Hospital Liaison

Dasco HME LLC; Newton Lower Falls (MA); On-site; USD 42,000 - 62,000; Full time

Job summary

DASCO HME LLC in Newton, MA seeks a Hospital Liaison to support hospital discharge as a specialist for durable medical equipment. The role delivers equipment within the hospital, coordinates home deliveries, and serves as a resource for patient needs and benefits verification.

You will meet patients and families, educate on device use, manage inventory and the consignment process, maintain HIPAA and regulatory compliance, and assist with branch operations as needed.

Qualifications

• High School diploma or GED required.
• Six months’ experience in healthcare/medical/insurance/DME customer service.
• Associate’s degree preferred.

Responsibilities

• Attends daily discharge planning meetings and records patient needs for benefits verification and inventory.
• Meets with patient/family to review discharge, equipment needs, and identify additional needs.
• Delivers equipment to patient’s room and educates on use, care, and maintenance; completes paperwork and answers questions.
• Maintains knowledge of home medical equipment and DASCO products and services.
• Manages consignment accounts, including inventory and paperwork, with focus on efficiency and cost reduction.
• Supports branch operations; ensures HIPAA and regulatory compliance; assists with order-entry and reporting.
• Encourages and grows relationships with hospital partnership team members.
• Other duties as assigned by the key account manager.

Skills

Communication Proficiency

Compliance

Customer service / Client focus

Empathy

Stress Management

Education

High School diploma or GED

Associate’s degree

Job description

SUMMARY:

The Hospital Liaison serves hospital clients as an expert resource and service-oriented partner in the discharge of patients who require DME. This role delivers medical equipment in the hospital and coordinates equipment being delivered to the home.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• Attends daily discharge planning meetings where applicable, record patient needs, communicate patient information to DASCO staff for benefits verification and inventory confirmation.
• Meets with patient/family/caregiver to review discharge, equipment needs, and identify any additional needs.
• Delivers equipment to patient’s room for home transition, educate patient/family/caregiver on use, care and maintenance of equipment, completes necessary paperwork, accurately and patiently answers all questions.
• Maintains working knowledge of home medical equipment and DASCO products and services.
• Manages consignment accounts, including inventory, paperwork, equipment, and the consignment process, with efficiency and cost reduction in mind.
• Supports a variety of branch operation functions as needed, which may include inventory, records-keeping, working reports, cross training in the branch and order-entry, while also maintaining policy and procedural compliance with HIPAA, The Joint Commission, State Respiratory Care Board, State Board of Pharmacy, and all other applicable rules and regulations.
• Encourages and grows relationship with hospital partnership team members.
• Other duties as assigned by the key account manager.

Requirements

• REQUIRED EDUCATION AND/OR EXPERIENCE:
• High School diploma or GED equivalent.
• PREFFERED EDUCATION AND/OR EXPERIENCE:
• Associate’s degree in related field.
• Six months’ experience in healthcare/medical/insurance/DME customer service role
• ADDITIONAL QUALIFICATIONS:
• None.

COMPETENCIES:

• Communication Proficiency
• Compliance
• Customer service / Client focus
• Empathy
• Stress Management

POSITION TYPE/EXPECTED HOURS OF WORK:

This is a full-time position, and hours of work and days are typically Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., but are subject to change based on branch needs.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITY:

This position has no supervisory role.

WORK ENVIRONMENT:

This job operates primarily in a hospital setting, and also spends some time in a professional office. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, filing cabinets and fax machines.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

The employee is typically required to sit; walk; frequently stands, occasionally required to climb or balance; and stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include both close and distance vision, color and peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

TRAVEL:

Some travel is required between the branch and hospital location. Overnight travel may be required for continuing education and meetings at the corporate office.

OTHER DUTIES:

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

EEO STATEMENT:

DASCO provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability or genetics. In addition to federal law requirements, DASCO complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.

DASCO expressly prohibits any form of workplace harassment based on race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, or veteran status. Improper interference with the ability of DASCO’s employees to perform their job duties may result in discipline up to and including discharge