Critical Response Dispatcher- Cust Care Coord 2 - Voice Operations

Inova Voice Operations is looking for a dedicated Critical Response Dispatcher/Customer Care Coordinator 2 to join the team. This role will be full-time, day shift position from 9:00am7:30pm working (4) 10-hour shifts a week with rotating days (schedule is provided 30 days in advance). Training schedule: Monday - Friday 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. for 6 weeks. This role includes dispatch responsibilities as part of a call center that accepts emergency calls to dispatch units to patients' bedsides for emergency care.

Inova is consistently ranked a national healthcare leader in safety, quality and patient experience. We are also proud to be consistently recognized as a top employer in both the D.C. metro area and the nation. 

 Featured Benefits:

• Committed to Team Member Health: offering medical, dental and vision coverage, and a robust team member wellness program.
• Retirement: Inova matches the first 5% of eligible contributions – starting on your first day.
• Tuition and Student Loan Assistance: offering up to $5,250 per year in education assistance and up to $10,000 for student loans.
• Mental Health Support: offering all Inova team members, their spouses/partners, and their children 25 mental health coaching or therapy sessions, per person, per year, at no cost.
• Work/Life Balance: offering paid time off and paid parental leave.

Customer Care Coordinator 2 Job Responsibilities:

• Responsible for answering and processing all calls made to the enterprise emergency response line with accuracy.
• Ability to quickly assess a critical patient or security safety event, implement a response plan, and follow explicit protocols to activate and deploy both medical and public safety response teams at requested by care site.
• Collaborates with onsite clinical and security team members to deploy additional resources based on complexity of critical event; communicates activated critical patient event to various teams in the High Reliability Operations Center to provide awareness and heighten department posture 
• During a safety event, partners with care site leaders to script out an advisory alert to broadcast over the PA system and then deliver via the Inova Text Alert system to Inova leaders and team members.
• Triages Inova program patient calls and follows department or clinic workflow and or escalation protocols to notify on-call team members of the patient’s emergent healthcare needs. 
• Performs assigned equipment status checks on primary and back-up equipment and participates in monthly downtime exercises. Completes checklists. 
• Compiles reportable incidents on a single shift report and distributes report to entire team. 
• Provides updates to incoming shift; assists with coaching and mentoring new team members. 
• Explains insurance benefits and patient liability through the use of appropriate communication methods/styles.
• Supports scheduling activities by conducting pre-service activities such as insurance verification/submission.
• Gathers information about customer complaints in a courteous and professional manner.
• Troubleshoots individual admission issues in collaboration with other departments/staff.

Minimum Requirements:

• Experience: 3 years of experience 911/Emergency Dispatching, Urgent/Emergent Care setting, Hospital command center patient care support, or fast paced healthcare environment.
• Work schedule: 10-hour shift (*Training schedule: Monday-Friday 8:00 a.m.- 4:30 p.m. for 6 weeks*)
• Education: High School or GED

Preferred Qualifications:

• Prior healthcare call center experience 
• Prior dispatch experience