Perioperative Scheduling Associate OR Scheduling Office- Mount Sinai Hospital PER DIEM 3PM-11PM
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Job Location:
New York City, NY - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
17 hours ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
The (per diem) Utilization Review Specialist coordinates scheduling of all surgical/endoscopic hospital admissions pre-admission testing and operating room procedures. This individual seeks the assistance of the Nurse Manager in identifying cases which require pre admission screening or have questionable admission criteria.
Responsibilities
1. Produces an updated operating room schedule that reflects changes that are a result of calling each surgeon confirming their surgical reservations.
2. Schedules cancels rearranges and updates the OR schedule as necessary. Communicates this information to other areas that assist in facilitating the care of patients at Sinai for surgery.
3. Arranges for call team staff coverage for weekend/holiday emergencies procedures and surgeries.
4. Maintains statistics for surgical volume by accounting actual Operating room records.
5. Maintains a customer friendly environment assists physicians and/or office staff in arranging admission pre testing appointments and operating room time.
6. Coordinates scheduling of elective or urgent surgical admissions preadmission testing and operating room time.
7. Checks credentials system for physicians delineation of privileges for equipment and/or procedures according to medical board guidelines.
8. Verifies scheduled OR procedures with computerized scheduling system for appropriateness of procedures time allocated equipment conflicts and physicians privileges.
9. Collects patients demographic information into the hospital admission system arranging a pre-admission reservation notifying the necessary care center.
10. Arranges for pre-testing appointment if required.
11. Acts as resource to physician and/or staff concerning changing hospital policies.
12. Requests pre certification number on required procedures from physicians.
13. Rotates to OR scheduling Productions where the confirmation of all surgical procedures addition and cancellation to the 24 hour schedule arrangements are made.
Qualifications
- High School/GED Degree
- 1-2 years related healthcare administrative experience
Required Experience:
IC
Key Skills
- Customer Service
- Communication
- Fire And Safety Engineering
- Key Account
- Market Intelligence
About Company
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