The purpose of the Customer Service Representative (CSR) is to meet or exceed the customer s expectations by assessing our customer s needs assigning priorities and triaging the information to the appropriate resources. (Customers may include patients medical professionals and family members.) The CSR will be able to function in a multidisciplinary team to provide information about the services that are offered by Patient Services.
Shifts Available:
MF 8am5pm EST
MF 10am7pm EST
MF 11am8pm EST
Weekend Shift 9am5:30pm (1 hour lunch) *You must select any 2 days off during the week which will remain consistent. Saturday & Sunday is required. The 2 days off must be chosen at the time of the offer acceptance.
Responsibilities:
Act as first point of contact with patients by carefully evaluating the purpose of the call carefully assessing their purpose prioritizing their handling and triaging the calls if indicated.
Maintain information regarding Patient Services initiatives and explain them to our customers when appropriate.
Enroll new customers to Patient Services.
Record activities in the patient database and follow up to secure services (such as product training mailing of promotional materials etc.) for our customers by contacting physician s offices pharmacies and other external entities to ensure patient s needs are being met.
Complete various special projects as required
Requirements
Previous work experience in Specialty Pharmacy or Customer Service
Professional level skills in computer use including but not limited to Microsoft Office email webbased applications and key boarding skills
Experience working with people in situations that are highpressure and timesensitive (either telephone or facetoface) and that involve solving problems making decisions using excellent judgment and customer service skills. This can be obtained through a combination of work experience and post high school education and need not be obtained in a traditional customer service setting
Strong ability to multitask and strong time management skills
Ability to function in a highvolume fastpaced environment
Dependable and strong work ethic
Ability to accept and implement feedback and coaching
Specific type of experience preferred:
Experience working with databases (CRM preferable) or a tracking system; Salesforce CRM experience
Experience working in a health care/pharmaceutical industry environment
Understanding of challenges associated with patients medical condition
Important Skills:
Accustomed to working in high call volume environment.
- 3 to 5 years of benefit investigation involving the analysis and interpretation of insurance coverage - 3 to 5 years of experience interacting with healthcare providers in regards to health insurance plan requirement