Customer Service Consultant, Full Time, First Shift

Customer Service Consultant

The primary responsibility of the Customer Service Consultant is to manage patient and family complaints from intake through resolution, collaborating closely with department leaders to address concerns, improve communication, and ensure compliance with Ohio Department of Health and Joint Commission for Accreditation regulatory standards for documentation, follow up and reporting.

Customer Service Consultants lead the coordination, documentation investigation, and resolution of complaints; while collaborating across the organization to ensure compliance with regulatory standards and advance service excellence initiatives. The role proactively identifies issues related to care delivery, patient rights, and access to services, supporting a culture of service excellence and continuous improvement.

The overall goal is to be the most trusted, compassionate, and patient-centered health system in the region not only by outcomes, but by how people feel in our care at UC Health.

Responsibilities

Service Improvement Consultants:

Advocate for patient rights, dignity, and equitable treatment as a primary patient representative.

Foster a welcoming, inclusive environment by integrating patient and staff feedback with empathetic communication and collaborative problem solving.

Provide strategic consultation to leadership and clinical teams to enhance the patient and family experience across the organization.

Deliver timely, data driven insights to leadership on patient experience trends, grievance patterns, and quality improvement initiatives.

Apply evidence based methodologies to strengthen service delivery and offer real-time coaching as needed.

Educate staff on grievance indicators and advanced service recovery protocols in real time to elevate organizational responsiveness.

Support interdepartmental collaboration by participating in unit leadership meetings to align operational goals with patient experience priorities.

Assist families with complex logistical needs by offering expert guidance on hospital policies, accommodations, and support services.

Practice empathetic, active listening to accurately capture and communicate patient concerns to clinical and administrative stakeholders.

Coordinate complex family meetings to promote alignment between patients, families, and multidisciplinary care teams.

Perform specialized administrative duties, including maintaining a state required notary license and providing notary services to patients, families, and staff as required by site.

Recommend process improvements to streamline workflows and reduce friction in the patient journey.

Lead high level service recovery interventions to address dissatisfaction following substandard service encounters.

Complaint and Grievance Investigation & Conflict Resolution:

Exercise high emotional intelligence, to de-escalate high-emotion situations and validate the psychological needs of patients and staff while problem solving to address concerns.

Partner with department leadership to evaluate, address and resolve patient and family concerns through early intervention and clinical mediation.

Perform risk assessment for high-stake scenarios (e.g. malpractice, personal injury, wrongful death, abuse or missing personal property) and facilitate immediate escalation to Risk Management or Patient Safety.

Route patient feedbackboth accolades, complaints and grievancesensuring rapid delivery to the appropriate department leaders. Escalate up the chain of command as necessary if timely response is not provided.

Maintain situational awareness to navigate and stabilize dynamic, high-stress clinical environments.

Apply critical thinking and problem-solving to navigate complex complaint resolutions and ensure strict adherence to escalation hierarchies to meet our turnaround goals.

Orchestrate referrals to specialized internal and external resources to ensure holistic patient support.

Conduct rigorous follow-up with patients during complaint or grievance process, including during their stay as well as post-discharge to verify resolution to ensure patient support.

Maintain meticulous records with the complaint and grievance management system (Midas), ensuring compliance with UC Health Standard Operating Procedures and regulatory policies.

Communication:

Deliver professional, courteous, and deeply empathetic service that leaves a lasting impression, whether over the phone or face-to-face.

Utilize de-escalation techniques to support and calm upset patients and family members with respect and solution-oriented focus.

Practice high-level active listening to build instant rapport, foster trust, and ensure total amount of understanding both on the phone, as well as in person.

Employ highly focused, strategic questioning techniques to systematically uncover underlying issues, identify core concerns, and gather essential information needed for informed understanding and effective resolution.

Ensure all written correspondence issued on UC Health letterhead reflects the highest standards of institutional integrity. An uncompromising commitment to grammatical precision and a sophisticated form of language, ensuring every document serves as a professional testament to UC Health's reputation and values for accuracy and information.

Demonstrate the ability to "tell the story." By transforming intricate case details into cohesive, chronological accounts. Ability to provide clear communication, articulating who, why, and how through context, enabling any reader to understand the full context using only facts and not emotionally charged words.

Document all follow-up with patients, family members, and department leadership thoroughly within the case record, in Midas.

Quality Assurance:

Systematically monitor cases to identify emerging trends and recurring issues.

Proactively identify systemic vulnerabilities, formulate evidence-based recommendations, and facilitate resolutions that optimize service delivery outcomes.

Contribute expert insight to the formulation of implementation of organizational policies and procedures focused on upholding patient rights and elevating satisfaction benchmarks.

Oversee the end-to-end investigation process by providing timely, data-driven reports, integrating subjective and objective assessmentsand ensuring professional closure with all complaints.

Actively participate in departmental briefings with our own team as well as departments throughout the facility and complete mandatory advanced training sessions to ensure practice remains aligned with evolving industry standards and internal protocols.

Qualifications

Minimum Required: Associates degree. Preferred: Bachelor's degree. | Preferred: Notary Public for the State of Ohio. | Minimum Required: Three years experience in complaint management, conflict resolution and customer service in a healthcare environment.

At UC Health, we're proud to have the best and brightest teams and clinicians collaborating toward our common purpose: to advance healing and reduce suffering.

As the region's adult academic health system, we strive for innovation and provide world-class care for not only our community, but patients from all over the world. Join our team and you'll be able to develop your skills, grow your career, build relationships with your peers and patients, and help us be a source of hope for our friends and neighbors.

UC Health is an EEO employer.

Job Info

• Job Identification 23157
• Job Category Customer Service
• Cost Center UCMC-751802-Patient Relations
• Remote/Hybrid/Onsite Onsite
• Working Hours 40
• FTE 1.0