Intake Coordinator

New England Life Care (NELC) is one of the fastest growing home infusion therapy companies in New England and is the region’s only non-profit home infusion provider. NELC is a hospital collaborative serving more than 70 hospital systems in Maine, New Hampshire, and Massachusetts. NELC was created by local hospitals to ensure their patients have access to a provider that reflects their commitment to excellence in patient care, quality, and service. Like our owner hospitals, NELC provides patient focused care.

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New England Life Care currently has an Intake Coordinator opening in Scarborough, Maine. This is a salaried, exempt position. The ideal candidate for this position has excellent interpersonal skills, communicates well, stays organized, and can work independently to accomplish their daily tasks.

Summary:

The is an entry level position, with responsibility for comprehensive coordination of care for NELC patients receiving home infusion therapy. This position will have a Sr. Intake Coordinator designated as an official mentor/buddy during the 180-day probationary period.

Career Ladders: NELC’s Intake Department offers career ladders to intake Coordinators. Candidates who achieve excellent performance in their job duties, who demonstrate a commitment to personal development, participation in department and company strategic programs and projects, who develop superior working relationships inside and outside the department and who show a commitment to the success of the department are eligible for promotion to the following positions:

• Intake Coordinator – represents an entry level position in the department. Candidates who meet defined goals, objectives and accomplishments can generally expect to be promoted in 2 years to:
• Senior Intake Coordinator – Candidates who meet defined goals, objectives, and accomplishments and who demonstrate engagement and ownership of departmental and organization activities would generally expect to be promoted in 2-5 years to:
• Lead Intake Coordinator – Candidates who are part of the department leadership team and who have responsibility for advanced departmental, company and member hospital engagement.

Benefits:

• Health Insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• Generous employer-matched 403(b) savings program
• Company paid: Life insurance, Short- and long-term disability insurance
• Generous Paid Time Off
• And much more

Primary Responsibilities:

• Accurately compiles the initial Patient Profile for each therapy and distributes it to the appropriate members of the healthcare team for processing
• Responsible for answering all incoming phones for Intake Workgroup and ensuring all calls are documented in an email to appropriate staff and documenting in patient file where appropriate.
• Communicates effectively with pharmacy, reimbursement, materials management and delivery staff regarding new referrals and ongoing patient issues. All communication will be clearly documented in patient file.
• Works collaboratively with the Liaison/Care Coordination team to ensure efficient discharge
• Effectively communicates patient requirements and changes in patient status to appropriate members of infusion and reimbursement teams as well as the internal/external Nursing staff involved in meeting the patient’s home health needs.
• Comprehensively documents all patient related information / conversations in patient’s clinical record as updates are presented to Intake staff.
• Communicates all changes in patient supply requirements to Pharmacy and Patient Service Representative (PSR) for any active patient resuming therapy.
• Responsible for documenting and processing the requested delivery through SOP S015 – (Time Commitment Process).
• Responsible for updating any errors in patient file that is presented through daily reports (i.e., updating Referral sources; updating Access, etc.)
• Adheres to NELC Professional appearance standards

Requirements:

• Associate of Arts degree preferred.
• Previous medical office experience a plus
• Medical terminology knowledge preferred.

Preferred Skills

• Good Communication skills both verbally and written.
• Good organizational skills required.
• Good customer service skills required
• Attention to detail required.
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Power Point, Outlook) required
• Positive, team player a must.

EOE