Customer Navigator

Job Description

Job Description

A Brief Overview:
This career ladder consists of three levels. Levels are distinguished based on the complexity of the work, level of supervision received, and the degree of autonomy. Customer Navigators are responsible for providing exceptional customer service to patients and their families while on-site and over the phone at Hospital and Clinics. They provide customers, patients (and their families and visitors) with a personal connection to the hospital by offering amenities and assistance. Customer Navigator responsibilities may include, but are not limited to, scheduling and managing appointments, asking questions and gaining access to services and organizations, greeting patients, navigation assistance, responding to patient complaints, providing guidance to five (5) or more volunteers, and providing assistance to families.

What you will do
Employees must abide by all Joint Commission requirements including, but not limited to, sensitivity to cultural diversity, patient care, patients’ rights and ethical treatment, safety and security of physical environments, emergency management, teamwork, respect for others, participation in ongoing education and training, communication and adherence to safety and quality programs, sustaining compliance with National Patient Safety Goals, and licensure and health screenings.

Employees must perform all duties and responsibilities in accordance with the C-I-CARE Standards of the Hospital. C-I-CARE is the foundation of Stanford’s patient-experience and represents a framework for patient-centered interactions.

C-I-CARE

Executes world-class practices of service and patient care in support of C-I-CARE standards.

Uses C-I-CARE templates and the following components for all communication with patients and staff.

Acts as non-clinical liaison/concierge/navigator for referred patient in any way the patient needs before, during, or after an encounter with a medical facility.

Approaches and greets patients, their families, and visitors entering the hospital and clinics; provides clear and concise verbal and written instructions; offers them assistance in locating services, facilities or patients, verifies/confirms time and place of patient appointments, provides directions and/or escorts guests to their eventual destination, etc., to ensure their needs are met; contacts an interpreter/translator for guests who are not proficient in English; refers guests to Patient or Guest Representatives as appropriate for more in-depth assistance.

Assists with transportation of guests to and from the hospital and other SHC clinics by providing them with information about campus shuttles

Communicates patient and guest concerns to appropriate department for facilitation, and record summary when applicable.

Facilitates scheduling of physician appointments and care during in-patient and out-patient stays for key individual and assists in navigating the Stanford healthcare system.

Provides practical assistance and emotional support to patients, families, and staff as needed. Maintains sensitivity and confidentiality in all aspects of guest interaction.