Surgery Scheduler
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Job Location:
Raleigh, WV - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
2 days ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
| Schedules all surgical gastroenterological (GI) and pain-management procedures and preoperative appointments | |||||||||
| Has good knowledge and understanding of the surgery schedule and the format utilized by the center | |||||||||
| Coordinates and schedules surgeries | |||||||||
| Ensures that the needed documentation is obtained from all patients | |||||||||
| Ensures that all patients receive needed information prior to surgery | |||||||||
| Interacts with patients physicians and other staff both within the ASC and at the Physician practice | |||||||||
| Works effectively with the Physician practice to manage the surgery schedule | |||||||||
| Provides accurate timely and responsive information to patients Physicians and other stake holders | |||||||||
| Coordinates processes and route all paperwork as required to meet physician and facility requirements | |||||||||
| Ensures efficient telephone communication | |||||||||
| Follows all written protocols and procedures of the ASC | |||||||||
| Updates and distributes the surgery schedule as needed | |||||||||
| Makes appointment reminder calls to patients as requested | |||||||||
| Answers questions and provide information to patients as it relates to surgery scheduling and documentation | |||||||||
| Requests patient records as required by the Physician | |||||||||
| Verbally delivers instructions to patients and families | |||||||||
| Performs all job functions in a HIPAA compliant manner | |||||||||
| Collects payments and deductibles as directed | |||||||||
| Processes payments in accordance with the ASCs | |||||||||
| Demonstrates courtesy and helpfulness toward patients and their families | |||||||||
| Attends all required education | |||||||||
| Regular and predictable attendance | |||||||||
| Performs other duties as assigned | |||||||||
| Cognitive Skills | |||||||||
| Exhibit mental alertness for quality decision making and exercising good judgment | |||||||||
| Ability to multi-task effectively efficiently accurately and with attention to details | |||||||||
| Ability to recognize/define problems collect data/facts draw valid conclusions and correct errors | |||||||||
| Ability to interpret instructions in a variety of forms and deal with abstract and concrete variables | |||||||||
| Communication | |||||||||
| Ability to effectively communicate patient care needs and significant information to healthcare team to | |||||||||
| promote continuity of patient care | |||||||||
| Ability to respond to questions and professionally interact verbally and/or written with managers co-workers | |||||||||
| patients and the general public | |||||||||
| Teamwork | |||||||||
| Work well with others be a team member | |||||||||
| Report observed or suspected safety violations hazards and policy/procedure non-compliance to Safety Officer | |||||||||
| or other designated person following the Chain of Command | |||||||||
| Participate in staff meetings in-services and continuing education as required | |||||||||
| MATHEMATICAL SKILLS: | |||||||||
| Ability to add subtract multiply and divide in all units of measure using whole numbers common fractions | |||||||||
| decimals and percentages | |||||||||
| LANGUAGE SKILLS: | |||||||||
| Ability to understand read write and speak English if bilingual Center bilingual language is required. Ability to read | |||||||||
| analyze and interpret general business periodicals professional journals technical procedures or governmental | |||||||||
| regulations. Ability to successfully write business correspondence. Ability to effectively present information | |||||||||
| respond to questions and professionally interact with healthcare team clients vendors and the general public. | |||||||||
| REASONING ABILITY: | |||||||||
| Demonstrates an ability to recognize and define problems collect data establish facts draw valid conclusions and | |||||||||
| correct errors. Ability to understand and interpret basic financial data. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions | |||||||||
| in a variety of forms and deal with abstract and concrete variables. | |||||||||
| PHYSICAL DEMANDS: | |||||||||
| Ability to stand and walk for 6-8 hours per day | |||||||||
| Ability to exert maximum muscle force to lift push pull or carry objects up to 50 pounds in weight | |||||||||
| Ability to use abdominal and lower back muscles to support part of the body repeatedly or continuously without | |||||||||
| giving out or fatiguing | |||||||||
| Ability to perform physical activities that require considerable use of your arms and legs and moving your whole | |||||||||
| body such as climbing lifting balancing walking stooping and handling of materials. | |||||||||
| Ability to position or transport patients prepare medical procedure rooms or set up patient care equipment | |||||||||
| Ability to keep your hand and arm steady while moving your arm or while holding your arm and hand in one position | |||||||||
| Ability to keep or regain your body balance and stay upright | |||||||||
| Ability to exert yourself physically over long periods of time without getting winded or out of breath | |||||||||
| Ability to quickly respond (with the hand finger or foot) to a signal (sound light picture) when it appears | |||||||||
| Specific vision abilities for close and distance vision color vision peripheral vision depth perception and ability to | |||||||||
| adjust focus | |||||||||
| WORK ENVIRONMENT: | |||||||||
| Days and hours of work may vary to meet patient needs | |||||||||
| The Center is a well-lit ventilated and climate controlled environment. The Center may require decreased lighting to | |||||||||
| meet patient care needs such as laser rooms and some OR/Procedure rooms | |||||||||
| Staff will work with medical and office equipment some of which will have moving parts | |||||||||
| Noise level is usually quiet to moderate | |||||||||
| Staff may have exposure to blood and other potentially infectious body fluids and materials or toxic chemicals and | |||||||||
| cleaning solutions | |||||||||
| The Center procedure rooms are often small and due to equipment may have little room to work around and may | |||||||||
| necessitate reaching pulling pushing | |||||||||
| Staff will work in close proximity to patients and co-workers | |||||||||
Key Skills
About Company
AMSURG is the nationally recognized leader in the strategic and operational management of surgery centers.
