Job Description
Description Job description: The Surgery Scheduler coordinates all inpatient, outpatient and office-based procedures and arranges hospital coverage/rounding schedules. This position requires utilization of clinical knowledge to schedule and authorize appropriate procedures based on the providers’ orders.
Duties And Responsibilities - Coordinating schedules for physicians to ensure hospital procedures are adequately covered while maintaining a good workflow
- Ensure all consent forms are completed and signed prior to scheduling procedures
- Inform patients and family members about pre-op and post-op instructions
- Scheduling of hospital inpatient and outpatient procedures and in office surgical procedures
- Coordinating and scheduling anesthesia services
- Authorization of inpatient and outpatient procedures
- Answering a large volume of incoming calls and directing callers appropriately based on their needs and/or requests
- Regularly work the Surgery Scheduling Bucket
- Verifying patient demographic and PCP information and updating as needed
- Other duties as assigned
Requirements Qualifications - Experience with surgery authorization
- Professional and pleasant attitude
- Ability to solve problems, prioritize and multi-task in a deadline driven environment
- Ability to make independent decisions regarding matters of significance
- Work with little supervision
- Familiarity with cardiac procedures and tests preferred
- Able to work in a team environment and interact positively with team members
- Excellent interpersonal skills, with ability to interact effectively and work efficiently with people at all levels in an organization
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Knowledge of medical terminology
- Keenly attentive to detail
- Ability to keep sensitive information confidential
- High level of proficiency with PC based software programs
Education - High school diploma or equivalent
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