Intake Specialist - Part time (benefits eligible!)
Boost your chances before you apply.
Home Health & Hospice Care
Merrimack, NH, US
Summary
The Intake Support Specialist manages incoming patient referrals and coordinates the intake process for home health and hospice services. This role involves verifying insurance benefits, maintaining patient records in the EMR, and collaborating with care teams to ensure timely start of care.
Job Description
24 hours per week: Friday, Saturday and Sunday, 8:00am - 4:30pm
Who We Are:
Home Health & Hospice Care is where purpose-driven clinicians and caregivers come to do the work they were meant to do. As a locally rooted nonprofit serving southern New Hampshire since 1883, we offer a supportive, mission focused environment where you can provide meaningful 1:1 care, build real connections with patients and families, and enjoy true work–life balance. With small territories, strong team support, and the autonomy to practice at the top of your skills, you’ll spend less time in your car and more time making a difference. Here, your voice matters, your growth is supported, and your work has purpose every single day.
About the Job:
The Intake Support Specialist plays a critical role in coordinating patient referrals and ensuring a smooth intake process for home health and hospice services. This position serves as a key point of contact for referral sources, patients, and internal teams, ensuring accurate information, timely processing, and excellent customer service.
What You’ll Do:
- Manage incoming referrals and ensure accurate, timely processing
- Educate callers on agency services and connect them to appropriate resources
- Verify insurance benefits, authorizations, and payer requirements
- Create and maintain patient records in the EMR system
- Identify missing documentation and follow up with referral sources
- Collaborate with care teams, liaisons, and departments to coordinate admissions
- Route referrals appropriately to support timely start of care
- Deliver exceptional customer service to internal and external partners
- Maintain productivity standards and contribute to a team-oriented environment
Who You Are:
- Detail-oriented with strong organizational and critical thinking skills
- Effective communicator (written and verbal) with a customer-first mindset
- Collaborative team player with a positive, solution-focused attitude
- Comfortable managing multiple tasks in a fast-paced environment
- High school diploma required
- Meets background check requirements
Preferred:
- Current RN with the New Hampshire Board of Nursing
- Minimum of two year experience in medical/surgical nursing
- Minimum of one year experience in medical coding and third-party payer authorizations
- ASN or BSN degree
- Knowledge of Epic EMR
Why You’ll Love Us:
- Health, dental, prescription, and vision coverage for full-time & part-time employees
• Short-term, long-term disability, life & pet insurance
• Tuition reimbursement & Nursing Student Loan Paydown Program
• 403(b) Retirement savings plans
• Continuous earned time accrual
We value diversity — in backgrounds and in experiences. Healthcare is a universal concern, and we need people from all backgrounds and swaths of life to help build the future of healthcare.
We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, disability status, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
Home Health & Hospice Care is your trusted local expert, offering home health care, advanced illness management, private duty services, and hospice care. Since 1883 we have been providing high quality, state of the art health care services to address the diverse needs of the community. Home Health & Hospice Care supports community residents from birth through end of life.
We are your partner in life’s journey.
Founded
1883
Company size
201-500 employees
Industry
Hospitals and Health Care
Org type
Nonprofit
Headquarters
Merrimack, NH
Home Health & Hospice Care is your trusted local expert, offering home health care, advanced illness management, private duty services, and hospice care. Since 1883 we have been providing high quality, state of the art health care services to address the diverse needs of the community. Home Health & Hospice Care supports community residents from birth through end of life.
We are your partner in life’s journey.
Founded
1883
Company size
201-500 employees
Industry
Hospitals and Health Care
Org type
Nonprofit
Headquarters
Merrimack, NH