part-time-patient-care-technician

Pay Rate: $24-$26/hour

SUMMARY

DispatchHealth seeks a dynamic individual to join an innovative and rapidly growing team. This person is responsible for facilitating the day-to-day operations of one to two office locations, containing approximately 8+ cars. This includes supporting the day-to-day operations, including but not limited to, scheduling, courier support, tech install and removal, kit building/cleaning, fleet, lab, supply chain mgmt., depot services, supporting the delivery of high-quality patient care both directly and indirectly.  Implementing policies and procedures as outlined by the Central Repository Guide.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES (Other duties may be assigned)

• Drive DispatchHealth branded vehicle to meet patients at their place of need and load/unload supplies for daily activities (averaging 6-8 visits per 12-hour shift as scheduled).

• Hold primary daily operational accountability for assigned DispatchHealth markets and vehicles. This includes driving clarity, consistency, and performance through a collaborative and engaging leadership style, aligning with internal stakeholders to achieve clinical and operational goals. Under direction of Area/ Regional Leadership.

• Provide on-call support to the regional operations team as needed.

• Responsible for equipment use, care, and allocation

• Restock and clean equipment at end of shift appropriately

• Other duties as assigned.

LAB

• Collaborate with the Central Services Lab team to ensure effective management and implementation of lab operations, competency training, temperature logs, recording of results, supplies, and maintenance of moderately complex certification standards within the market.

FLEET

• Oversee and maintain market fleet by coordinating with central fleet, including scheduling maintenance, car washes, coordinating repairs, and ensuring compliance with relevant regulations and standards.

SUPPLY CHAIN

• Manage the clinical office supplies inventory, including ordering, receiving, maintaining accurate counts, utilizing inventory software, auditing clinical kits for accuracy, managing lot numbers to prevent expiration, coordinating and completing annual physical inventory count, and managing product additions, removals, and conversions while ensuring compliance with Pegasus tracking system.

NON-ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Additional duties as assigned

QUALIFICATIONS

Education:

• High school diploma required

• MA or EMT certificate required

• BLS required

Preferred Qualifications:

• Degree from an accredited college or university

• Previous trainer or instructor experience

Experience:

• Minimum two (2) years patient facing experience

Other Requirements:

• Valid driver's license and clean driving record required

• May be required: TB, MMR, Varicella, Hep-B, and Influenza

• Ability to travel to other markets approximately 10% based on business needs

Skills/Abilities:

• Interpersonal skills: the ability to cultivate strong relationships

• Initiative and a sense of competitive drive, a "go-getter"

• Ability to stay focused on results despite changing conditions, comfort with ambiguity

• Strong operational, problem solving, and analytical skills and ability to operate independently

• Working knowledge of Excel and other Microsoft tools

• Demonstrated ability to provide effective coaching and leadership

• Demonstrated teaching and educational facilitation skills

• Ability to adhere to established standards for educational quality

• Familiarity with basic computer applications and functions

• Team-oriented and able to work effectively and efficiently with others

• Demonstrate strong customer service and communication skills, supported by strong technological skills.

• Build rapport and trust with patients and families. Communicate professionally and provide verbal clinical presentations/summaries.

• Work independently while following supervision and direction from the leaders to whom this role reports.

• Deliver care responsibly as part of a team, bringing flexibility and open-mindedness to the work.

• Adhere to all medical protocols, guidelines, and legal regulations

• Continuous learner with strong critical thinking skills

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

While performing the duties of this job, team members are regularly required to sit, stand, walk, reach with hands and arms, and to talk and hear. Team members may occasionally be required to climb or balance, stoop, kneel, or crouch. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

• Ability to drive and sit in a car for extended periods of time

• Ability to drive during the day and at night

• Ability to climb three flights of stairs while carrying equipment

• Ability to push, pull, and lift 50 pounds

• Visual ability to perform point-of-care testing, such as EKGs, blood draws, taking vital signs

• Ability to provide patient care in non-traditional or smaller spaces with limited room for movement

• Ability to hear with or without accommodation

WORK ENVIRONMENT

This is a field-based role requiring attendance in the market location before and after each shift to prepare for field visits and gather and restock supplies. Depending on the market territory, it may require travel to practice locations in other states.

The above describes the general content of and requirements for the performance of this position. It is not intended to be an all-inclusive statement of the position's duties, responsibilities, and requirements.

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER

DispatchHealth is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status.

Position Type: : Part Time

Work Place Type: : On-site

Category: : Medical Technicians