Care Specialist I (St. Charles, MO/Hybrid 4 days remote, 1 day in office)

Department & Position Overview:

The Care Support Specialist I guides patients and caregivers through their home care journey. This role provides a high-level empathic customer service experience, while ensuring that our patients receive the care they need and feel heard and cared for.

Every Day You Will:

• Manage a high-volume inbound Service Center Calls dealing with related inquiries such as time-off, payroll, timekeeping and process patient and health plan care requests.
• Follow up with patients, caregivers, and health plans for time sensitive inquiries and escalations.
• Maintain exceptional customer service for all callers, as indicated by call reviews and after call surveys.
• Input accurate data entry of sensitive information.
• Conduct wellness review over the phone and record reviews to ensure service delivery of caregivers and compliance.
• Screen patients and caregivers for additional programs and benefits to enhance their lives.
• Maintain reliable work schedules with required 2 weeks' notice in advance.
• Assist patients and their family members in planning necessary home-care shifts.
• Display empathy, actively listen, and clearly communicate with callers to ensure their needs are addressed and to foster a positive experience and relationship.
• Address all questions or complaints and provide an accurate and efficient response time of resolution; consistently meet internal service level agreements and goals in a timely manner.
• Follow up and engage with patients and caregivers via phone calls, SMS, and emails, in a professional manner.
• Serve as a key point-of-contact for enrolled caregivers such as for pay discrepancies, timesheet errors, direct deposit change, schedule change of caregivers, and more.
• De-escalate situations involving dissatisfied customers, offering patient assistance and support; escalate unresolved patient and caregiver issues to the appropriate teams to ensure a quick turnaround time and resolution.
• Adhere to a revolving monthly client service and compliance standard.
• Effectively input and update the case file and account data within CRMs.
• Manage call dashboards and reporting to assist in managing assignments.

Ideal Candidate Will Possess:

• Previous experience in a Customer Service environment.
• High-volume inbound call center or contact center environment (at least 2 years).
• Experience with CRMs or Workforce Technology – Salesforce, Medflyt, and Verint (preferable).
• Passion for providing a high level of customer service, including the ability to show empathy, active listening and patience.
• Ability to organize, set priorities and manage time effectively.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills, demonstrating active listening and adaptability to different personality types.
• Ability to resolve issues over the telephone with eager customers comfortably, defusing and de-escalation frustrated callers successfully.
• Attention to detail in reviewing records.
• Ability to meet and/or exceed targets or metrics.
• Computer proficiency required; strong typing skills and ability to leverage technology and resolve customer issues efficiently while notetaking/multitasking.

Nice-to-Haves:

• 3+ years of relevant experience in a healthcare call center or contact center environment.
• Healthcare/startup experience (preferable).
• Bilingual in Spanish, Creole, or other languages is a plus.
• Some additional experience in HR service center is preferred.
• 2 years of hands-on experience with seniors