Team Lead Contact Center (40 hours/week) - Lancaster General Health : Job Details

POSITION SUMMARY: Assists supervisor/manager in daily operations of Patient Access departments. Responsibilities include employee training, time keeping and completing and preparing reporting documents. Performs quality and assurance data checks to support quantitative measures for the department. Acts as a first line resource for staff and resolves complex registration issues. Reviews daily workloads to include assisting in the oversight of daily operations of the department. Capable of coordinating and communicating effectively during increased volumes or with complex patients.

HOURS: 40 hours/week Monday - Friday 8:30 am - 5:00 pm

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS: Qualified individuals must have the ability (with or without reasonable accommodation) to perform the following duties:

• Performs all job functions of the Contact Center Specialist staff, including but not limited to, scheduling, resignation and insurance verification and scheduling. Maintains proficiency and knowledge in all areas of Outpatient and Physician scheduling and provides coverage as needed to meet Service Level goals.

• Primary Resource for internal customers regarding complaints and concerns and escalated resource for external customer issues. Remains professional and builds effective relationships with key customers.

• Monitors real time team performance to drive service level goals. Prepares reports to assess individual staff performance and accuracy and provides feedback to Supervisor/Manager.
• Assists Supervisor in monitoring Contact Center Specialist phone calls for call quality and accuracy when additional call monitoring support is needed.

• Provides feedback to supervisor/manager for Annual Performance Reviews. Assists with Interview process.

• Exhibits flexibility and adaptability to meet the needs of customers, operational team, and leadership team.

• Serves as point person for software and process questions or concerns. In conjunction with Supervisor or Manager, facilitates resolution of issues. Prepares and disseminates effective communication of issue resolution to staff.

• Assists with any special projects as assigned.

SECONDARY FUNCTIONS: The following duties are considered secondary to the primary duties listed above:

• Oversees orientation and training for new employees and offers feedback to supervisor/manager throughout onboarding process when the Contact Center Trainer is not available or needs additional training support.
• Certified EPIC trainer for CAD 102 and/or 112. Assist in EPIC training for Contact Center staff for Contact Center Trainer when he/she is not available or needs additional support. Conduct the CAD 102 or 112 class, monitor and score the assessment and arrange for access through the Primary Trainer.
• Other duties as assigned by supervisor/manager.

JOB REQUIREMENTS

MINIMUM REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• High school diploma or equivalent required.
• One (1) year experience as a Customer Service Specialist.
• One (1) year of clerical, customer service, or administrative support experience in a highly customer-oriented organization.
• One (1) year experience with basic keyboarding, personal computer use, and other office setting equipment. A health care provider in good standing with Medicare, Medicaid, and other federal and state health insurance programs, i.e. not excluded from participation in Medicare, Medicaid or any other federal or state health insurance program.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Associates degree.
• One (1) year of Epic (or equivalent Electronic Medical Record) experience preferred.
• One (1) year of leadership experience (formal or informal)
• EPIC Certified to train CAD 102 and/or CAD 112. Certification is required at time of hire or within 12 months from hire.

COGNITIVE REQUIREMENTS

Attention/Concentration: The following level of ability is essential for the jobholder to focus on certain aspects of current experience and reject others:

• The position requires the ability to attend to more than one aspect of a situation simultaneously. It is highly likely that multiple task demands are going to be required of the individual at the same time.

New Learning and Memory: The following level of ability is essential for the jobholder to learn and retain material:

• The position requires that an individual be able to learn new tasks quickly and effectively. Job requirements change frequently. The ability to understand and carry out detailed, involved instructions in mandatory.

Problem Solving, Reasoning and Creative Thinking: The following level of ability that is essential for the jobholder to think (in order to solve a problem) by combining two or more elements from past experience or imaginative thought:

• The position deals with issues or problems that often require thoughtful reasoning before arriving at approaches or solutions. Some independent thought, planning or origination of options and solutions is necessary. The individual must have the ability to apply principles of reasoning and problem solving to resolve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists.

TEMPERAMENTS: The following are essential requirements of the position in relation to job-worker situations. These items describe how a worker must adapt, adjust, conform or act:

• Leadership, control and planning: Ability to accept responsibility for leadership, direction, control, planning, negotiating, organizing, directing, supervising, formulating practices, or making final decisions.

• Creativity, feelings or ideas: Ability to adapt to situations involving the interpretation of feelings, ideas, or facts in terms of personal viewpoint; to use creativity, self-expression, or imagination.

• Influencing others: Ability to influence people in their opinions, attitudes or judgments about ideas or things; to motivate, convince or negotiate.

• Repetitive work: Ability to continuously perform the same type of work for extended periods of time, according to set procedures, sequence or pace.

• Working within tolerances, set limits or standards: Ability to adapt to situations requiring the precise attainment of set limits, tolerances, or standards; to be precise, thorough, exacting, or meticulous in regard to material worked; or in activities such as numerical determinations, record preparation, or inspecting.

• Variety and change: Ability to perform a variety of duties, often changing from one task to another of a different nature without loss of efficiency or composure involving significant differences in technologies, techniques, procedures, environmental factors, physical demands, or work situations.

• Communication: Ability to exchange information with others clearly and concisely; to present ideas, facts and technical information.

• Planning and control: Ability to identify task requirements and monitor progress toward accomplishment.

• Interpersonal relations: Ability to maintain relationships that facilitate task accomplishment; to cooperate and resolve conflicts; to recognize needs and be sensitive of others.

EQUIPMENT USAGE REQUIREMENTS

Equipment/Tools: Copier/Printer/Fax, Telephone, Computer, Office Supplies.

Software: Microsoft Office Suite

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

Rarely 0-10%; Occasionally 11-35%; Frequently 36-70%; Continuously 71-100%

Body Position/Movement:

• Sit: Frequently
• Stand: Occasionally
• Walk: Occasionally
• Bend: Rarely
• Push: Rarely
• Pull: Rarely
• Kneel/Squat: Rarely
• Reach: Rarely
• Twist: Rarely
• Balance: Rarely
• Climb: Rarely

Lifting: Degree of physical exertion is:

Light, exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally and/or a negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to move objects.

Sensory Abilities specifically required:

• Vision
• Hearing

PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT

WORKING CONDITIONS: Exposure to hazardous conditions/ materials is negligible.

Disclaimer: This job description is not intended and should not be construed to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, skills, efforts, or working conditions associated with the job. It is intended to be a reflection of those principal job elements essential for recruitment and selection, for making fair job evaluations, and for establishing performance standards. The percentages of time spent performing job duties are estimates, and should not be considered absolute. The incumbent shall perform all other functions and/or be cross-trained as shall be determined at the sole discretion of management, who has the right to amend, modify, or terminate this job in part or in whole. Incumbent must be able to perform all job functions safely.

PENN MEDICINE LANCASTER GENERAL HEALTH offers the following benefits to employees:

• 100% Tuition Assistance at The Pennsylvania College of Health Sciences
• Paid Time Off and Paid Holidays
• Shift, Weekend and On-Call Differentials
• Health, Dental and Vision Coverage
• Short-Term and Long-Term Disability
• Retirement Savings Account with Company Matching
• Child Care Subsidies
• Onsite Gym and Fitness Classes

Disclaimer

PENN MEDICINE LANCASTER GENERAL HEALTH is an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to hiring a diverse workforce. All openings will be filled based on qualifications without regard to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, marital status, veteran status, disability, age, religion or any other classification protected by law.

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