What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Scheduler position at Northwell Health?
Job Description
Coordinates the staff and daily operations for scheduling of patient surgeries or procedures. Ensures effective utilization of resources in the scheduling of all surgical procedures.
Job Responsibility
- Prioritizes, schedules, assigns, and monitors work to optimize operational service.
- Reviews, recommends, implements, and monitors approved work-flow changes.
- Collaborates with hospital departments, offices, and surgical physicians to facilitate efficient scheduling of surgical procedures.
- Handles complex scheduling issues; recognizes and resolves errors, as necessary.
- Reviews scheduled surgeries or procedures with management and nursing personnel prior to the production of final operating room or procedural area schedule for next business day.
- Ensures effective communication of actual and potential schedule changes to admissions, operating room, and recovery room areas.
- Ensures adequate inventory of supplies.
- Handle administrative duties, answer phones and order supplies for the unit as required. Performs related duties as required. All responsibilities noted here are considered essential functions of the job under the Americans with Disabilities Act. Duties not mentioned here, but considered related are not essential functions.
Job Qualification
- Associate's Degree required, or equivalent combination of education and related experience.
- 3-5 years of relevant experience, required.
- Additional Salary Detail
The salary range and/or hourly rate listed is a good faith determination of potential base compensation that may be offered to a successful applicant for this position at the time of this job advertisement and may be modified in the future.When determining a team member's base salary and/or rate, several factors may be considered as applicable (e.g., location, specialty, service line, years of relevant experience, education, credentials, negotiated contracts, budget and internal equity).