Patient Navigator jobs in Watertown, SD

Advance your career into a telemedicine position! You'll be working in a new, fun, future-focused telephonic triage environment in the heart of downtown Sioux Falls, SD!

We are looking for Patient Care Navigators to work full-time (40 hours per week), with your choice of either 5 days/week 8-hour shifts or 4 days/week 10-hour shifts. The hours will fall within 11a-9p CST with a rotating weekend schedule. You must be able to fully attend an initial 4-week Training Period M-F 8am to 4pm. Compensation for the position is $19/hour, with a $1/hour differential for Bilingual candidates who are fluent in Spanish. If you are tech-savvy, have excellent communication skills and a strong work ethic, consider joining this team!

As a Patient Care Navigator, you will be responsible for processing calls and generating reports from Medcor Telehealth Triage clients, supervisors, or injured workers in situations where triage is not required, within our call center environment. During this process, you will be required to follow standard operating procedures to place calls in the correct company and location, gather & document basic demographic information about the workplace incident, and provide information to the injured worker or supervisor as requested by Medcor’s client.

The Location
Medcor’s Sioux Falls Office is located in beautiful downtown Sioux Falls, SD, which is surrounded by a vast selection of restaurants, bistro’s, breweries and coffee shops that help provide and support our team culture.

Why Should You Apply?

• Supportive team environment
• Work/Life balance
• Competitive pay
• Work in a new state-of-the-art facility with proprietary healthcare technology
• Competitive benefits package (Including paid parking)

Here’s why people love working for Medcor:

• Stability! We’ve been around since 1984.
• Competitive pay and benefits.
• Training to give you the tools you need to succeed.
• Future opportunities – Medcor is a growing company with a lot more to offer than just this job. There are opportunities to move vertically, horizontally, and geographically!
• Open-door policy. Your opinion matters – speak your mind! We encourage it and we look forward working together to improve our organization and your job.

A typical day in the life of a Patient Care Navigator

• Answer inbound employee and/or supervisor injury report calls where triage is not required, within a fast-paced call center environment. Immediately transfer calls requiring triage to the appropriate triage queue.

• Follow standard operating procedure and client specific directives in order to correctly gather pertinent information from injured workers or supervisor and enter into proprietary software to complete the call report.

• Enter information into Medcor’s Triage software application that accurately reflects the phone interaction of each inbound/outbound triage call associated to one of Medcor’s Client’s, either supervisor, injured employee, or medical providers.

• Ability to follow protocols, including Medcor’s proprietary algorithms and completing forms/fields in the application.

• Use professional phone etiquette & excellent customer service skills during phone interactions to help ensure client satisfaction & retention. Effectively assist the caller with problem solving all issues related to their call.

• Promote clear and coherent verbal communication with callers following an appropriate line of questioning and clarification of information when needed.

• Read & apply all client specific directives as they appear throughout the call process, gathering or providing information to injured worker and/or supervisor as directed.

• Responsible for collecting and inputting data elements that will support the documentation and reports

• Follow HIPAA Compliance Policies to protect the confidentiality of information.

• Responsible for personal schedule adherence and accurately reflecting all shift activities using the phone system.

• Monitor your own performance with dashboard metrics, reviewing & acknowledging individual stats, and look for ways to improve. Participate in coaching sessions to improve performance.

• Compliance with all departmental standards, policies, and procedures as they relate to call processing, attendance, adherence, and quality standards.

• Responsible for timely completion of annual or monthly assignments in MedcorU, such as Compliance Modules, Training Bulletins, and Staff meeting newsletters.

• Responsible for projects and duties delegated by the Operations Manager or Director.

• Always supports Medcor’s Core Values & Culture.

• Attend meetings at the request of the leadership or Learning and Development teams.

You Must:

• High school diploma or GED.

• At least two years of customer service or client relations experience is preferred.

• A basic understanding of occupational job processes and potential injuries as it relates to various industries is also helpful.

• Proficient at data entry, speed and accuracy, that is acceptable to enter information while listening & engaging in conversation with caller. Must be able to type at least 25 words per minute.

• PC proficiency is required, with experience in Microsoft Office applications including Word, Excel and Outlook

The most competitive candidates will...

• Have a working knowledge or background in any medical field (strongly preferred, but not required).
• Be comfortable working in a call center environment, with minimal oversight or direct interaction with coworkers.
• Possess excellent verbal/written communication skills.
• Be bilingual in Spanish (not required)

Medcor Benefits
Paid time off, health and dental insurance, 401K with match, education reimbursement and more. Supportive environment. To learn more about Medcor’s Culture click here.

Medcor Philosophy
Medcor embraces a set of simple, interconnected practices that everyone can tailor to their own life and work. To preserve our pioneering, entrepreneurial spirit, we impart our values through the ongoing Better@Medcor campaign: encouraging our advocates to make a conscious choice to practice our values, to celebrate and recognize each other via our peer recognition program, and to support one another during tough times.

Medcor is a tobacco free and smoke free workplace!

EOE/M/F/Vet/Disability

We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, age, national origin, disability status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

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