Scheduler Surgery Full Time Days

Description

Desert Regional Medical Center is a 385-bed acute-care hospital classified as a stroke receiving center and level I trauma facility with an innovative, patient centered and evidence-based Rehabilitation Services Department. Our compassionate team provides a wide range of inpatient and outpatient services, including acute care rehabilitation, joint replacement & spinal surgery, neurosurgery, ICU, Telemetry, step-down care, skilled nursing, as well as outpatient therapy, hand and lymphedema clinics.

GENERAL DUTIES:

The OI Surgery Scheduler schedules OI surgeries, schedules implant vendors and supplies, obtains authorizations for surgeries, coordinates surgery-specific activities with DRMC and El Mirador’s Operating Rooms, and schedules pre-operative and first post-operative visit for most case

Shift: Days

Hours:

2503007820

DEPARTMENT SPECIFIC DUTIES: 

1. Uses proper channels of communication
2. Demonstrates courteous and effective telephone protocol
3. Reports significant data accurately and timely
4. Relays messages promptly and accurately
5. Communicates effectively with physicians, team leader and staff
6. Work with medical staff in updating privileges and managing Block Time utilization
7. Follows DRMC service standards and ICON practice standards
8. Helps Medical Assistants, when time permits in clinic
9. Rooms patients and schedules patients as needed
10. Competency to schedule surgeries.
11. Demonstrates knowledge of medical terminology
12. Prevents scheduling conflicts
13. Obtains surgery authorization from insurance companies in a timely manner
14. Performs timely and accurate scheduling of elective, urgent and emergent cases
15. Obtains & Assigns surgery time providing for efficient use of the O.R.
16. Communicates equipment/special order supplies
17. Follows departmental guidelines and protocols
18. Follows procedure for making changes in the schedule
19. Notifies appropriate personnel of add-ons & emergencies
20. Distributes weekly surgery schedule to OI physicians
21. Updates daily schedules as necessary
22. Competency to assist with other Back Office activities
23. Handles and/or prepares outgoing referrals for patients
24. Triages patient telephone calls, resolves issues and/or relays messages to appropriate provider in a timely manner
25. Correct errors in a timely manner
26. Completes paper work requested by the State (i.e. disability forms) or insurance companies regarding patients, as needed
27. Handles prescription refills and requests, as needed
28. Performs other duties, as assigned

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or GED
• Two to five (2-5) years medical experience as unit secretary and/or medical office.
• Typing, computer systems, fax machine, copier experience
• Understands medical terminology and has command of the English language.
• Excellent communication skills, written and verbal in English

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