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Patient Screening Operations Manager
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About
The Patient Screening Operations Manager screens incoming patients to understand their individual needs and challenges. Part social worker and part healthcare provider, Krishna works across departments to overcome social determinants of health affecting her patients and their community, whether that means support with utilities, housing, or helping patient plan and source a healthier diet.
Evaluate Your Interest
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- Highly empathetic toward different people and their individual circumstances.
- Big-picture thinking is necessary to develop treatment plans that take social determinants of health into account.
- Champion the needs of those who are unable or unused to advocating for themselves.
- Strong communication skills to convey to healthcare providers the needs of new patients.
Activate Your Interests
Bring this career to life with a classroom activity that empowers students to identify health inequities in their own communities and promote health equity awareness. This activity is designed as a companion to the video profile.
“I didn’t know that I’d be in healthcare, but I always know that I like to advocate for people— that I like to be a voice.”
Krishna Varela-Poole
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