San Fernando, Pampanga, Philippines
Patient Support Agent
Job Description:
Remote Employee BPO has an outstanding opportunity for you!
Role: Patient Support Agent
Compensation: Competitive Basic Salary
Benefits: HMO plus 2 Free Dependents, P1,500 Rice Allowance, Night Differential (If applicable).
Work Schedule: 5-day work week (Rotating Shifts)
Work Setup: Work from Office
Responsibilities:
- Support U.S. patients through phone, email, and chat with questions involving accounts, orders, prescription status, platform navigation, billing or fulfillment-related issues, and other non-clinical support needs.
- Deliver empathetic, patient-centered service and de-escalate difficult or sensitive conversations calmly and professionally.
- Investigate issues and coordinate with the appropriate teams, including Clinical, Pharmacy, Operations, and Customer Experience, to drive timely resolution.
- Develop strong working knowledge of client's products, services, workflows, policies, and patient journey.
- Help patients understand administrative next steps and approved product/service information. Clinical questions, treatment decisions, medication guidance, side effects, dosing, contraindications, and other medical advice must be escalated to the appropriate licensed clinical resource.
- Document patient contacts, actions, and resolutions accurately in our CRM/support systems.
- Identify recurring patient issues, friction points, and feedback trends and surface them to leadership.
- Follow HIPAA, privacy, security, and company procedures when handling protected or sensitive patient information.
- Meet agreed service, quality, productivity, attendance, and documentation standards.
Qualifications:
- 2+ years of customer service, patient support, contact center, or high-touch customer experience
- Experience; healthcare, telehealth, pharmacy, insurance, wellness, or other regulated-industry experience is strongly preferred.
- Excellent spoken and written English with the ability to communicate naturally and confidently with U.S. customers.
- Strong empathy, judgment, ownership, and de-escalation skills.
- High attention to detail and disciplined case documentation.
- Comfort working across phone, email, and chat in a fast-paced environment.
- Experience with CRM/ticketing platforms such as Zendesk, Salesforce, or similar systems.
- Ability to learn new products, processes, and technology quickly and follow defined escalation paths.
- Reliable remote-work setup and ability to work the schedule assigned for U.S. coverage.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Previous healthcare, telemedicine, pharmacy, patient access, or medical customer support experience.
- Working knowledge of HIPAA/privacy expectations and handling sensitive customer information.
- Familiarity with medical terminology or prescription/fulfillment workflows.
- Experience supporting subscription, e-commerce, or direct-to-consumer customers.
- Bachelor's degree or relevant healthcare/customer experience training is a plus, but not required.
Required Skills:
Support