Scheduling Coordinator

BHS•Lexington, KY

About The Position

Baptist Health Medical Group is looking for a Scheduling Coordinator to join their Lexington Orthopedics Practice! Job Summary: Scheduling Coordinator will schedule appointments, diagnostic tests/procedures and surgeries. These may include, but are not limited to: follow up appointments, surgeries / procedures, colonoscopy appointments, physician consultations, and post op appointments. The Scheduling Specialist will obtain all precertifications and referrals needed, as well as processing required documentation, medical records, forms and Kasper Reports. Specific offices may require the Scheduling Specialist to maintain hospital cards and transmit to appropriate staff and facilities. This position may be responsible for providing back-up for the front office or the medical assistant. This position may also be responsible for verifying accuracy of the provider’s schedule in the electronic scheduling software. If you would like to be part of a growing family focused on supporting clinical excellence, teamwork and innovation, we urge you to apply now! Baptist Health is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. Founded in 1924 in Louisville, Kentucky, Baptist Health is a full-spectrum health system dedicated to improving the health of the communities it serves. The Baptist Health family consists of 10 hospitals, employed and independent physicians, and more than 470 points of care, including outpatient facilities, physician practices and services, urgent care clinics, outpatient diagnostic and surgery centers, home care, fitness centers, and occupational medicine and physical therapy clinics. Baptist Health’s eight owned hospitals include more than 2,300 licensed beds in Corbin, Elizabethtown, La Grange, Lexington, Louisville, Paducah, Richmond and New Albany, Indiana. Baptist Health also operates two joint venture hospitals: the 410-bed Baptist Health Deaconess Madisonville in Madisonville, Kentucky with Deaconess Health System based in Evansville, Indiana, and the Baptist Health Rehabilitation Hospital, a 40-bed inpatient rehabilitation facility with Encompass Health, based in Birmingham, Alabama. Baptist Health employs more than 24,000 people in Kentucky and surrounding states. Baptist Health is the first health system in the U.S. to have all of its hospitals recognized by the American Nursing Credentialing Center with either a Magnet® or Pathway to Excellence® designation for nursing excellence. Baptist Health’s employed provider network, Baptist Health Medical Group, has more than 1,820 employed providers offering care in 78 specialties, including approximately 862 physicians and 958 advanced practice clinicians. Baptist Health’s physician network also includes more than 2,000 independent physicians. Baptist Health is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer, and seeks to employ individuals without regard to race, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, marital status, citizenship status, military status, religious or political beliefs, protected veteran status, employment status or any other protected class identified in any federal, state, or local law. Baptist Health specifically encourages minority, female, disabled, veteran and other candidates from diverse backgrounds to apply and strengthen our team. Please note that Baptist Health is a drug-free workplace and employment with Baptist Health is subject to post offer, pre-employment drug testing. Persons with hearing and speech impairments can contact Baptist Health facilities by using the Kentucky Relay Service, a toll-free telecommunication device for the deaf (TDD). For voice to TDD, call 800.648.6057. For TDD to voice, call 800.648.6056.

Requirements

High school diploma or equivalent preferred
One to Five years’ experience in medical field; preferably in a Specialty physician office setting.
Previous medical assistant experience preferable.

Responsibilities

Scheduling appointments, diagnostic tests/procedures and surgeries.
Obtaining all precertifications and referrals needed
Processing required documentation, medical records, forms and Kasper Reports.
Maintaining hospital cards and transmit to appropriate staff and facilities.
Providing back-up for the front office or the medical assistant.
Verifying accuracy of the provider’s schedule in the electronic scheduling software.