Scheduler Jobs

About The Position

Requirements

• Minimum of high school diploma
• Two (2) year prior experience working as surgical coordinator / scheduler in a hospital or ambulatory surgery center.
• Strong working knowledge of medical terminology
• Superior customer service, interpersonal and communication skills to tactfully interact with physicians, staff, visitors, patients and their family members.
• Highly organized with exceptional focus on details to ensure each surgery is accurately scheduled.
• Able to oversee a high volume of cases and schedules for multiple providers, and communicate with all team members in a clear and timely manner.

Nice To Haves

• Incumbent must be able to travel to multiple office locations if requested.

Responsibilities

• Schedule surgical procedures as directed by Physicians, ensure that all procedures are entered into physician’s schedule in the EMR. Make changes and updates as required.
• Ensure that physicians, and other stakeholders, are promptly notified informed of any changes, problems or cancellations related to any surgery.
• Verify patient insurance eligibility and obtain both insurance and PCP referrals.
• Schedule all required pre-operative clearance appointments with other physicians in a timely manner.
• Communicate with patients either in person or by phone, providing all pre-operative information and instructions in a clear and timely manner.
• Prepare surgical paperwork promptly, and ensure paperwork is submitted to appropriate individuals and institutions as required.
• Obtain all medical clearance documentation and submit to facility ensuring that all time requirements are met.
• When surgery has been completed, obtain operative report from facility and scan into patient chart.
• Send post-op paperwork to Billing and Coding department.
• Scheduling post-op follow up appointments.
• Manage and scan patient paperwork into the appropriate sections within the patient chart along with timely communication using the EMR and email.
• Perform other related duties as assigned by Physician or other authorized executive or manager of TVE.