Patient Transport Coordinator

Allegiance Mobile Health; Corpus Christi (TX); On-site; USD 25,000 - 33,000; Full time

Job summary

Allegiance Mobile Health is seeking a Patient Transport Coordinator to manage patient transport services and related equipment using hospital-based software. You will ensure timely, safe transports while maintaining high satisfaction levels among patients, families, and facility staff.

You will develop transport schedules, dispatch assignments, and adjust staffing as needed, collaborating with floor staff and transporters to support daily operations and data reporting.

Qualifications

• Two years of customer service experience.
• One year of previous dispatch or transport coordination experience.
• Must be able to hear, comprehend and follow directions, and must be able to speak, read and write in English.

Responsibilities

• Attends daily meetings with facility staff to understand transportation demands for day-to-day operations.
• Walk to each floor to obtain required patient paperwork for insurance.
• Schedule proactively and assign tasks to transporters and equipment partners.
• Prepare daily reports for transport and bed cleaning management.
• Maintain relationships between agencies/departments for effective transport coordination.
• Assist in training staff and developing processes and policies.

Skills

Customer service

Dispatch coordination

Education

High school diploma

Tools

Dispatch software

Job description

SUMMARY: Allegiance Mobile Health Patient Transport Coordinator's are responsible for coordinating and managing patient transportation services and related equipment through the utilization of hospital-based software systems. Ensures the timely, safe, and efficient transport of patients while upholding the highest standards of patient, customer, and staff satisfaction. Proactively develops and oversees transport schedules and dispatch assignments to align with operational priorities and optimize workforce productivity.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Attends daily meetings with facility staff to understand what transportation demands are needed for day-to-day operations.
• Walk to each floor to obtain required patient paperwork for insurance.
• Work schedules proactively and assigns tasks to patient transporters and equipment partners.
• Prepares daily reports for both the transport and bed cleaning management.
• Interacts effectively with peers and customers and assumes responsibility for the professional development of self and others.
• Maintains relationships between agencies/departments for effective transport coordination.
• Assist in the development and implementation of processes and policies and collects and tracks data on volumes.
• Assists in training other staff members performing this role and others involved in the process.
• Develops, implements and maintains effective and professional office practices and procedures.
• Uses computer assisted dispatching software, computer-based radios and other programs to coordinate patient transports.
• Adjusts staffing numbers based on department needs.
• Other duties as assigned.

Knowledge & Skills

• Ability to work independently and remotely by managing priorities efficiently and deliver results.
• Ability to work in a fast paced environment juggling multiple priorities and projects.
• Ability to interpret data from software reports.
• Knowledge of prior authorization process.
• Knowledge of medical terminology.

Physical Requirements

• Ability to communicate clearly via phone, online, and text as regularly required to talk and hear.
• Ability to walk and climb stairs frequently.
• Ability to operate standard office software and equipment such as computer, phone, copier/printer, online fax, and Microsoft Office.

Minimum Qualifications

• High school graduate or GED
• Must be able to hear, comprehend and follow directions, and must be able to speak, read and write in the English language.
• Must be able to move and navigate throughout the hospital floors as needed.
• Must be able to accurately record information provided by software and write legibly.
• Two years of customer service experience
• One year of previous dispatch or transport coordination experience.

Allegiance is an EEO employer as defined by the EEOC.