Perioperative Scheduler

Summary

The Perioperative Scheduler performs a variety of complex duties in collaboration with medical office personnel, surgeons, hospital staff and patients. The Scheduler arranges operative and/or invasive procedural appointments for multiple hospital departments carefully coordinating services to ensure timely access to care.

Some additional training beyond high school, but less than an Associates Degree.

None required.

One year medical office experience and/or training preferred. Experience with Medical and Surgical Terminology and automated scheduling systems required. Working knowledge of Microsoft Office applications and the ability to navigate in a Windows-based environment.

Rotating shifts between 8:00 am and 5:00 pm. No weekends, no major holidays.

• Schedules and coordinates surgical and invasive procedures with office personnel, surgeon and hospital staff, as well as outside vendors as appropriate.
• Compiles medical office information with departmental worksheets. Requests providers’ written orders and consents for procedures scheduled.
• Sets surgical case orders per departmental guidelines.
• Researches, analyzes and resolves problems to ensure responses to all inquiries from patients, internal and external departments, offices and providers.
• Makes recommendations and participates in departmental activities, performance improvement efforts and quality assurance monitoring.

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The physical demands and characteristics of the work environment described here are representative of those that will be encountered by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The Dictionary of Occupational Titles Material Handling Classification is SEDENTARY. The employee must regularly lift, carry or push/pull less than 10 pounds, frequently lift, carry or push/pull less than 10 pounds, and occasionally lift, carry or push/pull up to 10 pounds.

While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to do fine motor, do repetitive motion, hear, sit, and speak. The employee is frequently required to bend, reach, squat, and walk. The employee is occasionally required to stand. Specific vision abilities required by this job include color vision, far vision, near vision, and peripheral vision. The employee is occasionally exposed to electrical hazards - shock.

The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.