OR Booking Clerk

Northwell Health • Forest Hills, NY

7d • Onsite

About The Position

Performs a variety of clerical duties relating to surgical case scheduling in support of the Operating Room department.

Requirements

• High School Diploma or equivalent, required.
• Prior clerical experience, required.
• Data entry skills (80 keystrokes per minute), required.
• Capacity to learn medical terminology and demonstrate acceptable proficiency with mathematical computations.
• Ability to work under pressure.
• Effectively communicates and deals with departments and physician offices.

Nice To Haves

• Working knowledge of PC applications, preferred.

Responsibilities

• Receives telephone requests from Physicians, House Staff and Chief of Services to schedule surgeries.
• Reviews Operating Room (OR) schedule to determine available times.
• Schedules surgeries in accordance with established guidelines concerning length of procedure, conference schedules, staffing, anesthesiology, instrumentation, etc.
• Makes modifications to OR schedule
• Contacts Physicians, House Staff, Chiefs of Services and various departments to communicate of time changes, booking confirmations, etc.
• Maximizes OR utilization by communicating all available OR time slots to surgeons in an effort to maximize OR utilization.
• Prepares listing of next day surgical cases and forwards to Admitting Office to obtain patient room numbers.
• Posts room numbers on surgical schedule.
• Contacts Anesthesiology Department to obtain case assignments.
• Types and distributes next day OR schedule.
• Reviews OR circulating slips to determine length of procedure and verify information.
• Categorizes surgical procedures into established groups such as major vs minor, adult vspediatric, etc
• Compiles wound classification listing.
• Totals and posts daily case numbers to OR booking sheets.
• Reviews OR booking sheets to obtain statistical data (i.eprocedure, surgeon's name, type of surgery, etc.) and prepares various monthly reports.
• Maintains various records, such as cancellations, bumps, requests for time, unfilled block time, AM admits
• Types correspondence, records and reports, such as post-case data entry.
• Orders supplies and maintains stock levels, as required.
• Performs related duties, as required.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: High school or GED
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees