Patient Advocate - Acadia Healthcare : Job Details

Patient Advocate Job Duties: Patient Advocacy

• Acts as the Patient Advocate for the hospital, providing timely logging, investigation, and closure of patient complaints and grievances.
• Assis with planning and implementation of quality improvement initiatives.

Projects

• Assist with planning and implementation of quality improvement initiatives.

Other

• May assist in training employees in compliance, risk, or quality subjects.
• May provide assistance in reviewing compliance opportunities and monitoring progress and deadlines.
• May serve as a liaison for designated compliance and quality improvement initiatives.
• May assist with the investigation of incidents.
• Perform other duties and responsibilities associated with position as needed.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with DisabilitiesThe contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor's legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)