Dispatcher-Router Transportation Lead Non-Driving

At Owens & Minor, we are a critical part of the healthcare process. As a Fortune 500 company with 350+ facilities across the US and 22,000 teammates in over 90 countries, we provide integrated technologies, products and services across the full continuum of care. Customers—and their patients—are at the heart of what we do.

Our mission is to empower our customers to advance healthcare, and our success starts with our teammates. 

Owens & Minor teammate benefits include:

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance, available on first working day

• 401(k), eligibility after one year of service

• Employee stock purchase plan

• Tuition reimbursement

ABOUT THE COMPANY

Apria Healthcare’s mission is to improve the quality of life for our patients at home. We are looking for empathetic, thoughtful and compassionate people, to meet the needs of our patients.   Already an industry leader in healthcare services, we provide home respiratory services and select medical equipment to help our patients sleep better, breathe better, heal faster, and thrive longer.

$20.52-$30.09/HR

JOB SUMMARY

The Dispatcher-Router Transportation Lead will provide excellent customer service and product information, solutions and relevant details to patients and providers.  Most importantly, this position provides above and beyond communication with our patients so that they feel heard, understood, valued and more connected with Apria.  Key responsibilities for creating a positive, patient-centric environment include:

• Build customer loyalty and retention.
• Support our Field teams, Operations and Sales, by delivering timely feedback that empowers our teams to deliver exceptional patient experiences.
• Critically problem-solve common complaints by flagging trends and partnering cross-functionally to recommend and implement preventative measures.
• Proactively create a better patient experience.
• Be a champion of the employee experience and drive our unique company culture.
• Support the development and implementation of employee programs that nurture our company's core values to engage employees and create a positive culture.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Demonstrates professional etiquette and courtesy when interfacing with customers and technicians regarding issues that impact the delivery and ability to effectively route a work order to a technician. 
• Responsible for performing routing and dispatching activities. 
• Routes all same day deliveries according to Logistics policy and procedures. 
• Schedules and organizes daily deliveries and pick-ups for delivery employees according to geographic area and availability of delivery employees.
• Schedules additional deliveries as patient and referral requests are received.
• Responsible for monitoring a drivers’ progress and communications to and from patients and referrals regarding errors in addresses, time frames, and any other work order issues that negatively impact the routing of a delivery or missed time windows.  
• Participates in developmental tasks designed to build supervisory skills.
• May occasionally perform supervisor’s responsibilities if there is a temporary shortage of department supervision. 
• Updates ACIS and the Standard Route Maintenance when necessary.
• Reviews Logistics Reports to monitor inefficiencies and compliance of route order completion. 
• Coordinates with Division and Region management on all action plans that would ensure driver compliance with targeted financial objectives.
• Identifies, and places any new O2 patients on a recurring delivery cycle (minimum requirements: LOX-E2W, Cylinders-E3W). 
• Ensure patients do not suffer service failures and communicates with the branch staff the date of patient’s next delivery and cycle that patient is placed on if needed.
• Compiles data on delivery productivity, such as number of stops made and number of miles driven. 
• Assists delivery employees with special orders and equipment.  May assist delivery employees with the loading of trucks when necessary. 
• May Route and Dispatch for other locations if needed. 
• Performs other related duties as directed by supervisor.

• Performs other duties as required.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES

• N/A

MINIMUM REQUIRED QUALI