Jobs in Communication Studies

Job Title: Communication Operator - Grade 125 Company: Kaiser Permanente - Manteca Medical Center Job Description Under direct supervision, receives incoming calls, initials emergency call notification, pages medical center personnel on request, and maintains various records, as required. Responsibilities Following established policies and procedures, establishes and maintains courteous, cooperative relations with the public, patients and other personnel. Promotes, ensures, and improves customer services to internal/external customers by demonstrating skills which are consistent with the organization's philosophy of providing extraordinary customer relations and quality service. Receives and routes incoming calls to appropriate stations. Pages medical center personnel. Responds to callers' inquiries concerning patient condition and other requests for information. Announces appropriate and urgent messages. Serves as central communications point for all in-house...

Job Title: Communications Operator Company: Sutter Health - Memorial Medical Center Serving the greater Stanislaus County with 423 acute care beds, Memorial Medical Center MMC provides a full continuum of care, including: 24-hour emergency care inpatient and outpatient surgery specialty services in obstetrics, pediatrics, nuclear medicine, dialysis therapy, diagnostic imaging, intensive care, sleep disorders and physical therapy a Level II Trauma Center Memorial Medical Center is an accredited Chest Pain Center and STEMI (heart attack) Receiving Center. Job Description & Responsibilities Primarily responsible for providing communications between hospital staff, patients, other customers and Security Services. All calls related to dispatching service will be documented and relayed to field officers without significant delay, existing emergency situations not withstanding.The field officer's response to calls and other activities are expected to be recorde...

Job Title: Public Relations Representative Company: Central Valley Specialty Hospital Job Description The Public Relations Representative is responsible for Central Valley Specialty Hospital (CVSH) maintaining the desired image, as found in the mission statement and as directed by administration, in the public eye. The Public Relations Representative makes sure that staff is providing proper customer service. Public Relations Representative gathers data from patients by conducting questionnaires, surveys and room rounds. The Public Relations Representative also maintains facility grievance process. Responsibilities Responsible for Central Valley Specialty’s Hospital presence on social media including but not limited to the company Facebook account Monitors facility presence online and in the media. Patient room rounds – visiting the patient in the hospital making sure that their basic care is being met. Entering data of rounds to get an overall grade of care. Patient su...

Pro Tip:  Do you have a passion for intercultural communication and a love of languages? Do you have an interest in health care leadership? Then this Cultural & Linguistics Manager position might be a great fit for you! -  Professor Collins Job Title: Cultural & Linguistics Manager Company: Health Plan of San Joaquin Job Description Under limited supervision, the Manager of Cultural & Linguistics (“C&L”) is responsible for managing C&L programs and identifying opportunities for HPSJ to provide effective, equitable, understandable, and respectful quality care and services that are responsive to diverse cultural health beliefs and practices, preferred languages, health literacy, and other communication needs of our members and employees. This incumbent is also responsible for developing and implementing consistent business processes in collaboration with other HPSJ departments to fulfill HPSJ C&L objectives and regulatory requirem...

Pro Tip:   Are you an MJC student who needs help writing/updating your resume or cover letter? The   MJC Career Services Center  offers free resume/cover letter workshops. Call 209-575-6660 for the current workshop schedule and/or to access drop-in services.  -  Professor Collins Company: Monte Vista Small Animal Hospital Job Description Are you an experienced Customer Service Representative and/or Call Center Agent who is looking for more opportunity and self-fulfillment in your career? We have full and part time openings at Monte Vista Small Animal Hospital located in the beautiful town of Turlock. We are looking for experienced CSR agents to join our team. We can provide unparalleled opportunities for those who are ambitious and are passionate about the field of veterinary medicine. While working at Monte Vista Small Animal Hospital you will be part of a working environment where you will feel appreciated for the work you do. We run a t...

Pro Tip:   A typing certificate showing you can type at least 35 words per minute is required for this  position .  If you don't have a typing certificate, here are some free resources to help you obtain one: Assess your  current typing speed here . Improve your typing speed (if needed) by  taking lessons . Take a typing test to earn your certificate for free through  Stanislaus County Workforce Development  or  PrideStaff . -  Professor Collins Company: Sutter Gould Medical Foundation Job Description & Responsibilities The Receptionist is responsible for welcoming, greeting and assisting patients and visitors to the Foundation, while providing excellent customer service. This position may check in patients for appointments, schedule appointments,  enter  messages into the electronic health record, accepting and assisting with paperwork, accepting copays and handling cash.  At some locations this pos...

