Patient Service Associate (Emergency Medicine)

Job Detail

"Provide updates on patient’s condition to patient’s relatives eg. Doctor has ordered X-ray, waiting for blood tests results, waiting for available bed for admission. Document details of every update in ED Web Remind doctor or nurse to update patient’s relatives Look out for patients and/or patients’ relatives who require assistance Assist patients and/or patients’ relatives with enquiries Resolve any PR problems Registration of patients presenting at Emergency Department Admitting of inpatients Discharge of Emergency patients Collecting payment for A&E facility feeds and deposit for inpatients Financial Counselling process for inpatients Handling of general enquiries (over counter & phone) Ensure customer service standards are up kept at all times Sorting of E-cards in preparation for dispatch to MRO daily Handling of General Enquiries through EMD hotline - Apply telephone standards when handling phone enquiries Minimize number of dropped calls Follow through enquiries till case is closed Track number and type of calls coming in SOC Appointment Booking Perform accurate Appt Booking in SAP or liase with Central Appointment Line / Specialist Outpatient Clinics for appointment Perform faxing of appointment request and filling in of appointment request for appointments not available in SAP Follow through for all appointment requests required by EMD by next working day Tracking of appointments requested and booked in EMD"