What are the responsibilities and job description for the Scheduler position at USPI?
Full-Time: Scheduler
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Northridge Surgery Center is seeking an Scheduler to join our team. Our center performs a broad range of outpatient surgical procedures. Our mission is to care for every patient and their family as if they were our own. Each patient, each family, each and every time.
Job Summary
The Scheduling Coordinator is responsible for scheduling pediatric, adult, and geriatric patients for the surgery center and assists with insurance verification when needed. The Scheduling Coordinator must display excellent telephone etiquette as he/she manages calls of utmost importance to providing quality and continuity of individual patient care. Reports to work in acceptable business attire.
Job Responsibilities:
- Schedules all surgical procedures.
- Obtains and enters all necessary information from surgeon or scheduler requesting OR time.
- Is aware of instruments and equipment limitations of the department.
- Communicates with OR Director/Administrator regarding managing block time.
- Allows adequate time for each procedure according to physician request.
- Allows adequate time for room turnover.
- Attempts to schedule similar types of cases in the same room to increase efficiency.
- Communicates special equipment, instrument, supply, and staffing requests to the OR Director.
- Proofreads and edits all surgery schedules before distributing.
- Contact surgeon’s offices two days prior to schedule to confirm surgical times and procedures.
- Refers conflicts and procedural questions to the OR Director.
- Keep all department managers informed of changes affecting current schedule.
- Assists in pre-certification of Kaiser patients.
- Assists with completing forms for add-on procedures.
- Prepares and distributes a “week at a glance” to assist with departmental staffing.
- Attempts to minimize down time of rooms between cases.
- Prepares final version of schedule for the following day.
- Assists other employees when time allows.
- May be asked to visit surgeon offices for marketing purposes.
- Is consistently punctual and shows a responsible and dependable pattern of attendance.
- Participates and supports BDP/QI programs and activities.
- Cross-train in front desk areas, to include Switchboard, Insurance Verification, and Check-in.
What We Offer
As a valued member of USPI, your health and well‑being are important to us. We are proud to provide you and your dependents with valuable and significant benefits. USPI knows the value of well-rounded, balanced employees, which is why we offer a variety of additional benefits to help manage life’s daily stresses.
- Competitive wages
- Opportunities to better yourself professionally
- Health, Dental & Vision Coverage
- 401(k) retirement plan
- Paid Time Off (PTO)
- Company Paid Holidays
- Employee Assistance Programs
- Health Savings Account/ Flexible Spending Account
- Education Assistance
- Short Term Disability and Long Term Disability Insurance
- Travel Assistance when 100 miles from home for business or vacation
- Free parking
Who We Are
At USPI, we create relationships that create better care. We partner with physicians and health care systems to provide first class ambulatory solutions throughout the United States. We are committed to providing surgical services in the most efficient and clinically excellent manner.
USPI is committed to, and proud of our inclusive culture. An inclusive culture, in our view, is respectful of differences and nurtures and supports the contributions of each individual, while also embracing and leveraging diversity. A diverse workforce, combined with an inclusive culture, makes USPI stronger and better able to meet the needs of our diverse patient and physician population.
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Required Skills:
- High school graduate or equivalent.
- Excellent communication skills.
- Excellent planning and organizational skills.
- Ability to work under pressure.
- Excellent telephone etiquette.
- Thorough knowledge of medical terminology.
- Ability to handle and prioritize multiple tasks.
- Having the ability to foresee problems.
- Alertness and adaptability to change in situation.
- Holds all patient information confidential.
USPI complies with federal, state, and/or local laws regarding mandatory vaccination of its workforce. If you are offered this position and must be vaccinated under any applicable law, you will be required to show proof of full vaccination or obtain an approval of a religious or medical exemption prior to your start date. If you receive an exemption from the vaccination requirement, you will be required to submit to regular testing in accordance with the law.
