Surgery Scheduler

AMSURG

🇺🇸 United States

On-site

5 months ago

HIPAA

5 months ago

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•	Schedules all surgical, gastroenterological (GI), and pain-management procedures and preoperative appointments
•	Has good knowledge and understanding of the surgery schedule and the format utilized by the center
•	Coordinates and schedules surgeries
•	Ensures that the needed documentation is obtained from all patients
•	Ensures that all patients receive needed information prior to surgery
•	Interacts with patients, physicians and other staff both within the ASC and at the Physician practice
•	Works effectively with the Physician practice to manage the surgery schedule
•	Provides accurate, timely and responsive information to patients, Physicians and other stake holders
•	Coordinates processes and route all paperwork as required to meet physician and facility requirements
•	Ensures efficient telephone communication
•	Follows all written protocols and procedures of the ASC
•	Updates and distributes the surgery schedule as needed
•	Makes appointment reminder calls to patients as requested
•	Answers questions and provide information to patients as it relates to surgery scheduling and documentation
•	Requests patient records as required by the Physician
•	Verbally delivers instructions to patients and families
•	Performs all job functions in a HIPAA compliant manner
•	Collects payments and deductibles as directed
•	Processes payments in accordance with the ASC’s
•	Demonstrates courtesy and helpfulness toward patients and their families
•	Attends all required education
•	Regular and predictable attendance
•	Performs other duties as assigned

	Cognitive Skills
•	Exhibit mental alertness for quality decision making and exercising good judgment
•	Ability to multi-task effectively, efficiently, accurately, and with attention to details
•	Ability to recognize/define problems, collect data/facts, draw valid conclusions, and correct errors
•	Ability to interpret instructions in a variety of forms and deal with abstract and concrete variables

	Communication
•	Ability to effectively communicate patient care needs and significant information to healthcare team to
	promote continuity of patient care
•	Ability to respond to questions and professionally interact verbally and/or written with managers, co-workers,
	patients, and the general public

	Teamwork
•	Work well with others – be a team member
•	Report observed or suspected safety violations, hazards, and policy/procedure non-compliance to Safety Officer
	or other designated person, following the Chain of Command
•	Participate in staff meetings, in-services, and continuing education as required

	MATHEMATICAL SKILLS:

	Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions,
	decimals, and percentages

	LANGUAGE SKILLS:

	Ability to understand, read, write, and speak English, if bilingual Center, bilingual language is required. Ability to read,
	analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental
	regulations. Ability to successfully write business correspondence. Ability to effectively present information,
	respond to questions, and professionally interact with healthcare team, clients, vendors, and the general public.

	REASONING ABILITY:

	Demonstrates an ability to recognize and define problems, collect data, establish facts, draw valid conclusions, and
	correct errors. Ability to understand and interpret basic financial data. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions
	in a variety of forms and deal with abstract and concrete variables.

	PHYSICAL DEMANDS:

•	Ability to stand and walk for 6-8 hours per day
•	Ability to exert maximum muscle force to lift, push, pull, or carry objects up to 50 pounds in weight
•	Ability to use abdominal and lower back muscles to support part of the body repeatedly or continuously without
	"giving out” or fatiguing
•	Ability to perform physical activities that require considerable use of your arms and legs and moving your whole
	body, such as climbing, lifting, balancing, walking, stooping, and handling of materials.
•	Ability to position or transport patients, prepare medical procedure rooms, or set up patient care equipment
•	Ability to keep your hand and arm steady while moving your arm or while holding your arm and hand in one position
•	Ability to keep or regain your body balance and stay upright
•	Ability to exert yourself physically over long periods of time without getting winded or out of breath
•	Ability to quickly respond (with the hand, finger, or foot) to a signal (sound, light, picture) when it appears
•	Specific vision abilities for close and distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to
	adjust focus

	WORK ENVIRONMENT:

•	Days and hours of work may vary to meet patient needs
•	The Center is a well-lit, ventilated and climate controlled environment. The Center may require decreased lighting to
	meet patient care needs, such as laser rooms and some OR/Procedure rooms
•	Staff will work with medical and office equipment, some of which will have moving parts
•	Noise level is usually quiet to moderate
•	Staff may have exposure to blood and other potentially infectious body fluids and materials or toxic chemicals and
	cleaning solutions
•	The Center procedure rooms are often small, and due to equipment may have little room to work around and may
	necessitate reaching, pulling, pushing
•	Staff will work in close proximity to patients and co-workers

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