Home Infusion Care Transition Specialist

Option Care; Sacramento (CA); On-site; USD 93,000 - 155,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, & Vision Insurance

Paid Time off

401K Retirement Savings Plan with Team

HSA Company Match

Job summary

Option Care Health is the nation's largest home infusion provider. The Clinical Transition Specialist role uses sales techniques to educate patients and families about home infusion services and to ensure proper placement of patients at alternative sites.

The position collaborates with hospital discharge planning teams and Account Managers to grow referrals and achieve sales goals. This role requires RN or Pharmacist licensure, 2+ years in healthcare, and strong relationship-building skills,

Qualifications

• Licensed Registered Nurse (RN) or licensed Pharmacist in the state of practice and at least 2 years of experience in the healthcare industry.
• Experience establishing and maintaining relationships with individuals at all levels of the organization in the business community and with vendors.
• Experience applying knowledge of standard practices for all services offered as well as current relevant and applicable standards (i.e. ACHC, URAC standards).
• Experience providing customer service to internal and external customers, including meeting quality standards of services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.
• Basic PC skills: Able to competently use internet, email, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft PowerPoint
• Experience in identifying operational issues and recommending and implementing strategies to resolve and improve processes.
• Access to a reliable means of transportation which will enable the incumbents to travel to care facilities, home visits and multiple hospitals.
• Able to plan, organize and make presentations.

Responsibilities

• Proactively maintains and grows relationships with referrals sources to increase sales and patient starts.
• Serves as key point of contact and representative of Option Care to provide education, assistance, and service to referral sources.
• Interacts with area service providers on a daily basis to sell Option Care services that could assist in the care for discharging patients.
• Conducts assessment of patients selected by the hospital to ensure patient is a viable candidate for alternative site care.
• Uses sales techniques to educate patients, their families and the facility staff about the services and products provided by Option Care.
• Provides hands on, in person education to patients and their caregivers with the goal of timely discharge and therapy independence.
• Effectively communicates with agency staff, medical team, patients and family throughout the discharge process to implement an effective treatment plan.
• Responsible for collecting, reviewing and completing pre-admission information and securing related signoff.
• Partners with Account Manager and Regional Sales Director to create and execute area business and growth plan.
• Communicates frequently with Account Manager to discuss opportunities, assess progress, and provide feedback related to promoting the services of Option Care Partners with Account Manager and marketing staff to deliver educational and promotional programs to patient/caregiver and referral sources.
• Reviews the patient’s medical record to obtain both pertinent medical history and primary/ secondary insurance payor information and communicates this to patient registration department.
• Proactively initiates care transition coordination with referral sources and internal partners to ensure seamless patient transitions to home or ATS.
• Participates with any data collection required for therapy start and patient tracking process.
• This may include facilitating the transfer of orders via phone, fax, and e-prescribing Maintains confidentiality of patient and proprietary information and observes legal guidelines for safeguarding the confidentiality of patient and proprietary Option Care information.
• Provides oversight and input to the providers regarding the patient and proper assessment and treatment process and transition to home care.
• Serves as a point of contact, coordination, and communication with other providers.
• Makes arrangements for any special medical supplies or appliances to be available.

Skills

Relationship building

Travel readiness

Customer service

PC skills

Education

RN license

Pharmacist license

Tools

MS Word

MS Excel

MS PowerPoint

Internet

Email

Job description

Option Care Health is the nation's largest home infusion provider. The Clinical Transition Specialist role uses sales techniques to educate patients and families about home infusion services and to ensure proper placement of patients at alternative sites.

The position collaborates with hospital discharge planning teams and Account Managers to grow referrals and achieve sales goals. This role requires RN or Pharmacist licensure, 2+ years in healthcare, and strong relationship-building skills,