Scheduler Lead

Lead scheduler serves as a team lead over the scheduling staff and general oversight of daily scheduling activities. As a lead this position they will coordinate assign and guides the work activities of other scheduling addition to lead duties this position is also responsible for performing patient scheduling.

• Alert the Manager to any barriers or conflicts with scheduling cases

• Acts as a liaison to assist with training education communication and problem solving

• Assist manager with staff scheduling when needed

• Maintain continuity while providing coverage for absences

• Assists with orientation for all new patient scheduling employees and other clinical staff who may need to learn scheduling functions

• Provide positive guidance training and monitoring of staff on processes of scheduling and other scheduling functions

• Monitor telephone statistics daily and intervene as needed to meet standards

• Acts as a liaison between manager scheduling staff and office schedulers

• Recommends and alerts manager on clinic related issues problem occurrences changes in activity etc.

• Acts as an excellent role model and customer service resources

• May contribute to peer review for performance evaluations

• In addition to performing lead worker duties employees in this title perform basic and complex scheduling duties included but not limited to:

• Scheduling of complex appointments that require coordination of multiple resources to complete the scheduling of surgical procedures and non-surgical procedures

• Completes or receives schedule requests and schedules appropriate resources.

• Revises schedules as cancellations and/or additions occur and communicates with the appropriate personnel

• Communicate effectively regarding actual and potential schedule changes to same day or next days schedule

• Uses multiple systems/applications to schedule surgeries procedures or appointments

• Uses knowledge and experience in scheduling to schedulers departments and scheduling offices in problem resolution

Required

• High School Diploma or equivalent

• One year of relevant experience in patient scheduling with multiple sites and services and multiple specialties.

Preferred

• Associates Degree in Business Administration

About Corewell Health

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