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Customer Service Specialist - FT Days
Description Position at Vassar Brothers Medical Center Northwell is the largest not-for-profit health system in the Northeast, serving residents of New York and...
Description Position at Vassar Brothers Medical Center Northwell is the largest not-for-profit health system in the Northeast,
serving residents of New York and Connecticut with 28 hospitals, more than 1,000 outpatient facilities, 22,000 nurses and over
20,000 physicians. Northwell cares for more than three million people annually in the New York metro area, including Long Island,
the Hudson Valley, Connecticut and beyond, thanks to philanthropic support from our communities. Northwell is New York State’s
largest private employer with over 104,000 employees — including members of Northwell Health Physician Partners — who are working
to change health care for the better. SUMMARY : The Customer Service position has hands on management of laboratory telephone
answering protocols, for both outgoing calls and incoming inquires for laboratory results. This position must maintain a
professional level of phone etiquette for the entire department. This position along with the lab management is directly
responsible for meeting and exceeding AIDET, Studer and Press Ganey standards as measured in patient and staff surveys.
Responsible to make sure tests are ordered correctly and results are readily available to the ordering physician. This is for
inpatient, subcontracted outpatient and HQMP outpatient reporting. Responsibilities 1. Customer Service 1.1 Oversees and performs
Receiving and registering Laboratory patients/specimens into Horizon and/or Cerner, ensuring that all physicians’ orders are
interpreted, ordered, and properly charged to enable the hospital to be reimbursed properly. This includes the performance of
registration functions including indicating proper insurance codes, etc. 1.2 Oversees and performs all duties assigned to properly
preparing specimens for sending out to outside reference laboratories. This function requires the incumbent to ensure the specimen
is prepared according to laboratory specifications. Duties include preparing proper documentation of paper work, recording data in
send-out book, monitoring receipt of reports, entering results into computer and communicating results to the floor and/or
physicians. 1.3 Oversees the printing of necessary reports, including but not limited to interim reports, contract reports,
outpatient summary reports, single summary reports, Faxed reports etc. The incumbent also completes the phoning of panic results
to the physician when requested. Acquiring physician reports and prepares for mailing or delivery. Ensures all results are
addressed and clearly legible. 1.4 Receives all incoming phone calls, screens and directs calls to appropriate staff members. The
incumbent also assists callers with patient results, outpatient and inpatient prices, requirements of test, turnaround times, etc.
Receives requests for result and performs appropriate computer functions to provide information to caller, requirements of test,
turnaround times, etc. Receives requests for result and performs appropriate computer functions to provide information to caller.
1.5 Responsible in conjunction with Laboratory Manager to train and monitor all employees on proper phone etiquette in order to
exceed AIDET, Studer, Press Ganey and HCAHPS patient and staff satisfaction surveys. Incumbent needs to “Lead by Example” when it
comes to these goals so the staff can emulate this position’s performance. 1.6 This position must be able to become a liaison with
the medical and nursing staff when it comes to obtaining laboratory results. Incumbent must gain the trust of the medical and
nursing staff and develop staff to gain that same trust when absent. JOB QUALIFICATIONS Education: High School or equivalent
Experience: 5 years of Medical or Laboratory Office Working Conditions: Manual: Little or no manual skills/motor coord & finger
dexterity Occupational: Little or no potential for occupational risk Physical Effort: Sedentary/light effort. May exert up to 10
lbs. force Physical Environment: Generally pleasant working conditions Company: Vassar Brothers Medical Center Org Unit: 1689
Department: Outside Lab Exempt: No Salary: $24.12 Hourly
Role
Customer Service Specialist - FT Days
Category
Support Services
Published
July 18
Deadline
August 17