Scheduler Operating Room

Schedule

Days: Monday-Friday

Job Summary and Qualifications

As the OR scheduler/Med Office Specialist at St. Mark's Hospital, you will:

• Input surgical cases from Surgeon offices and create the surgery schedule utilizing system policies.
• Provide a customer-friendly atmosphere to physician offices during telephone conversations and coordination of the surgery schedule.
• Represent our hospital teams by interacting in a professional manner while coordinating surgery scheduled with physician offices.
• Communicate inpatient admit numbers to the Patient Access Coordinator.
• Cook up anesthesia assignments between the OR, SMOPS, Endoscopy, Cath Lab, and other offices.
• Coordinate with radiology for rad techs and c-arm coverage.
• Correctly link the appropriate preference card(s) to the scheduled procedure.
• Demonstrate accountability and problem-solving skills.
• Enter data accurately in CPCS system.
• Formulate daily surgery schedule according to the rules of scheduling policy.
• Foster positive relationships with staff, physicians, surgeons and offices.
• Inform management of potential problems with patient, procedure, or surgeon equipment conflicts.
• Maintain schedule to ensure proper and adequate anesthesia, nursing staff and equipment can be provided.
• Notify the appropriate departments and personnel of schedule changes, additions and cancellations.
• Provide printed schedules to appropriate parties at designated times.
• Verify that "inpatient only" cases are appropriately scheduled.
• Work with vendors for acquisition of special equipment, implants and supplies for procedures by request.

  Benefits

  St. Mark's Hospital offers a total rewards package that supports the health, life, career and retirement of our colleagues. The available plans and programs include:

  • Comprehensive benefits for medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, behavioral health and telemedicine services.
  • Wellbeing support, including free counseling and referral services.
  • Time away from work programs for paid time off, paid family leave, long- and short-term disability coverage and leaves of absence.
  • Savings and retirement resources, including a 401(k) Plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay (based on years of service), Employee Stock Purchase Plan, flexible spending accounts, preferred banking partnerships, retirement readiness tools, rollover support and financial wellbeing counseling.
  • Education support through tuition assistance, student loan assistance, certification support, dependent scholarships and a partnership with Galen College of Nursing.
  • Additional benefits for fertility and family building, adoption assistance, life insurance, supplemental health protection plans, auto and home insurance, legal counseling, identity theft protection and consumer discounts.

  About the Role

  St. Mark's Hospital, as Utah's first hospital, has a rich tradition of patient-centered, top-quality care at our 308 plus bed hospital. We drive the development of some of the region's finest clinical service areas such as neurosciences, trauma, orthopedics, cardiac care and robotic surgery. St. Mark's was named to the Fortune/IBM Watson Health 100 Top Hospitals® list for the eighth time this year, recognizing us as one of the top performing Teaching Hospitals in the U.S.

  Company Information

  HCA Healthcare has been recognized as one of the World’s Most Ethical Companies® by the Ethisphere Institute more than ten times. In recent years, HCA Healthcare spent an estimated $3.7 billion in cost for the delivery of charitable care, uninsured discounts, and other uncompensated expenses.

  Equal Opportunity Employer

  We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.