family members.
• Collaborates with their peers, Practice Plan Managers and PA senior leadership to cultivate a strong team dynamic; facilitates regular team meetings and activities.

People

• Executes approved HR strategy and transactional activities. Clarifies roles and responsibilities of team members; ensures that necessary steering, review, and support functions are in place. Ensures that the purpose and importance of the team are clarified (e.g., team has a clear charter or mission statement); guides the team in setting specific and measurable short- and long-term goals.
• Manage, train, develop, coach, monitor and empower team members to provide customers with a superior service experience, and to inspire the feeling of high energy, excitement, satisfaction, with a sense of pride and belonging in their workplace. This also includes the ability to support the transfer of
• skills and knowledge obtained in the training into practice and production thereby meeting and exceeding key performance objectives. Maintains awareness of team engagement; identifies and responds to key challenges and areas of opportunity.
• Evaluates staff performance and competencies, approaching the performance review process constructively and conducts it in accordance with Human Resources and departmental guidelines and procedures. Offers continuing guidance and assistance to employees on work activities, procedures, competency development and performance-related issues as appropriate. Ensures leadership is kept aware of performance of each employee on an ongoing basis. Addresses any performance related issues promptly.
• Promotes staff professionalism and performance with coaching, training and feedback. Mentors others in individual and team accountability, modeling behavior and demonstrating best practices/techniques.

Compliance

• Keeps current on all organizational, regulatory compliance and patient privacy trainings policies (e.g. infection control, public safety, EH&S, HIPAA, OSHA, etc.) and successfully complete all required trainings.
• Ensures compliance for a safe and secure work environment at all sites by following all OSHA, EH&S and public safety policies and guidelines.
• Maintain patient privacy and confidentiality according to HIPAA requirements at all times

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent of education and experience.
• A minimum of 4 years of managing a team or teams in a fast-paced call center environment, and/or medical practice environment

Preferred Qualifications

• Excellent organizational skills, time management and the ability to set priorities among multiple competing objectives, tasks and initiatives is required.
• Demonstrated proficiency project management skills including executing technical and operational project activities with cross-functional teams.
• Demonstrated proficiency and/or understanding of data sets; extract, evaluate, clean, and summarize; conduct qualitative and quantitative data analysis and validation as applicable to areas of responsibility.
• Candidate must be well organized and be able to manage a demanding workload and moderately complex cases in an accurate and timely.
• Demonstrated strong proficiency in problem assessment, and resolution and collaborative problem solving in complex, and interdisciplinary settings.
• Ability to communicate effectively in both oral and written form. This position requires the ability to interact positively, constructively and effectively with professional staff, providers and organizational stakeholders.
• Ability to lead and mentor team through new and changing situations. Demonstrate a professional and compassionate manner while conveying a positive image of the department.
• Ability to work independently and follow-through and handle multiple tasks simultaneously.
• Ability to work collaboratively with a culturally diverse staff and patient/family population, demonstrating empathy, respect and flexibility.
• Strong proficiency of Microsoft Office (Word & Excel) or similar software is required and an ability and willingness to learn new systems and programs.
• Must be a motivated individual with a positive mindset and exceptional work ethic.
• Must successfully complete systems training requirements

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