Job description
Corporate · Business Operations
Ann Arbor, MI
Administrative Clerical
, Days
Req # 3977
Job Summary: The Referral Intake Specialist serves as the first contact/voice of the organization, for those seeking hospice care. Their communication must be courteous, professional, and knowledgeable of the specifics of hospice care as well as the broader scope of the organization in its entirety. The Referral Intake Specialists, working within the Contact Center, is the “front door” for patient care within our organization and must exemplify our mission of “Every Person, Every Time”, in everything they do.
Essential Functions:
Qualifications:
Essential Functions:
- Processes all referrals coming into the organization via phone, fax, email and extended care information network (ECIN).
- Provides to callers/customer the welcoming, supportive environment within each contact, from an organization fully prepared to respond to their needs, both routine and those critical in nature.
- Proactively responds to crisis calls, taking appropriate action to resolve the situation for a positive outcome.
- Responsible for accurate data entry of referrals, and detailed, specific coordination with numerous internal departments and outside agencies, that directly affects the delivery of care to patients and families
- Collaborates with the Field Staff Scheduler, Manager or designee to identify interdisciplinary team staff, if available, to facilitate patient admissions.
- Exercises a high level of critical thinking/decision to maximize the use of organizational resources, providing assistance, as needed, to support field clinicians in completing work that may be time sensitive or challenging due to outside factors.
- Associate’s degree in a business related or social services field or a minimum of (five) 5 years of full time health care, hospice care and/or business operations work required; Bachelor’s Degree preferred.
- A minimum of two (2) years of telephone-related experience required; experience within a health care environment highly preferred.
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