Healthcare Transportation Coordinator

Job Description

Job Description

Behind every successful resident appointment, discharge, dialysis trip, and hospital transfer is someone making sure every detail runs smoothly. We’re looking for a highly organized, detail-oriented Healthcare Transportation Coordinator to join our team in Lakewood, NJ and help keep our residents moving safely, efficiently, and on time.

This is a great opportunity for someone with experience in healthcare transportation, skilled nursing, dispatching, or medical scheduling who enjoys problem-solving, multitasking, and being the person who keeps operations running seamlessly.

Benefits of Healthcare Transportation Coordinator

• Competitive compensation

• PTO, excellent benefits package

• Supportive team environment

• Career growth opportunities

• Stable, growing healthcare organization

• Meaningful work that impacts residents every day

• Coordinate and schedule transportation for resident appointments, hospital visits, dialysis, admissions, discharges, and other approved trips

• Review transportation requests to ensure all required details are complete and accurate

• Manage daily and weekly driver schedules while adjusting for last-minute changes

• Coordinate with outside transportation vendors regarding availability, pickups, cancellations, and schedule updates

• Determine whether trips should be assigned internally or outsourced based on timing, transport level, and operational needs

• Track completed, canceled, rescheduled, and missed transports

• Review trip sheets, transportation logs, and vendor invoices for accuracy

• Assist with transportation billing review and documentation follow-up

• Identify billing discrepancies, duplicate charges, and questionable invoices before approval

• Maintain organized transportation records and prepare reports as needed

• Help monitor transportation costs and identify opportunities to reduce unnecessary expenses

• Troubleshoot transportation issues including delays, missed pickups, and scheduling conflicts

• Previous experience in transportation scheduling, dispatching, healthcare coordination, skilled nursing, or medical transportation required

• Strong organizational and multitasking abilities

• Excellent communication and follow-up skills

• Ability to work in a fast-paced healthcare environment

• Strong attention to detail and accuracy

• Experience reviewing invoices, logs, billing records, or transportation documentation preferred

• Comfortable handling schedule changes and urgent requests professionally and efficiently

If you thrive in a coordination-focused role and enjoy keeping moving parts organized and efficient, we’d love to meet you.

Accela Healthcare is an equal opportunity employer.