Surgery Scheduling Associate (SEIU)
Adventist Health•San Luis Obispo, CA
•Onsite
About The Position
Coordinates operative procedure scheduling. Serves as a liaison between physicians, physician offices, other departments and personnel to utilize surgical facilities efficiently. This position is represented by SEIU.
Requirements
- High School Education/GED or equivalent
- Associate’s/Technical Degree or equivalent combination of education/related experience
- Computer and office-equipment knowledge
Responsibilities
- Schedules patients for surgery and completes appropriate paperwork for surgery facilities.
- Verifies patient insurance coverage, determines whether surgical referrals or authorizations are needed and begins necessary processes.
- Answers phone calls, takes referrals, receives messages and transfers calls, as appropriate.
- Faxes medication lists to doctors and performs other faxing, as necessary.
- Files, photocopies and scans client records.
- Assesses operating room, staff, equipment and instrument availability before scheduling cases.
- Ensures computer and office-equipment knowledge are maintained up to date.
- Prepares daily reports and generates monthly statistical reports, in adherence with established procedures.
- Schedules daily operating room (OR) use.
- Schedules call sheets for appropriate areas and prepares pre-admission visit schedules.
- Provides daily operating room schedules, call sheets and pre-admission visit schedules.
- Works with appropriate departments to ensure accurate and timely information for patient billing.
- Performs other job-related duties as assigned.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
Associate degree
Number of Employees
5,001-10,000 employees
