Manager Patient Experience

Job Overview:

This position is responsible for oversight and direction for the overall patient experience within TriHealth. This role involves leading teams within the Patient Experience Department that could include guest services concierge, guest services associates, validators, or insight analysts to ensure patient experiences are positive, efficient, and aligned with TriHealth's mission and values. This role collaborates effectively with other Patient Experience leaders to ensure alignment of goals and/or data needs. This role lead a team of either concierge, guest services, or analyst team members, providing guidance, support and professional development opportunities. They set clear performance expectations and conduct regular roundings consistent with TriHealth standards to ensure team members are able to meet performance expectations. This position develops and implements strategies to improve patient satisfaction and experience and collaborates with other departments to ensure a seamless and patient-focused approach to care. For analyst teams: The leader provides oversight of the collection, analysis, and interpretation of patient experience data to identify trends, insights, and opportunities. The role oversees the preparation and presentation of detailed reports on patient experience metrics across the system and identified opportunities for continuous improvement and use of best practices. For concierge and guest services teams: The leader monitors and evaluates the effectiveness of concierge and guest services functions and partners with executive leaders and key stakeholders to acknowledge feedback from patients in a variety of ways and to ensure high level of service is provided to patients and families on a daily basis.

Hours: 

Full time, day shift.

Job Requirements:

Bachelor's Degree (Required)
3 - 4 years experience in Healthcare Progressive Leadership (Required) 
3 - 4 years experience in Health Administration Supervisor/Lead (Required)
Preferred and ability to demonstrate knowledge of Advocacy, Regulatory Requirements

Job Responsibilities:

Knowledge related to patient and customer feedback and data management, experience with continuous quality improvement, LEAN, and/or Six Sigma, statistical interpretation, coaching or training. Knowledge about Patient Advocacy and Patient Rights. Previous experience driving organizational change related to service with excellent intrapersonal skills, high energy, and inspirational leadership. 
Responsible for dynamic leadership in managing the direction of the team with emphasis on internal customer relationships, standardization of key processes/standard work, data measurement, coaching and development of others, and patient/family advocacy. 
Manages the Continuous Readiness chapter for Patient Rights and Responsibilities and participates in auditing processes and environments to ensure compliance. 
Oversees, models, and teaches expert documentation of measurement reports related to patient experience, complaints and grievances, and volunteer services results; following all regulatory requirements set forth by Centers for Medicaid and Medicare (CMS), The Joint Commission, the Ohio Department of Health, among other regulatory bodies. 
Follows, develops, or enhances standard processes related to patient complaints/compliments and/or data collection and analysis and provides recommendations for how TriHealth can learn and improve from patient feedback. 
Develops and shares reports and recommendations for improvement to senior leaders and internal customers on progress of goals and outcomes related to patient experience measures; this includes complaints and grievances outcomes, collection of patient stories, and trends data, partnering with insight analysts and coaches. 
Policies and Procedures: Develops policies and procedures, establishes communication plans and serves as an employee and manager resource. Coordinates, writes, publishes and distributes policies and procedures.

Other Related Information:

Knowledge related to patient and customer feedback and data management, experience with continuous quality improvement, LEAN, and/or Six Sigma, statistical interpretation, coaching or training. Knowledge about Patient Advocacy and Patient Rights. Previous experience driving organizational change related to service with excellent intrapersonal skills, high energy, and inspirational leadership.

Working Conditions:

Bending - Occasionally 
Climbing - Occasionally 
Concentrating - Consistently 
Continuous Learning - Consistently 
Hearing: Conversation - Consistently 
Hearing: Other Sounds - Occasionally 
Interpersonal Communication - Consistently 
Kneeling - Occasionally 
Lifting Lifting 50+ Lbs. - Occasionally 
Lifting Pulling - Occasionally 
Pushing - Occasionally 
Reaching - Occasionally 
Reading - Consistently 
Sitting - Frequently 
Standing - Frequently 
Stooping - Occasionally 
Talking - Consistently 
Thinking/Reasoning - Consistently 
Use of Hands - Frequently 
Color Vision - Frequently 
Visual Acuity: Far - Occasionally 
Visual Acuity: Near - Occasionally 
Walking - Consistently

Leadership Performance Standards

TriHealth leaders create a culture of engagement, safety & reliability and high performance by consistently modeling and utilizing the following TriHealth Way leadership competencies, tactics and ALWAYS Behaviors to drive strategic pillar results:

Achievement of Annual Pillar Goals: 
1) Safety/Quality, 2) Service, 3) Growth, 4) Culture/People, 5) Finance

Leadership Competencies: 
TriHealth Way of Leading 
TriHealth Way of Serving 
Transformation Change 
Drive for Results 
Build Organizational Talent

Leadership Tactics: 
Conduct department huddles. Generally, clinical departments hold daily huddles, non-clinical hold weekly huddles. 
Regularly Round on Team Members, using questions from the rounding log. 
- 25 or fewer team members = monthly 
- 26-50 team members = every other month 
- 51+ (and optional team members) = quarterly

Lead monthly team meetings using meeting agenda template; review stoplight report; cascade key leadership messages.

Model, coach and validate team members use of TriHealth Way behaviors (AIDET + Promise, Always Behaviors and Always HEARD).

Recognize team members for safety wins, positive performance and demonstrating SERVE and ALWAYS behaviors, TriHealth Way of Leading, Serving and Delivering Care.