Remote Medical Patient Advocate & Care Coordinator

Remote Medical Inc.; North Providence (RI); On-site; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Remote Medical Inc. in Rhode Island is seeking a Healthcare Liaison to manage access to local medical care and support the Global Coordination Centre in security and payment receipt.

You will act as RMI representative for operational and pastoral requirements, coordinating patient care, translating local dialects to English, and liaising with treating physicians. This role requires bilingual communication, professional demeanor, and the ability to work across cultures in remote/international

Qualifications

• Excellent communication skills and professionalism.
• Bilingual - local language & dialect (as per area of operation), and English.
• Experience providing patient advocacy in remote/international areas, preferred.
• Demonstrated self-discipline.
• Ability to integrate into a cross-cultural social structure.

Responsibilities

• Remain available throughout agreed hours of coverage for contact by the GCC.
• Deploy to pre-defined medical facilities in area of operation to meet and greet RMI patient within 1 hour of notification from GCC (or any other agreed timeframes).
• Work in conjunction with the GCC to ensure that payment methods have been agreed with the receiving medical facility. Where applicable, act as a mediator between medical facility and GCC.
• Ensure swift access to care for RMI patients, responding to problems in a pragmatic and professional manner to resolve as quickly as possible.
• Provide translation from local dialect to English in both verbal and written forms and pass this on to the GCC.
• Deploy to medical facilities daily when a protracted in-patient stay occurs.
• Manage the welfare of patients through any admission to a medical facility, ensuring that the patient is comfortable, understands the treatment being provided and meet reasonable requests for support.
• Establish working relationships with treating physicians and where applicable speak directly with the treating medical team to acquire up to date information.
• Provide timely updates to the GCC on the status and proposed plans for the patient in both written and verbal forms.
• Always demonstrate a professional and calm persona, with a confident ability to liaise with client management as required.

Skills

Communication skills

Bilingual: local language & English

Patient advocacy experience

Self-discipline

Cross-cultural adaptability

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Remote Medical Inc. in Rhode Island is seeking a Healthcare Liaison to manage access to local medical care and support the Global Coordination Centre in security and payment receipt.

You will act as RMI representative for operational and pastoral requirements, coordinating patient care, translating local dialects to English, and liaising with treating physicians. This role requires bilingual communication, professional demeanor, and the ability to work across cultures in remote/international