PSS Patient Liaison

Inova Center for Personalized Health – Fairfax is looking for a dedicated PSS Patient Liaison to join our Team. This role will be Full-Time, Day Shift, Monday - Friday Variable

 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, paid parental leave 

PSS Patient Liaison Job Responsibilities:

• Demonstrates strong communication skills with a specific focus on customer service; Completes a high volume of scripted calls to patients while maintaining customer service focus. 
• Provides patients with support throughout the pre-surgical process by providing appropriate resources to patients and providing individual phone numbers for additional questions. 
• Schedules telephone interviews efficiently and accurately by following established guidelines; Utilizes testing forms effectively during scripted patient phone calls.
• Demonstrates knowledge of insurance carriers to determine appropriate pre-operative testing sites for surgical patients. 
• Utilizes two identifiers to verify patient identity with each surgical procedure; Initiates the testing form and documents appropriately according to unit procedures and policies. 
• Achieves average daily productivity standards as set by department policy; Adheres to all established scripts for greeting/interview content required while demonstrating ongoing knowledge of all appropriate resources utilized to assist in the completion of the testing form. 
• Pre-Surgical Services (PSS) team and other hospital departments while remaining open to feedback and suggestions in order to identify opportunities for improvement. Identifies unit/department goals and supports the culture of Inova Health System. 
• Identifies and actively seeks members of the PSS department as resources to increase knowledge and seek validation of department guidelines and procedures. 
• Works cooperatively with team members to assist in completing the elements required for the complete chart 48 hours prior to days of scheduled surgeries.
• May perform additional duties as assigned. 

Minimum Qualifications:

• Experience 1 year of relevant experience
• Education: High School diploma or equivalent
• Certification: None Required

Preferred Qualifications:

• Healthcare experience
• Medical Terminology knowledge
• Scheduling experience 
• Bilingual – Spanish or other languages 
• Previous EPIC experience 

We are Inova, Northern Virginia’s leading nonprofit healthcare provider. Every day, our 26,000+ team members provide world-class healthcare to the communities we serve. Our people are the reason we're a national leader in healthcare safety, quality and patient experience. And from best-in-class facilities to professional development opportunities, we support them at every step. At Inova, we're constantly striving to be ever better — to shape a more compassionate future for healthcare. 

Inova Health is an Equal Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, color, disability, gender identity or expression, marital status, national or ethnic origin, political affiliation, pregnancy (including childbirth, pregnancy-related conditions and lactation), race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, veteran status, genetic information, or any other characteristics protected by law.