Telehealth Technician

SilkRoad; Tupelo (MS); On-site; USD 36,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

STGi is seeking a Telehealth Technician to provide services at our Community Based Outpatient Clinic. The role involves delivering telehealth services and managing administrative and clinical interactions from patient and provider locations.

The position supports real-time telehealth visits, coordinates equipment, and ensures smooth workflow across facilities to maximize continuity of care.

Qualifications

• Experience with telehealth imaging and scheduling.
• Ability to document clinical information accurately in EMR.
• Strong patient and provider communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Perform telehealth imaging including tele-retinal screening and other telehealth imaging.
• Support telehealth visits by coordinating patient site clinical, business, scheduling and technical aspects.
• Document clinical information in electronic medical records daily with minimal errors.
• Coordinate to open telehealth patient rooms and prepare equipment for examinations and training.
• Facilitate telehealth modality access between facilities to ensure continuity of care.
• Schedule and coordinate telehealth services for inpatients and outpatients across facilities.

Skills

Telehealth imaging

Clinical coordination

EMR documentation

Patient communication

Training and education

Tools

EMR systems

Job description

JOB SUMMARY

STGi is currently seeking a Telehealth Technician to provide services at our Community Based Outpatient Clinic.

The general duty of the Telehealth Technician is to provide telehealth services as well as manage administrative and clinical interactions from the patient and provider location.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

• Performstelehealth imaging, including tele-retinal screening, tele-dermatology, tele-wound care imaging and other telehealth programming as technology becomes available, as identified and referred by the primary care provider, other providers, and the imager.

• Supports Primary TCT in Telehealth visits to carry out the following duties: responsible for the patient site clinical, business, scheduling and technical aspects for real-time telehealth applications, including, all specialty and primary care telehealth encounters (clinical video and imaging).

• Exercises judgment to perceive patient needs and evaluates clinical records to determine appropriateness of telehealth requests.

• Documents clinical information in electronic medical records daily, with minimal errors.

• Coordinates with Primary TCT to open the telehealth patient room, readies the equipment for the examination, training, education, access, and establishes the online, video conferencing or other connections. Creates the appropriate clinical and/or training setting/environment using interactive technology and is knowledgeable of adult learning using interactive technology and maximizing environments to support such activity.

• Coordinates information between facilities to expedite patient telehealth modality (SFT, VVC and CVT) to access, promote and ensure maximum continuity of care.

• Assists Primary TCT in scheduling, confirming and coordinating telehealth services of inpatients and outpatients to/from VISN to VISN, Facility to Facility, CBOC to CBOC etc., private facilities including nursing homes, hospitals and clinics.

• Stays in room and facilitates the interaction, if this is part of the protocol or as requested. Provides hands on assistance to the provider and patient as part of the encounter, training, or interaction as needed.

• Documents patient reminders, clinical reminders, clinical interaction and closes encounters, answering questions, and performing other duties as needed to ensure a beneficial visit, online activity and/ or training and support of the PACT team.

• Makes follow up visits.

• Performs a range of direct care duties that may include, but are not limited to such things as performing temperature, blood pressure, respiratory rate.

• Provides general clerical/administrative support coordination work for the facility.

• Other duties as assigned.