Patient Liaison Officer, Pearl Liaison Centre - Singapore - Tan Tock Seng Hospital

Tan Tock Seng Hospital

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Singapore

2 weeks ago

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Wei Jie

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Description

Family Group: Administration

As a Patient Liaison Officer, you will act as the single point of contact for both internal and external stakeholders to coordinate requests from patients and/or NOKs.

This will include appointment bookings, admission requests and general patient liaison services.

As such, you are expected to be familiar with the hospital policies and service workflow so that you are able to deliver a well-coordinated patient journey and experience.

You will also support the hospital in any improvement initiatives.

MAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

SPECIFIC

Support all enquiries from private patients, external and internal stakeholders
Coordinate appointments that best match patients' requests while ensuring all clinical and operational guidelines are met
Arrange admissions and act as the single point of contact for patients, doctors and internal stakeholders
Practice good listening and probing skills to understand patients' / NOKs' requests and identify their needs
Ensure good communication with the patients and/or NOKs, to address their queries and requests (e.g. through the choice of words, speed of speech, voice tonality and clarity)
Support initiatives to provide gotheextramile service to patients and NOKs
Coordinate appointments with respective stakeholders in the hospitals and chaperone of VVIP/ VIP to ensure a seamless patient journey
Support direct admission and air evacuation

GENERAL

Ensure patient information is updated in an accurate and timely manner
On rotation for 24/7 oncall duties
Identify service gaps and escalate to supervisors to bridge the identified gaps
Propose and implement improvement projects to raise productivity as well as to achieve faster, better, cheaper and safer patient care
Support in the collation of operational and management reports and generation of statistics when required
Promote and establish collegiality and effective teamwork within the hospital
Ensure all documents and data are properly kept, filed and disposed of in accordance to hospital polices
Assist to carry out any other duties assigned

THE REQUIREMENTS
- 'O', 'A' Levels to Diploma

At least 34 years working experience in healthcare industry or any servicerelated industries, especially in frontline or customerfronting roles
Display service excellence and professionalism when interacting with patients/NOKs and managing tasks at all times
Understands and adheres to ethical and professional standards in healthcare
Meticulous and posses good organisational and coordinational skills
Good interpersonal and communication skills
Driven, passionate and service minded
Ability to exercise initiative, manage pressure and multitask in a fastpaced environment