Scheduler Operating Room EVENINGS

About the Role

As the OR Scheduler/Medical Office Specialist at St. Mark's Hospital, you will input surgical cases from surgeon offices and create the surgery schedule utilizing system policies. You will provide a customer-friendly atmosphere to physician offices during telephone conversations and coordination of the surgery schedule. This role involves representing our hospital teams by interacting professionally while coordinating surgery schedules with physician offices.

Responsibilities

• Communicate inpatient admit numbers to the Patient Access Coordinator.
• Coordinate 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 the 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 the 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.

Qualifications

• One year of computer skills and medical terminology preferred.
• Background in medical terminology and surgical procedures.
• Strong communication skills, both oral and written.
• Previous OR experience strongly desired.
• Medical scheduling experience preferred.

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 Organization

For 150 years, St. Mark's Hospital has provided a full spectrum of healthcare services to Salt Lake City and its surrounding communities. As Utah's first hospital, St. Mark's team members uphold a rich tradition of patient-centered, top-quality care at our 308-plus bed hospital. St. Mark's drives 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, recognized for the eighth time as one of the top-performing teaching hospitals in the U.S.

St. Mark's has expanded emergency access with two freestanding emergency centers: Taylorsville Emergency Center and West Valley Emergency Center. Both locations have 10-plus patient rooms and are staffed 24/7 by experienced board-certified emergency room physicians, nurses, and support teams from St. Mark's Hospital. In addition to ER care, both facilities offer comprehensive imaging services, including CT scans, X-rays, and ultrasounds, as well as fully equipped medical laboratories.

Nestled at the foot of the Wasatch Mountains, St. Mark's is in a picturesque and ideal location, offering a quick commute to Salt Lake's urban and cultural benefits and a short drive to outdoor adventures and Utah's glorious national parks.

HCA Healthcare, the parent organization, 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 costs for the delivery of charitable care, uninsured discounts, and other uncompensated expenses.