Job Title: Call Center Representative
Reports To: Director
Location(s): The Vascular Experts- Shelton
Pay Status: Full Time / Hourly Non-Exempt
Position Summary:
Incumbent consistently provides courteous, informative and professional service and responsiveness to all calls from patients, family members or other callers. Schedules appointments for callers as required.
Principal Duties & Responsibilities:
- Answers multi phone lines, greets all callers politely and quickly determines the needs of the caller.
- Schedules appointments for callers with the appropriate physician or provider.
- Uses mail/e-mail/faxes to deliver paperwork to all new patients of the practice
- Introduces patients to our patient portal and its associated functions.
- Accurately documents all necessary patient information into the appointment notes.
- Promptly notifies the appropriate staff/physicians of any emergency calls from a hospital, facility, physician and/or patient.
- Retrieves messages from the patient portal and responds to them in a timely manner.
- Directs phones calls that require assistance from office personnel to appropriate office staff.
- Performs other related duties as assigned by direct manager or other authorized manager of TVE.
Required Experience, Education & Licensure:
Incumbent must possess a minimum education of a High School Diploma (or GED), with a minimum of two (2) years of prior experience in a customer service call center or a receptionist position. Must demonstrate effective communication skills and the ability to interact tactfully with a variety of callers and the ability to independently schedule appointments or resolve patient/family member questions.