Patient Experience Consultant

Job Summary

Provides unique patient experience and service excellence subject matter expertise and leadership to drive change.

Job Duties

• Leads key Patient Experience improvement initiatives primarily in the inpatient setting.

• Monitors patient satisfaction ratings and collaborates in determining benchmark and target performance goals.

• Identifies opportunities for improvement in patient satisfaction and experience.

• Develops recommended action plans for improvement.

• Coordinates and supports stakeholders and clients in execution of action plans to improve patient experience.

• Monitors the process and outcomes related to improving patient experience, identifies challenges and barriers, and coordinates resolutions to overcome barriers in collaboration with key team members and stakeholders to ensure success.

• Provides training curriculum and content development, and logistical facilitation, and delivery support.

• Coaches and mentors individuals, providers, nurses and non-clinicians who have patient contact, to improve their ability to achieve higher levels of patient satisfaction.

• Solicits and provides key inputs in support of communication and awards and recognition programs Provides regular communication to leadership on improvement process measures and project timelines and progress.

Work is typically performed in an office environment. Accountable for satisfying all job specific obligations and complying with all organization policies and procedures. The specific statements in this profile are not intended to be all-inclusive. They represent typical elements considered necessary to successfully perform the job.

Position Details

• Hours: 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.

• Education Required: Bachelor's Degree, preferred in Healthcare Degree

• Required Experience: Minimum of 5 years - Managing people, processes, or projects, plus Minimum of 5 years of customer service.

• This role is an onsite position, requiring only a minimum of travel to other hospital sites.

Benefits of working at Geisinger:

• Full benefits (health, dental and vision) starting on day one

• Three medical plan choices, including an expanded network for out-of-area employees and dependents

• Pre-tax savings plans with healthcare and dependent care flexible spending accounts (FSA) and a health savings account (HSA)

• Company-paid life insurance, short-term disability, and long-term disability coverage

• 401(k) plan that includes automatic Geisinger contributions

• Generous paid time off (PTO) plan that allows you to accrue time quickly

• Up to $5,000 in tuition reimbursement per calendar year

• MyHealth Rewards wellness program to improve your health while earning a financial incentive

• Family-friendly support including adoption and fertility assistance, parental leave pay, military leave pay and a free Care.com membership with discounted backup care for your loved ones

• Employee Assistance Program (EAP): Referrals for childcare, eldercare, & pet care. Access free legal guidance, mental health visits, work-life support, digital self-help tools and more.

• Voluntary benefits including accident, critical illness, hospital indemnity insurance, identity theft protection, universal life and pet and legal insurance

Education

Bachelor's Degree- (Required), Bachelor's Degree-Healthcare Related Degree (Preferred)

Experience

Minimum of 5 years-Customer Service (Required), Minimum of 5 years-Managing people, processes, or projects (Required)

Certification(s) and License(s)

OUR PURPOSE & VALUES: Everything we do is about caring for our patients, our members, our students, our Geisinger family and our communities. KINDNESS: We strive to treat everyone as we would hope to be treated ourselves. EXCELLENCE: We treasure colleagues who humbly strive for excellence. LEARNING: We share our knowledge with the best and brightest to better prepare the caregivers for tomorrow. INNOVATION: We constantly seek new and better ways to care for our patients, our members, our community, and the nation. SAFETY: We provide a safe environment for our patients and members and the Geisinger family We offer healthcare benefits for full time and part time positions from day one, including vision, dental and domestic partners. Perhaps just as important, from senior management on down, we encourage an atmosphere of collaboration, cooperation and collegiality. We know that a diverse workforce with unique experiences and backgrounds makes our team stronger. Our patients, members and community come from a wide variety of backgrounds, and it takes a diverse workforce to make better health easier for all. We are proud to be an affirmative action, equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment regardless to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or status as a protected veteran.

We are an Affirmative Action, Equal Opportunity Employer Women and Minorities are Encouraged to Apply. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability or their protected veteran status.