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Req# 28379 Aultman Health Foundation, CANTON, OH AULTMAN HOSPITAL Aultman Health Foundation Full Time, EVENING / NIGHT, 3p-11p or 7p-3a PURPOSE OF POSITION This position serves in a dual position, first, as a liaison between our patients and families and the organization. The Patient and Family experience liaison will support strategic direction and goals for patient experience. This will be measured by the Liaison's collaboration with stakeholders across the organization to work toward the prevention and remediation of patient and/or family complaints and grievances and doing so in a timely and empathetic manner. The Liaison will be stationed in the waiting room/triage area and will make frequent rounds in the area, as well as the care treatment area interacting with patients and observing the patient experience to ensure patient satisfaction and performing immediate service recovery when needs, concerns and/or problems with an aspect of the hospital services are indicated. The Liaison will be expected to employ the key principles of service recovery and High Reliability initiatives, strategies, processes and procedures while ensuring the protection of PHI in the daily operations of Service Excellence. The Liaison functions as a primary source of information regarding delays and patient flow, promotes a "patient first" culture through role modeling outstanding customer services skills and attitude, consults with Emergency Room colleagues, physicians, and provides leadership on innovative approaches to providing an excellent patient experience and advocating patient rights. Provides information, communication updates, comfort measures, direction and assistance to patients and visitors presenting to the Aultman Hospital Emergency Department for clinical services Additionally, this role specializes in the compassionate communicative intake of patient and family concerns to help build a system culture committed to our vision of improving the patient experience, patient centered care and a culture of respect. In this role, the Liaison receives, prioritizes, and triages information to the appropriate team members, as necessary, and documents issues and correspondence into the customer feedback database. Maintains open communication with ED Charge nurse, ED triage nurse, ED registrar, and all healthcare team members present in the ED environment. Provides customer service to patients, visitors and family members. Collaboration with healthcare team members ensures optimal patient and visitor experiences within the ED environment. Role models Aultman Hospital's mission, vision, and values at all times. RESPONSIBILITIES & EXPECTATIONS Qualified individuals must have the ability to perform the following duties: Patient and family rounding - primarily stationed in ED entrance/Triage/Waiting --must move throughout department to meet needs of patients and families/visitors Waiting areas, triage, patient rooms, lobbies, and cafeteria Rounding for specifics as indicated (cleanliness, white boards, other duties as assigned) Greets and introduces self to persons arriving to the ED following scripted response. Rounds frequently (every 1 hour or as needed) in the ED waiting area/triage area. Provides comfort measures and communication/status updates for patients and family members in the waiting room and in treatment areas located throughout the ED. Notices patient's unmet needs and works collaboratively with all healthcare team members within the ED environment to ensure timely resolution. Escalates concerns as needed. Proactively keeps ED clinical team members abreast of concerns, issues/unmet needs or requests in both waiting room and treatment room areas. Proactive communication with patients and family members to ensures patients and family members receive frequent updates and communication abou