What are the responsibilities and job description for the Patient & Family Representative (every other weekend, 1:30P to 8:00P) position at Nemours?
Job Description
Nemours is seeking a Patient and Services Rep for our Welcome Center/ Front Desk!
Patient and Family Representatives create a family centered environment that ensures that as a family arrives at Nemours Children's Hospital of Delaware to receive clinical care, a positive and inviting experience is provided. The Patient and Family Service Representative is often the first point of contact for community, patients and families and are integral in forming the first impression those stakeholders have of the organization. This position's responsibilities include, but not limited to, welcoming families entering the main lobby (Welcome Center) of the hospital building through staffing at the front desk, completing inpatient visitor badging process to ensure patient and associate safety, being familiar with the hospital layout and providing wayfinding, and demonstrating excellent customer service and service recovery skills.
This is a casual position, Saturday and Sunday every other weekend, 1:30PM to 8:00PM.
Position Responsibilities
Nemours Children’s Health is an internationally recognized children’s health system. With more than 1.7 million patient encounters annually, we provide medical care in five states through two freestanding state-of-the-art children’s hospitals — Nemours Children’s Hospital, Delaware and Nemours Children’s Hospital, Florida. Our pediatric network includes 80 primary-urgent-and specialty care practices and more than 40 hospitalists serving 19 affiliated hospitals. We generate annual revenues of more than $1.7 billion derived from patient services, contributions from the Alfred I. DuPont Trust, as well as other income.
As one of the nation's premier pediatric health systems, we’re on a journey to discover better ways of approaching children’s health. Putting as much focus on prevention as cures and working hand in hand with the community to make every child’s world a place to thrive. It’s a journey that extends beyond our nationally recognized clinical treatment to an entire integrated spectrum of research, advocacy, education, and prevention, leading to the healthiest generations of children ever.
Equity, diversity, and inclusion guide our growth and strategy. We are looking for individuals who are passionate about, and committed to, leading efforts to provide culturally relevant care, reducing health disparities, and helping build a diverse and inclusive environment. All of our associates are expected to ensure that these philosophies are embedded in their day-to-day work with colleagues, patients and families.
To learn more about Nemours Children’s and how we go well beyond medicine, visit us at www.nemours.org .
Nemours is seeking a Patient and Services Rep for our Welcome Center/ Front Desk!
Patient and Family Representatives create a family centered environment that ensures that as a family arrives at Nemours Children's Hospital of Delaware to receive clinical care, a positive and inviting experience is provided. The Patient and Family Service Representative is often the first point of contact for community, patients and families and are integral in forming the first impression those stakeholders have of the organization. This position's responsibilities include, but not limited to, welcoming families entering the main lobby (Welcome Center) of the hospital building through staffing at the front desk, completing inpatient visitor badging process to ensure patient and associate safety, being familiar with the hospital layout and providing wayfinding, and demonstrating excellent customer service and service recovery skills.
This is a casual position, Saturday and Sunday every other weekend, 1:30PM to 8:00PM.
Position Responsibilities
- Welcome families entering the main lobby of the hospital building through staffing at the front desk (outpatient and atrium) and Welcome Center.
- Completes inpatient visitor badging process to ensure patient and associate safety.
- Keep families comfortable in Welcome Center, including during the bed assignment process, etc.
- Provides and maintains information of services within and outside of the hospital including but not limited to mechanics, restaurants, hotels, etc.
- Demonstrates excellent customer service and service recovery skills. Act in a supportive capacity to the Family Resource Center, particularly during evening and weekend hours.
- Provide bedside admissions to families as assigned during normal business hours.
- May include direct admissions, medical admits, transport and other patients going directly to an inpatient care unit.
- Accurately and completely manages the inpatient admission process and at times may be called upon to orient the patient and family to the hospital, patient care unit, and room.
- Support scheduling and wayfinding in ambulatory areas. Promotes an environment that values diversity, equity and inclusion.
- High School Diploma required
- Minimum of 6 months customer service experience required
Nemours Children’s Health is an internationally recognized children’s health system. With more than 1.7 million patient encounters annually, we provide medical care in five states through two freestanding state-of-the-art children’s hospitals — Nemours Children’s Hospital, Delaware and Nemours Children’s Hospital, Florida. Our pediatric network includes 80 primary-urgent-and specialty care practices and more than 40 hospitalists serving 19 affiliated hospitals. We generate annual revenues of more than $1.7 billion derived from patient services, contributions from the Alfred I. DuPont Trust, as well as other income.
As one of the nation's premier pediatric health systems, we’re on a journey to discover better ways of approaching children’s health. Putting as much focus on prevention as cures and working hand in hand with the community to make every child’s world a place to thrive. It’s a journey that extends beyond our nationally recognized clinical treatment to an entire integrated spectrum of research, advocacy, education, and prevention, leading to the healthiest generations of children ever.
Equity, diversity, and inclusion guide our growth and strategy. We are looking for individuals who are passionate about, and committed to, leading efforts to provide culturally relevant care, reducing health disparities, and helping build a diverse and inclusive environment. All of our associates are expected to ensure that these philosophies are embedded in their day-to-day work with colleagues, patients and families.
To learn more about Nemours Children’s and how we go well beyond medicine, visit us at www.nemours.org .
