Patient Advocate Job at UCLA Health, Santa Monica, CA

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  • UCLA Health
  • Santa Monica, CA

Job Description

General Information

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Work Location: Santa Monica, USA

Onsite or Remote

Fully On-Site

Work Schedule

Monday - Friday 8am - 5pm

Posted Date

04/15/2024

Salary Range: $24.62 - 48.18 Hourly

Employment Type

2 - Staff: Career

Duration

Indefinite

Job #

15247

Primary Duties and Responsibilities

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The Patient Advocate supports and assists patients and families across the UCLA Health System. Listens with empathy and caring, then researches, problems solves and advocates, ensuring that patients are assured that their concerns are addressed. When handling volatile, sensitive or politically charged situations, the Patient Advocate exercises judgment, diplomacy and an in-depth understanding of the organizational structure and dynamics to ensure that appropriate individuals are involved. Utilizes strong negotiation, facilitation, written and oral communication skills to ensure that patients/families are provided with the best possible response and solution to their complaints. Assesses complaints/grievances and then prepares them for review by committees including medical staff, Risk Management, Quality/Safety, and Hospital Administration. Uses limit setting and behavioral redirection skills when necessary to ensure that behavior of patients or families do not violate rights of other patients or staff. Assists clinical managers and physicians in developing patient behavioral contracts or in separating patients from a clinical practice.

Salary Range: $24.62-$48.18 per hour

Job Qualifications

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* Demonstrated ability to independently establish goals, and priorities

* Demonstrated skill at de-escalating and diffusing challenging situations.

* Strong negotiation, facilitation, written and oral communication, and cultural awareness skills

* Superior organizational skills to oversee multiple simultaneous cases and with varying and rolling deadlines

* Ability to be highly flexible in an environment where goals and priorities change frequently

* Ability to compose detailed written and verbal responses to patient concerns with the highest degree of grammatical accuracy, sentence syntax, and content accuracy

* Excellent interpersonal and collaboration skills sufficient to develop and maintain successful partnerships with colleagues at all levels of the organization.

* Competent in Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.

* Highly service-oriented attitude and proven flexibility

* Demonstrated success working collaboratively with administrators, directors, physicians, clinicians, patients and staff.

Job Tags

Hourly pay, Remote job, Flexible hours, Monday to Friday,

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