Join the transformative team at City of Hope, where we're changing lives and making a real difference in the fight against cancer, diabetes, and other life-threatening illnesses. City of Hope's growing national system includes its Los Angeles campus, a network of clinical care locations across Southern California, a new cancer center in Orange County, California, and treatment facilities in Atlanta, Chicago and Phoenix. Our dedicated and compassionate employees are driven by a common mission: To deliver the cures of tomorrow to the people who need them today.
Position Summary:
The Patient Advocate serves as a liaison between patient, patient families and City of Hope Medical Center (COH) leadership, physicians and staff. The Patient Advocate performs detailed analytical and technical work related to the timely and thorough review and resolution of complex complaints and grievances regarding the City of Hope Medical Center. These include multidisciplinary and quality of care complaints concerning all clinical, medical and operational areas. The scope includes, but not limited to; COH Orange County Cancer Center and community practice sites. The Patient Advocate supports the COH mission by demonstrating compassion and patient-centered philosophy within the framework of COH policies
As a successful candidate, you will:
Facilitates resolution of complaints/grievances for patients and/or patient representative/agent across the Enterprise and documents per Advocacy Department Guidelines.
Communicates with appropriate COH Enterprise-wide leadership, physician or others as indicated by nature of concern/grievance and is responsible to craft formal grievance letters on behalf of COH.
Attend meetings or functions in lieu of manager.
Coordinates Physician reassignments with sensitivity, maintaining privacy, and following COH Enterprise- wide guidelines.
Collaborates with Physicians requesting a patient discharge from COH. Investigating, coaching, and working with the Medical Group to insure policies and procedures have been followed. Collaborating with the Medical Group to craft coordinated formal letters to advise patients.
Works closely with Risk Manager and Senior Director of QRRM on non-patient and patient issues that occur Enterprise wide by assisting in investigations, communications, and follow up with patients, families, non-patients, and physicians.
Collaborates with COH Social Media Departments to respond to complaints or negative blogs on COH web pages and the internet.
Collaborates with Physicians, Nursing, Clinical Social Workers, Patient Navigators and Pastoral Care to provide support and direction for patients according to need.
Qualifications
Your qualifications should include:
City of Hope employees pay is based on the following criteria: work experience, qualifications, and work location.
City of Hope is an equal opportunity employer.
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