Surgery Coordinator
for section headings: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Only include sections that have real specific content.
We need to parse the posting.
Content:
- Intro: Eye Center of Texas has 6 Board Certified Ophthalmologists and 8 Therapeutic Optometrist with 6 locations. Our nationally renowned physicians... We offer comprehensive medical and surgical care... The Surgery Coordinator is responsible for the surgery coordination and education of services for our patients. This is description of role.
- Responsibilities: list many duties.
- Requirements: Must be extremely organized, detailed, a strong team player, and an effective communicator. This position will support both our Cypress and Bellaire locations. It will be based in Cypress two days per week and Bellaire the remaining days. Travel will be required between the locations. ... Also includes many specifics: premium services conversion rate, pre-op/post-op counseling, schedule appointments, interact with patients, coordinate paperwork, documentation, returns calls, medical clearances, co-management, communicating with referring providers, communicating with physician and surgery center staff, reschedules appointments, ancillary tasks (follow up no-show, sending H&P orders, update handbook, edit consents, training sessions, etc.)
- Qualifications: Associate must possess AA/BA/BS degree or combination of relevant work experience. Minimum 2 years of experience as a Surgery Coordinator, preferably for an ophthalmology physician with strong organizational and interpersonal skills. Experience with EMR software (with Ophthalmology specific software preferred). Experience with patient customer service. Familiar with obtaining authorizations and referrals. Knowledge of contracted insurance plans and procedures. Ability to work with Excel, Word, and medical software. Excellent oral/written communication and analytical skills. Must have the ability to travel to all our locations as needed. Ability to multi-task efficiently and effectively. Must be able to act calmly and effectively in a busy or stressful situation. Requires adherence to all policies and procedures, including standards for safety, attendance, punctuality, and personal appearance. Must be able to establish and maintain effective working relationships with managers and peers. Must be highly flexible; able to accommodate changing needs of the office. Knowledge and adherence to HIPAA, COMPLIANCE, OSHA. Ability to work well under pressure with minimal supervision. Skill in exercising initiative, judgment, discretion and decision-making to achieve practice objectives. Preferrred Experience Clinical background
- Benefits: "We offer a competitive benefits package to our employees MedicalDentalVision401k w/ MatchHSA/FSATelemedicineGenerous PTO Package We also offer the following benefits for FREE Employee Discounts and PerksEmployee Assistance ProgramGroup Life/AD&D Short Term Disability Insurance Long Term Disability Insurance"
- Pay: Not mentioned. So we should NOT include Pay section.
- Schedule: The posting mentions schedule: "It will be based in Cypress two days per week and Bellaire the remaining days." Also travel required. That's schedule info. So we can include Schedule section.
We need to avoid filler like "commensurate with experience". Not present.
We need to remove boilerplate: EEO etc. At end: "EyeSouth Partners is an equal opportunity employer..." remove.
Also remove duplicated lines.
We need to preserve all substantive info.
We need to use for each section heading. Use - for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. Use
for prose.
We need to decide which content goes into which section.
Potential sections:
- About the role: maybe a brief overview paragraph describing the role and company.
- Responsibilities: list of duties.
- Requirements: maybe qualifications? Actually "Requirements" could be the mandatory qualifications (education, experience). "Qualifications" could be preferred or additional qualifications. But we can combine.
Given instructions: Use headings for About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. We need to include only those with real content.
We have content for About the role (intro). Responsibilities (list). Requirements (education, experience, etc). Qualifications (maybe skills like EMR, etc). Skills (maybe communication, multi-task, etc). Benefits (list). Schedule (based in Cypress 2 days, Bellaire rest, travel). Pay: none -> omit.
We must not invent content.
Let's extract.
About the role: Could be: "Eye Center of Texas has 6 Board Certified Ophthalmologists and 8 Therapeutic Optometrists across 6 locations. Our nationally renowned physicians, combined with the most advanced medical technology, provide the highest caliber of care, including comprehensive medical and surgical care such as laser cataract surgery, LASIK, vision correction, glaucoma, retina and vitreous disease treatments. The Surgery Coordinator is responsible for surgery coordination and patient education for services provided by our doctors."
That's a paragraph.
Responsibilities: list bullet points.
We need to capture all responsibilities from the text.
Let's list them:
- Responsible for the premium services conversion rate of our patients.
- Provides patients with pre-op and postoperative counseling.
