Medical Transition Specialist
Required skills
- High School Education
- pharmacy technician
- medical assistant
- patient care technician
- patient care coordinator
- clinic front desk associate
- nursing assistant
- home health aide
- healthcare experience
- medical experience
Nice to have
- retail pharmacy
Role summary
Patient Engagement Advisors (PEA) is seeking a full-time Transition Specialist to work onsite at AdventHealth Ocala. This role involves assisting patients in transitioning out of the hospital by scheduling follow-up appointments and transportation, delivering medications, helping with medication affordability, coordinating meal delivery, and connecting patients with community resources. The position requires a High School Education and either 6 months of pharmacy technician experience or 1 year of various patient care or healthcare experience. The role involves significant standing, walking, and climbing stairs for 8-10 hours daily, Monday-Friday with weekend rotation as needed.
Schedule: Monday - Friday 9:00 AM - 5:30 PM with weekend rotation, as needed, onsite at AdventHealth Ocala
Job Details:
As a Transition Specialist, your role is to set patients up for success to transition out of the hospital into their next stage of care.
Here are some of the tasks you will perform to assist in this transition:
- Schedule patient’s follow-up appointments
- Schedule patient’s transportation as needed
- Deliver discharge prescription medications to patient’s bedside
- Assist patients with medication affordability
- Coordinate home meal delivery service for patients
- Connect patients to community resources as needed
Why do Transition Specialists love their job?
- You are the “sigh of relief” for patients as they transition out of the hospital
- Most of your day is spent interacting face-to-face with patients
- You work collaboratively as a critical part of the clinical care team
- PEA offers unique career path options that allow Transition Specialists to grow and develop
Requirements:
- High School Education or equivalent required
- 6 months pharmacy technician (retail preferred) OR 1-year medical assistant / patient care technician / patient care coordinator / clinic front desk associate / nursing assistant / home health aide / other healthcare or medical experience required
- Other related healthcare, hospital, or medical experience will be considered
- Ability to report to work onsite as scheduled; ability to be on feet – standing, walking, and/or climbing stairs 8-10 hours daily
- Ability to receive required vaccinations (as required by PEA or hospital) unless approved for exemption
About PEA:
At Patient Engagement Advisors we’re changing the way health care is delivered – one patient engagement at a time. If the opportunity to participate in influencing the future of healthcare captures your imagination, we would like to hear from you!
Come join our growing team where we empower our team members to "know the patient" ultimately to improve the patient's experience and clinical outcome.
PEA Honors and Awards:
Recognized three years in a row as one of the fastest growing companies in America by Inc. Magazine.
Awarded by The American Business Awards for technology innovation
Recognized in “Most Innovative Companies to Watch” by Silicon Review
Competitive salary and benefits (including Health, Dental, and Vision Insurance, Paid Time Off, 401k, Flex Spending Account, and more)
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