Respiratory Specialist - Home Medical Equipment Charlotte FT Days

Responsibilities

• Provides education for patients and caregivers, on safe and proper use of respiratory/sleep equipment and supplies, as well as coaching for adherence to therapy.
• Performs accurate, complete and timely documentation and coordination of orders in compliance with policy and procedures, Board of Pharmacy, Joint Commission and DMEPOS standards.
• Performs equipment maintenance, troubleshooting and cleaning, and coordinates equipment repair and follow up with vendor and patients/caregivers.
• Maintains knowledge and expertise of all HME equipment provided by Healthy@Home.
• Provides clinical training and orientation to respiratory care and sleep technologist regarding departmental policies, procedures and standards of practice in coordination with the Clinical Specialist.
• Works in coordination with intake specialist, schedulers, clinical specialist and HME managers to provide services for internal and external customers.
• Performs medical records research, gathers and reviews patient orders and documents from multiple EMR platforms.

Requirements

• Works in office, patient care areas and patient homes.
• Able to walk and stand to perform duties.
• Ability to lift 20-50 pounds.
• Ability to move patients of all age groups.
• Ability to drive to patients homes.

Qualifications

• Certified by the applicable state and National Board of Respiratory Care or be current applicable state State licensed as a Respiratory Therapist or RN with competencies in respiratory services (as defined by Home Infusion and Equipment) required.
• SC State License as a Respiratory Care Practitioner preferred.
• Bachelor's Degree preferred.
• Experience with HME preferred.
• Current drivers license required.
• Basic Life Support for Healthcare Provider (BLS HCP) from AHA required.