Company Statement
For the last 80 years, EmblemHealth has been taking care of New York’s heart and soul, its people. Today, health care is more complex than ever. That’s why we’re at the forefront of change. We work alongside our customers to offer access to high-quality, affordable care, help navigate the health care experience, and make good health achievable; because everyone deserves to be taken care of. We deliver on our mission every day by living our values with our colleagues, members, clients and partners. It begins with caring and respecting all those we work with. We believe a culture of diversity and inclusion is vital to serve our unique and diverse customers. We seek for continues improvement and innovation and believe being agile and nimble is our advantage. We bring a strong sense of partnership to every relationship – internally and externally. The EmblemHealth family of companies offers competitive health, welfare, and retirement benefits as well as incentive pay plans and more.
Bilingual Customer Care Navigator - East New York, Brooklyn (English/Spanish)
Summary of Position
- Work closely with onsite sales colleagues to identify customers in need of enrollment services and provide post sales customer service follow‐up.
- Interact face‐to‐face with customers, assisting in providing complete resolution of customer concerns including claims, benefit and enrollment inquiries through health plan navigation, health and wellness coaching and community referrals.
- Proactively research Emblem Health member issues utilizing multiple enterprise systems and data to explain and resolve complicated customer service issues, close care gaps, helping complete HRAs, enabling higher retention of members within the neighboring community.
- Help conduct seminars and workshops on premises and will play an important role in class offerings for the department.
- Collaborate with enterprise team members on member retention efforts and special projects within the location including: Care Management and Quality to understand member needs in the community as they relate to gaps in care; and quality efforts to provide effective in person and outreach services within the community.
- Provide post sales customer service follow‐up with Sales colleagues, both onsite and in the field within the region, to follow up on member customer service and care needs.
- Work with ACPNY teams, both co‐located and within the region, to aid in care gap issues, especially as they relate to social needs and customer service follow up.
- Represent EmblemHealth to all visitors to the sites, including internal and external partners, groups and leaders.
- Maintain a primary Neighborhood Care location but also support multiple Neighborhood Care sites within a region.
Principal Accountabilities
- Identify customer needs and help solve customer issues related to health plans, health and wellness and enrollment within regulatory guidelines; providing direct guidance or identifying other EmblemHealth (EH) and community resources to find customer solutions, conduct customer needs assessment, education on condition management.
- Understand and maintain excellent working knowledge of EmblemHealth products, services and technology platforms.
- Document interactions in support of quantitative metrics for the site and department.
- Work with the manager to deliver and organize onsite health seminars and classes, including EH vendor‐led classes.
- Proactively communicate with customers, EmblemHealth departments and community partners the status of any outstanding issues until solved. Effectively describe final resolution to customer.
- Work together with sales team to identify customers in need of enrollment services and post sales customer service follow‐up. Proactively support operational aspects of other internal partners such as AdvantageCare Physicians, product, customer service and quality to help improve customer experience and operations.
- Participate in weekly meetings with manager and team members across sites to discuss customer care issues, improvement opportunities, community offerings, and other site and company priorities.
- Represent EmblemHealth at onsite interactions with community partners and leaders.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s Degree
- Additional experience/specialized training may be considered in lieu of educational requirements required
- 3 – 5+ years of experience working with customers in customer service, medical or managed care environment required
- Experience in evidence‐based health and lifestyle coaching techniques preferred
- Ability and willingness to attend appropriate training and certification classes required
- Experience communicating directly with customers, assessing needs, and connecting customers with resources required
- Knowledgeable on how to navigate all aspects of medical care and managed care system, and health and wellness required
- Ability to demonstrate excellent service knowledge and hospitality, and optimistic warmth and empathy for the customers’ experience required
- Excellent communication skills (verbal, written, presentation, interpersonal) with all types/levels of audiences required
- Proficient with MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Teams, SharePoint, etc.) required
- Technologically savvy, with the ability to quickly learn and navigate different information technology systems required
- Bilingual English Spanish required
- Flexibility to work in different Neighborhood Care sites when needed required
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Pay Disclosure
A good faith estimate of the compensation range for individuals hired to work for the EmblemHealth Family of Companies is provided. This compensation range is specific and considers factors such as (but not limited to) the scope and responsibilities of the position, the candidate’s work experience, education/training, internal peer equity, and market and business considerations. The disclosed range estimate has not been adjusted for the applicable geographic differential associated with the location at which the work is being performed. It is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top of the range, as compensation decisions depend on each case’s facts and circumstances. Union roles covered by a collective bargaining agreement will compensate in accordance with the union contract.
EEOC Statement
We are committed to leveraging the diverse backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences of our workforce to create opportunities for our people and our business. We are an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex/gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy or related condition, marital status, national origin, disability, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.
Sponsorship Statement
Depending on factors such as business unit requirements, the nature of the position, cost and applicable laws and regulations, EmblemHealth may provide work visa sponsorship for certain positions.