Pro Tip: Are you a nursing major whose COMM professor is encouraging you to complete the Certificate in Communication Studies and/or major in COMM while finishing your nursing school requirements? Jobs like this one are the reason for your professor's insistence. Health Communication is an exciting and lucrative area of Communication Studies which requires a unique pairing of skills (hands-on health care experience PLUS exemplary communication and leadership skills). Be the best health care professional you can be by working on your COMM skills now. Then, once you gain more experience in the field, you'll be ready to take on a leadership position like this one. Company: Sutter Health Job Description & Responsibilities Develop and implement the growth strategy for the foundations and medical groups within an assigned Sutter Health (SH) operating unit (OU), including the recruitment of new physicians, practice acquisitions, development of new service lines, and establ...

Company: Tenet Health - Emanuel Medical Center - Conifer Health Solutions Job Description Responsible for screening self-pay patients at hospital bedside for eligibility in various governmental and non-governmental programs. Responsible for identifying all sources of potential payors including auto insurance, Workers' Compensation, commercial insurance, private insurance, TPL, etc. to route account appropriately in the Patient Accounting environment. Also responsible for obtaining and completing the Confidential Financial Statement form and assisting patients in the process of applying for any benefits for which they may be eligible. Responsibilities Conducts interviews with patients and/or family members. Records and maintains complete documentation of activities performed on account while in-house and during the Patient accounting cycle. Performs financial clearance function including collections. Cancels accounts that have not had any patient cooperation and are not ...

Organization: Sutter Health Job Description The receptionist is responsible for welcoming, greeting and assisting patients and visitors to the Foundation, while providing excellent customer service. This position may check in patients for appointments, schedule appointments,  enter  messages into the electronic health record, accepting and assisting with paperwork, accepting copays and handling cash.  At some locations this position performs tasks associated with the following: off-site visits, bump lists, duties with Worker's Compensation Occupational Health, rejection reports, insurance authorizations medical records and duties associated with imaging. Employee Status: Regular Employee Referral Bonus: No Benefits: Yes Position Status: Non-Exempt Union: No Job Shift: Variable Shift Hours: 4 Hour Shift Days of the Week Scheduled: Varied Days Weekend Requirements: Rotating Schedule: Part Time Hrs Per 2wk Pay Period: 40 Qualifications Education/Cert...

Company: Emanuel Medical Center Job Description & Responsibilities Responsible for strategically planning and implementing outreach efforts focusing on physicians, physician assistants and nurse practitioners (collectively: providers) in the hospital's market/service areas to best grow and develop hospital service lines as described in Tenet's Guidance on Creation and Enhancement of Service Lines at Hospitals and the hospital business plans. The position primarily focuses on educating providers on pre-specified service lines, with the goal of increasing the selection of our services by providers due to our high standards for clinical quality and service. Work to be performed in compliance with the Company's Standards of Conduct and policies and procedures, particularly those involving referral source arrangements. JOB CATEGORY: Marketing PRIMARY LOCATION: Turlock, California FACILITY: Emanuel Medical Center JOB TYPE: Full-Time SHIFT TYPE: Days Qualificat...

Company: Doctors Medical Center Job Description Reporting to the Staffing Office Manager, the Staffing Coordinator is responsible for the development and maintenance of systems designed to support the function of staffing the nursing division, as well as the development and distribution of statistical reports. JOB TYPE: Clerical/Administrative PRIMARY LOCATION: Modesto, California FACILITY: Doctors Medical Center Of Modesto JOB TYPE: PT1 SHIFT TYPE: Evening Qualifications Must have excellent communication, computer, and organizational skills. Must work every other weekend To apply (or for more information):  https://jobs.tenethealth.com/job/-/-/1127/11536069?src=JB-11160 *Attribution: All information and wording comes from the Tenet Health job website.