Durable Medical Equipment Technician
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Job Location:
Greensboro, NC - USA
Monthly Salary:
$ 21 - 32
Posted on:
15 hours ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Department:
Status:
Benefits Eligible:
Hours Per Week:
Schedule Details/Additional Information:
Travel is required to provide staffing coverage across multiple clinic locations within our market. Must have reliable transportation and a valid drivers license. Flexibility to adjust schedules based on clinic needs patient volume or staffing gaps is required
Pay Range
$21.85 - $32.80Position Highlights:
- Location: Greensboro North Carolina
- Full Time
What We Offer:
- Day 1 Health Coverage: Choose from either copay or HSA-eligible health insurance options with coverage starting on your first day of work.
- Generous PTO: Accrual starts at up to 25 days/year to be used for vacations sickness holidays and personal matters.
- Parental Benefits: Six weeks paid birthing-mother maternity leave & four weeks paid parental leave for non-birthing parents.
- Retirement: Up to 7% employer-paid retirement contributions
- Education Reimbursement: We invest in your professional growth offering up to $2500 per year towards a bachelors degree and up to $5000 per year towards a graduate degree.
What Youll Need:
- High school diploma or GED equivalent.
- Previous medical experience in cast and splint application and removal preferred.
What Youll Do:
Fit and educate patients on orthopedic devices and DME per provider orders ensuring proper sizing comfort and understanding of usage care and expected outcomes.
Apply and remove casts and splints as directed by providers while maintaining cast room readiness and ensuring adequate inventory of supplies.
Leverage Epic and third-party DME software (e.g. MotionMD) to manage daily operations verify benefits initiate pre-authorizations and collect patient financial responsibilities.
Document all services and measurements including payer-required forms (e.g. ABNs FRNs) to ensure compliance with billing and insurance regulations.
Support inventory management and audit activities in collaboration with the DME Coordinator and promptly report equipment issues or shortages to leadership.
Build and maintain collaborative relationships with patients providers clinical staff vendors and suppliers to ensure seamless and high-quality care delivery.
Ensure timely and accurate documentation in alignment with clinical operational and regulatory standards.
Perform additional duties as assigned to support the efficient operation of orthopedic and DME services adapting to evolving patient and departmental needs.
Must be able to demonstrate knowledge and skills necessary to provide care appropriate to the age of the patients served. Must demonstrate knowledge of the principles of growth and development over the life span and possess the ability to assess data reflective of the patients status and interpret the appropriate information needed to identify each patients requirements relative to his/her age-specific needs and to provide the care needed as described in the departments policies and procedures. Age-specific information is developed further in the departmental job standards.
Skills/Qualifications:
- The role requires knowledge of orthopedic bracing DME billing and safety standards along with proficiency in fitting devices and using Epic and third-party software. Strong communication skills and the ability to follow standardized practices and maintain accurate documentation are essential. Physical capability to perform hands-on tasks and travel between locations is expected. Collaboration with clinical teams providers and vendors is key to delivering seamless care.
Our CommitmenttoYou:
Advocate Health offers a comprehensive suite of Total Rewards: benefits and well-being programs competitive compensation generous retirement offerings programs that invest in your career development and so much more so you can live fully at and away from work including:
Compensation
- Base compensation listed within the listed pay range based on factors such as qualifications skills relevant experience and/or training
- Premium pay such as shift on call and more based on a teammates job
- Incentive pay for select positions
- Opportunity for annual increases based on performance
Benefits and more
- Paid Time Off programs
- Health and welfare benefits such as medical dental vision life andShort- and Long-Term Disability
- Flexible Spending Accounts for eligible health care and dependent care expenses
- Family benefits such as adoption assistance and paid parental leave
- Defined contribution retirement plans with employer match and other financial wellness programs
- Educational Assistance Program
About Advocate Health
Advocate Health is the third-largest nonprofit integrated health system in the United States created from the combination of Advocate Aurora Health and Atrium Health. Providing care under the names Advocate Health Care in Illinois; Atrium Health in the Carolinas Georgia and Alabama; and Aurora Health Care in Wisconsin Advocate Health is a national leader in clinical innovation health outcomes consumer experience and value-based care. Headquartered in Charlotte North Carolina Advocate Health services nearly 6 million patients and is engaged in hundreds of clinical trials and research studies with Wake Forest University School of Medicine serving as the academic core of the enterprise. It is nationally recognized for its expertise in cardiology neurosciences oncology pediatrics and rehabilitation as well as organ transplants burn treatments and specialized musculoskeletal programs. Advocate Health employs 155000 teammates across 69 hospitals and over 1000 care locations and offers one of the nations largest graduate medical education programs with over 2000 residents and fellows across more than 200 programs. Committed to providing equitable care for all Advocate Health provides more than $6 billion in annual community benefits.
Required Experience:
IC
Key Skills
- Hand Tools
- caterpillar
- Computer Operation
- Industrial Equipment
- Industrial Maintenance
- Mechanical Knowledge
- Schematics
- Maintenance
- Hydraulics
- Equipment Repair
- Programmable Logic Controllers
- Troubleshooting
About Company
Proudly serving Wisconsin with 18 hospitals, over 150 clinics and 70 pharmacies across 30 communities. Choose Aurora Health Care for you and your family.
