Surgery Scheduler (Lead) Palmdale CA

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Job Location:

Palmdale, CA - USA

Yearly Salary: USD 80000 - 90000

Posted on: Yesterday

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Surgery Scheduler (Lead) Palmdale CA (1 hr N of LA)
We are seeking an experienced Lead Surgery Scheduling to oversee and optimize surgical scheduling operations for neurosurgeons across multiple hospitals and a surgery center in Palmdale CA. This role requires a highly organized detail-driven professional with strong leadership capabilities and a proven track record managing operating room block time pre-operative clearances and surgical case coordination.
The Surgery Scheduling Lead will serve as the operational point person for neurosurgery scheduling supervising a team of schedulers reducing cancellations and ensuring efficient utilization of OR resources. Ideally the incoming scheduler has familiarity with multi-facility surgical operations.
About us:
We use the latest techniques and technologies to deliver the safest and most advanced surgical options to treat many types of neurological injuries and pathologies. We are team comprised of Spine fellowship trained board-certified neurosurgeons in complex and minimally invasive spinal surgery pain management and physical medicine and rehabilitation physicians and we collaborate to provide the most comprehensive care for our patients that we can possibly offer. Our mission is to deliver compassionate high-quality care that is evidence based and patient centered.
Responsibilities:

Lead and manage surgical scheduling for five neurosurgeons across four hospitals and one surgery center
Coordinate OR block time utilization add-on cases and release unused blocks in accordance with facility policies
Schedule inpatient and outpatient neurosurgical cases with accuracy and timeliness
Serve as primary liaison between surgeons hospitals surgery centers anesthesia and clinic staff
Oversee tracking and completion of all required pre-operative testing and medical clearances (PCP cardiology labs imaging etc.)
Implement controls to ensure cases are OR-ready prior to surgery date
Proactively identify and resolve clearance delays to prevent cancellations
Supervise and support a surgery scheduling team
Assign workloads monitor performance and provide coaching and process guidance
Standardize workflows checklists and escalation protocols
Monitor cancellation rates late starts and block utilization metrics
Identify root causes of scheduling failures and implement corrective actions
Maintain compliance with facility policies payer authorization requirements and internal procedures
Ensure accurate documentation within the EMR and hospital scheduling systems
Maintain audit-ready scheduling records and reports
Collaborate with billing authorizations and clinical teams to ensure downstream workflow accuracy

Required Qualifications

Minimum 3 years of experience in surgery scheduling (neurosurgery orthopedic spine or other complex surgical specialty strongly preferred)
Experience coordinating cases across multiple hospitals or surgery centers
Prior experience in a lead senior or supervisory scheduling role preferred
Strong knowledge of OR block time management pre-operative clearance workflows and surgical authorizations and payer requirements
Proficiency with EMR and hospital scheduling systems (e.g. eClinicalWorks Epic Cerner Meditech or similar)
Experience reducing surgical cancellation rates and improving OR utilization

Salary (range):

$70k-$75k (depending on experience)(depending on experience)

Benefits:

Health insurance
Paid vacation/PTO
Retirement benefits

We are looking for a Lead Surgical Scheduler who has great attention to detail has strong verbal and written communication skills someone who has substantial experience working with scheduling. We have a great work environment with a welcoming and support team. If this sounds like the job opportunity for you then please contact us.
HCRC Staffing

Required Experience:

Junior IC

Surgery Scheduler (Lead) Palmdale CA (1 hr N of LA)We are seeking an experienced Lead Surgery Scheduling to oversee and optimize surgical scheduling operations for neurosurgeons across multiple hospitals and a surgery center in Palmdale CA. This role requires a highly organized detail-driven profess...

Lead and manage surgical scheduling for five neurosurgeons across four hospitals and one surgery center
Coordinate OR block time utilization add-on cases and release unused blocks in accordance with facility policies
Schedule inpatient and outpatient neurosurgical cases with accuracy and timeliness
Serve as primary liaison between surgeons hospitals surgery centers anesthesia and clinic staff
Oversee tracking and completion of all required pre-operative testing and medical clearances (PCP cardiology labs imaging etc.)
Implement controls to ensure cases are OR-ready prior to surgery date
Proactively identify and resolve clearance delays to prevent cancellations
Supervise and support a surgery scheduling team
Assign workloads monitor performance and provide coaching and process guidance
Standardize workflows checklists and escalation protocols
Monitor cancellation rates late starts and block utilization metrics
Identify root causes of scheduling failures and implement corrective actions
Maintain compliance with facility policies payer authorization requirements and internal procedures
Ensure accurate documentation within the EMR and hospital scheduling systems
Maintain audit-ready scheduling records and reports
Collaborate with billing authorizations and clinical teams to ensure downstream workflow accuracy

Required Qualifications

Minimum 3 years of experience in surgery scheduling (neurosurgery orthopedic spine or other complex surgical specialty strongly preferred)
Experience coordinating cases across multiple hospitals or surgery centers
Prior experience in a lead senior or supervisory scheduling role preferred
Strong knowledge of OR block time management pre-operative clearance workflows and surgical authorizations and payer requirements
Proficiency with EMR and hospital scheduling systems (e.g. eClinicalWorks Epic Cerner Meditech or similar)
Experience reducing surgical cancellation rates and improving OR utilization