- Schedule appointment dates/times for patients and physicians using a computerized scheduling system with the ability to assist patients in being compliant in pre-op and post-op regiments.
- Interact with patients, physicians, and other staff, both within the clinic/ASC and at outside facilities providing accurate, timely and responsive information.
- Coordinate processes and route all paperwork as required to meet physician and facility requirements.
- Provides accurate, thorough, and complete documentation of all information pertinent to patient treatment.
- Returns and responds to all calls relating to scheduling.
- Ensures any necessary medical clearances are obtained by the patient prior to surgery.
- Knowledgeable regarding co-management with referring providers and ensures compliance with the scheduling of post-operative visits.
- Communicates with referring providers as needed.
- Communicates with assigned physician and surgery center staff to ensure all special supplies are received prior to the surgical date and informs ASC of any add on patients.
- Reschedules appointments as needed.
- Helps with other ancillary tasks including but not limited to:
- following up with patients that no-show or cancel surgical appointments,
- sending H&P orders and consents to outside hospitals,
- update surgical scheduler protocol handbook,
- constantly edit consents and documents as processes change,
- training sessions with our physicians, etc.
We could keep the ancillary tasks as a sublist or just as part of the bullet.
We'll produce a
with - for each responsibility. For ancillary tasks we could embed a nested
but not required; we can just include as part of the li text.
Requirements: Education/experience etc.
From text:
- Associate must possess AA/BA/BS degree or combination of relevant work experience.
- Minimum 2 years of experience as a Surgery Coordinator, preferably for an ophthalmology physician with strong organizational and interpersonal skills.
- Experience with EMR software (with Ophthalmology specific software preferred).
- Experience with patient customer service.
- Familiar with obtaining authorizations and referrals.
- Knowledge of contracted insurance plans and procedures.
- Ability to work with Excel, Word, and medical software.
- Excellent oral/written communication and analytical skills.
- Must have the ability to travel to all our locations as needed.
- Ability to multi-task efficiently and effectively.
- Must be able to act calmly and effectively in a busy or stressful situation.
- Requires adherence to all policies and procedures, including standards for safety, attendance, punctuality, and personal appearance.
- Must be able to establish and maintain effective working relationships with managers and peers.
- Must be highly flexible; able to accommodate changing needs of the office.
- Knowledge and adherence to HIPAA, COMPLIANCE, OSHA.
- Ability to work well under pressure with minimal supervision.
- Skill in exercising initiative, judgment, discretion and decision-making to achieve practice objectives.
- Preferred Experience Clinical background
We could separate Requirements (mandatory) vs Qualifications (preferred). But we have many items; we could put all under Requirements.
Qualifications: maybe we could list "Preferred Experience Clinical background" as qualification. But we could also put under Requirements.
Skills: maybe communication, multi-task, etc. But many of those are already in requirements.
Given we need to avoid thin sections, we could combine.
But instructions: Use headings for About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. We need to include only those with real content. We could decide to include About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Benefits, Schedule. Possibly also Qualifications if we have distinct content (like preferred clinical background). Skills maybe we could list specific skills: EMR, Excel, Word, medical software, etc. But those are already in requirements.
We could create Qualifications for "Preferred Experience Clinical background". That's thin but it's specific content. Might be okay.
Skills: maybe we could list "Excellent oral/written communication and analytical skills", "Ability to multi-task", "Ability to work under pressure", etc. But again overlapping.
Given the instruction: "Prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones." So we should avoid creating many thin sections. So maybe we combine Requirements and Qualifications into one section called Requirements (or Qualifications). But we need to use the exact heading names if we include them. We could include only About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Benefits, Schedule. That's 5 sections.
We need to ensure we don't omit any substantive info. If we put all education/experience/skills under Requirements, that's fine.
Let's craft:
About the role
Eye Center of Texas has 6 Board Certified Ophthalmologists and 8 Therapeutic Optometrists across 6 locations. Our nationally renowned physicians, combined with the most advanced medical technology, provide the highest caliber of care, including comprehensive medical and surgical care such as laser cataract surgery, LASIK, vision correction, glaucoma, retina and vitreous disease treatments. The Surgery Coordinator is responsible for surgery coordination and patient education for services provided by our doctors.
Responsibilities
- Responsible for the premium services conversion rate of our patients.
- Provides patients with pre‑op and postoperative counseling.
