Hospital Liaison

Hospital Liaison

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.

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, 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 branch office manager.

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. Hours are subject to change based on branch needs and in agreement with employees.

This position has no supervisory role.

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.

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.

Some travel is required between the Elm Hill, Donnelson branch office and the downtown hospital location.

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.

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.

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