Surgery Scheduler - OC

Join the transformative team at City of Hope, where we're changing lives and making a real difference in the fight against cancer, diabetes, and other life‑threatening illnesses. City of Hope’s growing national system includes its Los Angeles campus, a network of clinical care locations across Southern California, a new cancer center in Orange County, California, and treatment facilities in Atlanta, Chicago and Phoenix.

Our dedicated and compassionate employees are driven by a common mission:
To deliver the cures of tomorrow to the people who need them today.

Responsible for the accurate scheduling coordination of inpatient and outpatient surgical procedures and related outpatient pre‑operative appointments.

• Directly responsible for coordinating surgery cases and outpatient procedures for the department of surgery and all of the associated divisions.
• Coordinate surgical procedure with OR staff and patient to ensure patients are properly scheduled.
• Initiate and review the surgical procedure Scheduling Data Sheet. Ensure all documentation is complete and the correct pre‑op tests are ordered in a timely manner.
• Coordinate with New Patient Services to ensure biopsy slides, reports and any other pertinent information is available prior to the patient’s surgery date.
• Schedule pre‑op appointments. Ensure all documentation is complete and the correct information is communicated and distributed to the patients in a timely manner.
• Coordinate pre‑op authorizations with the Utilization Review Department and ensure that all clearances requested by provider are received prior to the procedure date.
• Process pre‑op consultations.
• Process labs, surgical orders, EKGs, x‑rays or any ancillary services as requested by providers.
• Ensure all clearances requested by provider are received prior to the surgery date.
• Direct patient calls regarding pre‑op instructions and post‑op questions.
• Coordinate date of surgery based on doctors OR block time schedules and clinic schedules.
• Coordinate pre‑op admission with the Admitting Department.

• High school degree or equivalent. Experience may substitute for minimum education requirements.
• Two years work experience in a medical environment. Two years medical office experience:
  Preferred.
• Medical terminology knowledge.

City of Hope employees pay is based on the following criteria: work experience, qualifications, and work location.

City of Hope is an equal opportunity employer.

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