- Schedules appointment dates/times for patients and physicians using a computerized scheduling system and assists patients in complying with pre‑op and post‑op regimens.
- Interacts with patients, physicians, and other staff within the clinic/ASC and at outside facilities, providing accurate, timely and responsive information.
- Coordinates processes and routes all paperwork as required to meet physician and facility requirements.
- Provides accurate, thorough, and complete documentation of all information pertinent to patient treatment.
- Returns and responds to all calls relating to scheduling.
- Ensures any necessary medical clearances are obtained by the patient prior to surgery.
- Knowledgeable regarding co‑management with referring providers and ensures compliance with the scheduling of postoperative visits.
- Communicates with referring providers as needed.
- Communicates with assigned physician and surgery center staff to ensure all special supplies are received prior to the surgical date and informs the ASC of any add‑on patients.
- Reschedules appointments as needed.
- Helps with ancillary tasks such as following up with patients who no‑show or cancel surgical appointments, sending H&P orders and consents to outside hospitals, updating the surgical scheduler protocol handbook, editing consents and documents as processes change, and participating in training sessions with physicians.
Requirements
- AA/BA/BS degree or equivalent combination of relevant work experience.
- Minimum 2 years of experience as a Surgery Coordinator, preferably in an ophthalmology setting with strong organizational and interpersonal skills.
- Experience with EMR software (ophthalmology‑specific preferred).
- Experience with patient customer service.
- Familiar with obtaining authorizations and referrals.
- Knowledge of
- for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. Use
for prose. We need to decide which content goes into which section. Potential sections: - About the role: maybe a brief overview paragraph describing the role and company. - Responsibilities: list of duties. - Requirements: maybe qualifications? Actually "Requirements" could be the mandatory qualifications (education, experience). "Qualifications" could be preferred or additional qualifications. But we can combine. Given instructions: Use headings for About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. We need to include only those with real content. We have content for About the role (intro). Responsibilities (list). Requirements (education, experience, etc). Qualifications (maybe skills like EMR, etc). Skills (maybe communication, multi-task, etc). Benefits (list). Schedule (based in Cypress 2 days, Bellaire rest, travel). Pay: none -> omit. We must not invent content. Let's extract. About the role: Could be: "Eye Center of Texas has 6 Board Certified Ophthalmologists and 8 Therapeutic Optometrists across 6 locations. Our nationally renowned physicians, combined with the most advanced medical technology, provide the highest caliber of care, including comprehensive medical and surgical care such as laser cataract surgery, LASIK, vision correction, glaucoma, retina and vitreous disease treatments. The Surgery Coordinator is responsible for surgery coordination and patient education for services provided by our doctors." That's a paragraph. Responsibilities: list bullet points. We need to capture all responsibilities from the text. Let's list them: - Responsible for the premium services conversion rate of our patients. - Provides patients with pre-op and postoperative counseling. - Schedule appointment dates/times for patients and physicians using a computerized scheduling system with the ability to assist patients in being compliant in pre-op and post-op regiments. - Interact with patients, physicians, and other staff, both within the clinic/ASC and at outside facilities providing accurate, timely and responsive information. - Coordinate processes and route all paperwork as required to meet physician and facility requirements. - Provides accurate, thorough, and complete documentation of all information pertinent to patient treatment. - Returns and responds to all calls relating to scheduling. - Ensures any necessary medical clearances are obtained by the patient prior to surgery. - Knowledgeable regarding co-management with referring providers and ensures compliance with the scheduling of post-operative visits. - Communicates with referring providers as needed. - Communicates with assigned physician and surgery center staff to ensure all special supplies are received prior to the surgical date and informs ASC of any add on patients. - Reschedules appointments as needed. - Helps with other ancillary tasks including but not limited to: - following up with patients that no-show or cancel surgical appointments, - sending H&P orders and consents to outside hospitals, - update surgical scheduler protocol handbook, - constantly edit consents and documents as processes change, - training sessions with our physicians, etc. We could keep the ancillary tasks as a sublist or just as part of the bullet. We'll produce a
- with
- for each responsibility. For ancillary tasks we could embed a nested
- but not required; we can just include as part of the li text.
Requirements: Education/experience etc.
From text:
- Associate must possess AA/BA/BS degree or combination of relevant work experience.
- Minimum 2 years of experience as a Surgery Coordinator, preferably for an ophthalmology physician with strong organizational and interpersonal skills.
