CUSTOMER SERVICE LIAISON - EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT
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Independence Health System
PA
Summary
The Customer Service Liaison greets and assists Emergency Department patients while acting as a communication link between patients and the healthcare team. They are also responsible for transporting patients, maintaining equipment, and providing clerical support.
Job Description
Part time - 32 hours per week, benefit eligible
Position Supervises:
N/A
Job Summary:
Greets and assists Emergency Department patients and significant others in a friendly, professional and efficient manner. Superior customer service skills are demonstrated by exhibiting high sensitivity to physical and emotional needs of patients and their significant others. Acts as a department resource and a link of communication between the patients, significant others and members of the healthcare team. Continuously updates patients and their significant others regarding progress in the treatment area and any delays, anticipated or real. Responsible for transporting patients and miscellaneous supplies throughout the hospital. Responsible for cleaning and maintaining equipment. Provides clerical support as assigned.
Education
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Minimum:
High School Diploma or equivalent
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Preferred:
Medical Terminology
Registration/Certification/Licensure:
Act 33/73 clearances
Preferred: Family & Friends CPR
Experience
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Minimum:
Six months experience in a customer service role that includes clerical support and data entry.
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Preferred:
Previous clerical support experience in a medical environment; experience transporting patients.
Other Requirements:
Comprehensive Crisis Management per policy. Responsible to safely access, transport, and handle single dose medications to include prescription and non-prescription medications. Responsible to safely access, transport, and handle sharps, such as needles, suture kits, lancets, syringes, etc.
Status:
Non-exempt
Physical Requirements:
The following frequency definitions apply to all Physical Requirements unless otherwise noted:
Occasional: (0-1/3 of day , 0 - 2.5 hrs/day, 1 - 4 reps/hr)
Frequent: (1/3 -2/3 of day , 2.5 - 5.5 hrs/day, 5 -24 reps/hr)
Constant: (> 2/3rd of day , > 5.5 hrs/day, > 24 reps/hr)
NOTE: An asterisk (*) indicates that the item is an essential function.
Non-Material Handling
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Standing - Remaining on one's feet in an upright position remaining stationary - CONSTANT
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Walking* - Remaining upright on one's feet, and moving about - CONSTANT
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Sitting - Body remains in a seated position - OCCASIONAL
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Stooping* - To bend the body downward and forward by bending the spine at the waist - FREQUENT
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Bending* - To flex the upper body forward - FREQUENT
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Twisting* - To rotate the upper body forward - FREQUENT
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Climbing - To move the body in any direction on equipment or structures that do not include stairs or ladders - N/A
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Ladders - To ascend and descend ladders - N/A
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Stairs - To ascend and descend stairs - OCCASIONAL
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Kneeling - To move the body downwards and come to rest on both hands and both knees - OCCASIONAL
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Squatting* - To move the body downwards by bending both knees - OCCASIONAL
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Crouching - To bend the body forward and downward by bending the spine and the legs - OCCASIONAL
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Crawling - To move the body forward or backwards on hands and knees - N/A
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Reaching Horizontal* - To extend the arms and hands outward, remaining under shoulder height - OCCASIONAL
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Reaching Overhead - To extend the arms and hands up and out over shoulder height - OCCASIONAL
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Grasping* - Using functional gripping of the hand to handle an object - CONSTANT
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Finger Manipulation - To manipulate objects with the use of fingers - OCCASIONAL
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Seeing* - Using visual feedback to accomplish a task or activity - CONSTANT
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Hearing* - Using sound feedback to accomplish a task or activity - CONSTANT
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Repetitive Upper Extremity Use* - Using the arms and/or hands continuously or more than 2/3 of the total time - OCCASIONAL
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Repetitive Lower Extremity Use* - Using the legs and/or feet continuously or more than 2/3 of the total time - OCCASIONAL
Material Handling
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Pushing* - To exert a force upon an object in order to move it in a certain direction Pushing refers to moving an object away from the person
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OCCASIONAL
