Patient Service Associate

2 weeks ago

Singapore NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL (SINGAPORE) PTE LTD Full time
1. Job Purpose

The jobholder is responsible to the Nurse Manager/Ops Executive in performing all administrative and operational duties using specific knowledge of medical terminology and hospital procedures to achieve patient service quality.

2. Duties and Responsibilities
  1. Primary Responsibilities and Duties (80%)
  2. Admission/ Discharge/ Transfer of patients:
  • Attend to patient, prepare inpatient admission documents, update patient's information in systems/records and arrange for appropriate personnel to attend to patients.
  • Perform Financial Counselling for admission/discharge/transfer.
  • Assist nursing staff to prepare and coordinate clerical work for patient admission / discharge / transfers (e.g. step-down care etc.) as per hospital policy and procedure.
  • Schedule / confirm patient diagnostic appointments (with / without preparations) / surgeries / consultations / re-admission and discharged TCU.
  • Notify necessary parties on patient discharge as per policy and procedure.
  • Prepare discharge documents, obtain follow-up appointments, operation/re-admission listing appointments, update patient's information in systems/records, notify the necessary parties about patient's discharge and despatch documents/forms/notes. Perform Financial Counselling.
  1. Bed Booking:
  • Responsible for bed booking of AMU patients, as well as constant monitoring of bed status. Ensure patients' particulars (name, age, gender, requested class, ward no., bed no. etc.) are correct during bed booking.
  • Update changes to bed booking in the SAP system, and update relevant nurse or staff of changes. Ensure that patients are transferred to ward as soon as the bed is available.
  • Assign station porters for transfer when bed is available and ensure that patient is transferred to the correct ward and bed.
  • Request Terminal cleaning of beds when required through electronic Housekeeping system
  1. Reception:
  • Handle enquiries and requests from patients, public/patient's relatives, visitors and colleagues.
  • Answer, screen and direct telephones calls to appropriate staff.
  • Ensure tidiness of front counter, functionality of routine equipment in ward, availability of relevant documents / forms / notes and replenishment of informational materials in ward.
  1. Registration/Scheduling/Listing:
  • Registration of patient coming for outpatient appointment
  • Assisting NM/Nurses and Doctors to review procedure listing patient schedule and updating the schedules after review.
  1. Administration/Operational Duties:
  • Management of documents: Filing, Faxing correspondences, Photocopying and distributing documents
  • Order re-supply of consumables when necessary under direction of Nursing staff
  • Responsible for ordering non-medical supplies (stationary, forms, educational pamphlets etc.)
  • Dispatch and retrieve correspondences, forms, documents, mail and laboratory specimens to / fro appropriate departments via pneumatic tube, porter, email, fax or by hand
  • Assisting the wards with basic IT support
  • Perform book-keeping duties for medical records, case notes, correspondences, reports, invoices and phone directory etc
  • Assist in getting support services from other units such as BME, CSS, OSS, ES, MRO, ambulatory service etc. where appropriate
  • Attend Inpatient Service Associate Meeting
  1. Ordering of Meals:
Work with nurses to understand patients' needs for special meals e.g. diabetic, low salt, low fat, low cholesterol... Ensure that patients' meal requests are submitted accurately and promptly to the Kitchen via the electronic Meal Ordering System (eMOS).
  1. Secondary Responsibilities and Duties (20%)
  2. Patient Result Tracing & Case Notes Retrieval:
Trace X-rays, laboratory results, case notes, etc as requested by clinicians or nurses.
  1. Assisting in entering of ward charges, patient diets, porter requests and housekeeper requests into computer systems where required.
  2. Take on any additional responsibilities as assigned by Reporting Officer

    For job grades JG06 - 08:Guide, teach and provide "Buddy" services to new PSA
    Assist with or participate in ward's quality improvement projects

    For job grade JG09:Supervise the PSA Team
    Alternative RO to PSAs
    Ensure PSAs comply with grooming standards at all times
    Handle feedback, email enquiries and communication issues
    Mentor senior PSAs an arrange for quarterly meetings
    Adhere to department and hospital policies and procedures (e.g. SOPs)
    Cover ad-hoc core duties of ground PSAs and Senior PSAs when necessary
    Assume any duties/responsibilities as assigned by Nursing Managers/Ops Managers
    Lead/Support in quality improvement project (e.g. 6S, RIE, Service improvement project)
3. Job Specification/Requirements
  • Qualifications and Experience:
  • For JG05 - 08: GCE 'O' level and above/Diploma will be an advantage
Knowledge of hospital operation/previous working experience (in healthcare setting) will be an added advantage
  • For JG09: Diploma, At least 2 years of experience in healthcare setting
  • Skills:
  • Fluent in English, ability to speak in local dialects will be an advantage.
  • Good computer literacy and knowledge of PC software packages, knowledge of SAP will be an advantage.
  • Attributes:
  • Able to do rotating shift work on both weekdays and weekends (mainly from 7am to 9.30pm (3 shifts available: Morning - 7am to 4pm; Swing - 9am to 6pm; Afternoon- 12.30pm to 9.30pm), might be required to cover Night Shift only if required by unit - 9.15pm to 7.15am)
  • Able to cope and work independently in a very fast paced working environment
  • Service oriented, pleasant and cheerful personality with strong interpersonal and communication skills
  • Good team player and demonstration of some leadership skills
  • Have initiative and commitment with good sense of integrity and teamwork

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