Scheduler - Home Health/Home Infusion

BrightSpring Health Services • New Hyde Park, NY

9d • Onsite

About The Position

The Scheduler coordinates and schedules Amerita and subcontracted agency nursing visits, approves submitted nursing documents, creates nursing delivery tickets, tracks Plans of Treatments, and manages subcontracted agency authorizations and invoices. The role works with field nurses, outside agencies, treating providers, Intake, Sales, Pharmacy, and internal partners to support patient visits and infusion care. This is an onsite position in New Hyde Park, New York, scheduled from 9:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., with occasional weekend work. The position has no supervisory responsibilities.

Amerita, an affiliate of BrightSpring Health Services, is a specialty infusion company that provides complex pharmaceutical products and clinical services to patients outside the hospital. Its stated vision is to combine the administrative efficiencies of a large organization with the flexibility, responsiveness, and entrepreneurial spirit of a local provider.

Requirements

• High school diploma, GED, or equivalent.
• Basic knowledge and experience in home care preferred.
• Good organizational and time management skills.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to perform work requiring constant sitting, standing, walking, reaching, and keyboard typing; occasional crouching, stooping, and bending; and pushing, pulling, lifting, and carrying 10–30 pounds.

Nice To Haves

• Basic knowledge and experience in home care.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate and track regularly scheduled Amerita nursing visits for field staff and AIS.
• Secure a Home Health agency for patient visits when an Amerita nurse is unable to provide nursing.
• Communicate patient demographics and current infusion orders to field nurses, and alert them to changes or updates to infusion orders.
• Communicate new patient assignments and primary nursing assignments from the Nurse Manager to field staff.
• Confirm that authorizations and reauthorizations for nursing visits are secured as needed.
• Provide infusion treatment plans to treating providers and maintain a communication log.
• Track outside agency visits by month.
• Contact outside agencies for nursing notes, statements, and invoices as needed.
• Maintain credentials and insurance document files for outside agencies.
• Collaborate with Intake, Sales, and Pharmacy staff to schedule visits and orders.
• Review and approve nursing notes in AlayaCare or applicable documentation software.
• Review and approve subcontract billing.
• Triage calls from patients, providers, and internal partners regarding scheduled nursing visits.
• Assign patient risk codes for all new patients.
• Assist the branch with weekend on-call duty.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision benefits.
• HSA and FSA savings accounts.
• Paid time off and holidays.
• 401(k) retirement plan with employer match.
• Tuition reimbursement.
• Company-paid life and AD&D insurance.
• Short-term and long-term disability coverage.
• Supplemental accident, critical illness, and hospital indemnity insurance.
• Employee discounts.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: High school or GED