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50# - > 100#
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FREQUENT
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20# - 50#
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Pulling* - To exert a force upon an object in order to move it in a certain direction Pulling refers to moving an object towards the person
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OCCASIONAL
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50# - > 100#
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FREQUENT
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20# - 50#
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Lift* - Floor to Waist
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OCCASIONAL
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20# - 50#
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Lift* - Waist to shoulder
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OCCASIONAL
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Up to 20#
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Lift* - Shoulder to overhead
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OCCASIONAL
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Up to 20#
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Carrying* - To transport an object or article using the arms or hands (> 10 feet)
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OCCASIONAL
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Up to 20#
Environmental Factors
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Working alone* - OCCASIONAL
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Working in cramped quarters - OCCASIONAL
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Constant interruptions* - CONSTANT
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Working with hands in water - FREQUENT
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Use of power tools - N/A
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Working on ladders/scaffolding - N/A
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Exposure to vibration - OCCASIONAL
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Exposure to dust - OCCASIONAL
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Exposure to noise (constant) - OCCASIONAL
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Exposure to electrical energy (outlets, etc) - OCCASIONAL
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Exposure to temperature changes (heat, cold, humidity), that require special clothing* - OCCASIONAL
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Exposure to slippery walking surfaces* - OCCASIONAL
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Exposure to solvents, grease, oils - OCCASIONAL
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Exposure to radiant energy, ie computer terminal (more than 4 hours per shift) - OCCASIONAL
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Working with bloodborne pathogens* - FREQUENT
Cardiovascular Energy Requirements - Physical Demand
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Physical Demand |
Met Level |
Examples of similar activity intensity |
| Sedentary to Light | 0 - 3.5 | Light house cleaning, washing dishes, serving food, food shopping, sitting, standing, computer work. |
| Medium | 3.6 - 6.3 | House work (mopping, scrubbing), health club exercising, treadmill work, stretching, yoga, walk/run-play with children, aerobic class, dancing, carrying bucket/wood, auto body repair, shoveling snow, golf (carrying clubs). |
| Heavy to Very Heavy | > 6.4 | Calisthenics (push up, pull up, sit up, vigorous effort), carrying groceries upstairs, shoveling coal, bailing hay, fire fighting, sawing by hand, splitting wood. |
As relates to this position:
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Sedentary to Light* - CONSTANT
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Medium* - OCCASIONAL
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Heavy to Very Heavy - N/A
Independence Health System offers patients nationally recognized quality care in cardiology, orthopedics, palliative care, and maternity as well as a broad range of surgical, medical, emergency, and behavioral health services, and an extensive network of primary care physicians. With five hospitals, nearly 1,000 healthcare providers and more than 7,000 employees, Independence Health System serves a 10-county region and is the largest employer in Butler and Westmoreland counties.
Identified locally as a Healthiest Employer in Western Pennsylvania since 2011, Excela Health is ranked among the nation’s Healthiest 100 Workplaces, and recognized as a Community Health Champion by the Hospital and Healthsystem Association of Pennsylvania.
Company size
1,001-5,000 employees
Industry
Hospitals and Health Care
Org type
Nonprofit
Headquarters
Greensburg, PA
Independence Health System offers patients nationally recognized quality care in cardiology, orthopedics, palliative care, and maternity as well as a broad range of surgical, medical, emergency, and behavioral health services, and an extensive network of primary care physicians. With five hospitals, nearly 1,000 healthcare providers and more than 7,000 employees, Independence Health System serves a 10-county region and is the largest employer in Butler and Westmoreland counties.
Identified locally as a Healthiest Employer in Western Pennsylvania since 2011, Excela Health is ranked among the nation’s Healthiest 100 Workplaces, and recognized as a Community Health Champion by the Hospital and Healthsystem Association of Pennsylvania.
Company size
1,001-5,000 employees
Industry
Hospitals and Health Care
Org type
Nonprofit
Headquarters
Greensburg, PA