Mobile Integrated Health Technician

Summary/objective: Specialized clinician focused on providing support to patients in their homes including treatments, assessments, and facilitating continuity of care by interacting with other members of their interdisciplinary care team. A strong emphasis is placed on high clinical proficiency and leveraging technology to deliver alternative care models. The role will be expected to engage in on-the-job training and additional training as needed including clinical skills, patient technology kits, documentation, and communication platforms. This role will be an integral part of the patient’s care team and will support Emergent Health Partners’ Mobile Integrated Health division.

Responsibilities: This job description is intended to provide a general description and is not intended to be an all-inclusive list of duties. Duties are subject to change.

Essential duties: 

o   Function in non-traditional settings with a focus on patients receiving acute in-patient level clinical care.

o   Work as an extension of virtual care teams under their direction as it relates to patient care and coordination of care.

o   Conduct environmental assessments in support of the patient's plan of care; identify and report items/actions that contradict the plan of care.

o   Provide disease-specific education to the patient and/or caregivers in verbal and written formats.

o   Regularly communicate with multiple agencies and other members of the Emergent Mobile Integrated Health team to facilitate continuity of care objectives, ensuring the patient is receiving all available services and proper follow-up. Examples include physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, hospital case managers, social services, area council on aging, and other community service organizations.

o   Basic life support, including CPR, airway, suction, oxygen application, bleeding control, splinting, bandaging, etc.

o   Advanced life support, including ACLS, intubation, med. administration, IV skills, arrhythmia recognition, equipment operation, etc.

o   Performs all job duties and responsibilities as described for Paramedic.

o   Examines, screens, treats, and coordinates health services for patients.

o   Conducts post-hospital release follow-up care including, but not limited to monitoring medication, dressing changes, and checking vital signs.

o   Observes, records, and reports to physician patient’s conditions and reactions to drugs, treatments, and significant incidents.

o   Conducts patient education, including diabetes prevention/treatment, hypertension, congestive heart failure (CHF), chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), falls assessments, injury evaluation, geriatric frailty visits, and nutrition.

o   Administers patient care consistent with department protocols and physician orders.

o   Coordinates appointments and follow up with Physicians and hospitals.

o   Develops and completes appropriate reports and templates for the Community Paramedic Program.

Other duties: 

o   Attends meetings as requested.

o   Expected to protect the privacy of all patient information in accordance with the division’s privacy policies, procedures, and practices as required by federal and state law and in accordance with general principles of professionalism as a healthcare provider.

o   May access protected health information and other patient information only to the extent that is necessary to complete job duties. May only share such information with those who have a need to know specific patient information to complete their job responsibilities related to treatment, payment, or other company operations.

o   Encouraged and expected to report, without the threat of retaliation, any concerns regarding the company's policies and procedures on patient privacy and any observed practices in violation of that policy to the designated Compliance Officer.

o   Expected to actively participate in the company's privacy training and is required to communicate privacy policy information to coworkers, students, patients and others in accordance with company policy.

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Last updated on Aug 30, 2024