What are the responsibilities and job description for the Contact Center Representative position at Hackensack Meridian Health?
Our team members are the heart of what makes us better.
At Hackensack Meridian Health we help our patients live better, healthier lives — and we help one another to succeed. With a culture rooted in connection and collaboration, our employees are team members. Here, competitive benefits are just the beginning. It’s also about how we support one another and how we show up for our community.
Together, we keep getting better - advancing our mission to transform healthcare and serve as a leader of positive change.
The Contact Center Representative will handle multi-channel requests in a fast-paced, centralized contact center environment, interacting with patients, families, and clinical staff to schedule appointments, register patients, and handle other medical requests. This role interacts with a diverse customer base to assist with questions, concerns, or problems with a focus on first contact resolution, providing exceptional customer service, striving to anticipate and meet the needs of HMH consumers, treating all consumers and colleagues with dignity and respect, and working collaboratively to achieve quality and performance standards.
To set you up for success, you will begin with a fully onsite training program for approximately 6 weeks. Please note, training can require you to travel to both our Iselin and Tinton Falls locations. After training we do offer the opportunity to work in a hybrid model.
We have multiple positions open at our Iselin locations with schedules between 7:30 AM and 7:00 PM, Monday - Friday and Saturdays 8:30am - 12:00pm.
Qualifications:
Education, Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Required:
- High School diploma, general equivalency diploma (GED), and/or GED equivalent programs.
- Minimum of 1 year of previous experience working in a customer service, customer-facing (i.e., retail or hospitality), or call center environment.
- Effective verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills.
- Strong telephone soft skills gained from prior customer/patient experience in a similar role or in a call center environment type role.
- Possess a true patient-first attitude and a passion for assisting patients and delivering a differentiating patient experience on every contact.
- Clear speaking voice.
- Outstanding work ethic and strong adherence to shift schedule (may include overtime and weekend work).
- Proficient computer skills that include but are not limited to Google Suite and/or Microsoft Office platforms. Education,
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Preferred:
- Associate's or Bachelor's Degree in a relevant area of study.
- Minimum 1 year of healthcare experience as a Medical assistant or assisting patients in any capacity.
- Minimum 2 years of previous experience working in an inbound call center environment.
- Previous experience using the EPIC system.
- Knowledge of medical terminology, hospital systems, and insurance processes.
- Spanish - bilingual.
If you feel the above description speaks directly to your strengths and capabilities, then please apply today!