- Experience with EMR software (with Ophthalmology specific software preferred).
- Experience with patient customer service.
- Familiar with obtaining authorizations and referrals.
- Knowledge of contracted insurance plans and procedures.
- Ability to work with Excel, Word, and medical software.
- Excellent oral/written communication and analytical skills.
- Must have the ability to travel to all our locations as needed.
- Ability to multi-task efficiently and effectively.
- Must be able to act calmly and effectively in a busy or stressful situation.
- Requires adherence to all policies and procedures, including standards for safety, attendance, punctuality, and personal appearance.
- Must be able to establish and maintain effective working relationships with managers and peers.
- Must be highly flexible; able to accommodate changing needs of the office.
- Knowledge and adherence to HIPAA, COMPLIANCE, OSHA.
- Ability to work well under pressure with minimal supervision.
- Skill in exercising initiative, judgment, discretion and decision-making to achieve practice objectives.
- Preferred Experience Clinical background
We could separate Requirements (mandatory) vs Qualifications (preferred). But we have many items; we could put all under Requirements.
Qualifications: maybe we could list "Preferred Experience Clinical background" as qualification. But we could also put under Requirements.
Skills: maybe communication, multi-task, etc. But many of those are already in requirements.
Given we need to avoid thin sections, we could combine.
But instructions: Use headings for About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. We need to include only those with real content. We could decide to include About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Benefits, Schedule. Possibly also Qualifications if we have distinct content (like preferred clinical background). Skills maybe we could list specific skills: EMR, Excel, Word, medical software, etc. But those are already in requirements.
We could create Qualifications for "Preferred Experience Clinical background". That's thin but it's specific content. Might be okay.
Skills: maybe we could list "Excellent oral/written communication and analytical skills", "Ability to multi-task", "Ability to work under pressure", etc. But again overlapping.
Given the instruction: "Prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones." So we should avoid creating many thin sections. So maybe we combine Requirements and Qualifications into one section called Requirements (or Qualifications). But we need to use the exact heading names if we include them. We could include only About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Benefits, Schedule. That's 5 sections.
We need to ensure we don't omit any substantive info. If we put all education/experience/skills under Requirements, that's fine.
Let's craft:
- Responsible for the premium services conversion rate of our patients.
- Provides patients with pre‑op and postoperative counseling.
- Schedules appointment dates/times for patients and physicians using a computerized scheduling system and assists patients in complying with pre‑op and post‑op regimens.
- Interacts with patients, physicians, and other staff within the clinic/ASC and at outside facilities, providing accurate, timely and responsive information.
- Coordinates processes and routes all paperwork as required to meet physician and facility requirements.
- Provides accurate, thorough, and complete documentation of all information pertinent to patient treatment.
- Returns and responds to all calls relating to scheduling.
- Ensures any necessary medical clearances are obtained by the patient prior to surgery.
- Knowledgeable regarding co‑management with referring providers and ensures compliance with the scheduling of postoperative visits.
- Communicates with referring providers as needed.
- Communicates with assigned physician and surgery center staff to ensure all special supplies are received prior to the surgical date and informs the ASC of any add‑on patients.
- Reschedules appointments as needed.
- Helps with ancillary tasks such as following up with patients who no‑show or cancel surgical appointments, sending H&P orders and consents to outside hospitals, updating the surgical scheduler protocol handbook, editing consents and documents as processes change, and participating in training sessions with physicians.
- AA/BA/BS degree or equivalent combination of relevant work experience.
- Minimum 2 years of experience as a Surgery Coordinator, preferably in an ophthalmology setting with strong organizational and interpersonal skills.
- Experience with EMR software (ophthalmology‑specific preferred).
- Experience with patient customer service.
- Familiar with obtaining authorizations and referrals.
- Knowledge of
About the role
Eye Center of Texas has 6 Board Certified Ophthalmologists and 8 Therapeutic Optometrists across 6 locations. Our nationally renowned physicians, combined with the most advanced medical technology, provide the highest caliber of care, including comprehensive medical and surgical care such as laser cataract surgery, LASIK, vision correction, glaucoma, retina and vitreous disease treatments. The Surgery Coordinator is responsible for surgery coordination and patient education for services provided by our doctors.
Responsibilities
Requirements
- for each responsibility. For ancillary tasks we could embed a nested