Surgery Scheduling Specialist, CT Surgery Clinic.
Vanderbilt University Medical Center · Nashville Metropolitan Area · 1 mo ago
Project ManagementFull-time
Job Summary
Coordinates with patients, physicians, and operating room to schedule surgeries with minimal guidance. Facilitates efficient workflow, supports appropriate use of technology, and fosters effective communication.
Key Responsibilities
- Coordinates surgery schedule with patient, physician, and operating room in support of surgery scheduling functions.
- Coordinates with other services to schedule multi-panel and multi-surgeon combination cases across all locations.
- May assist in scheduling all appointments related to surgery.
- Verifies patient eligibility and coverage for procedure and discusses potential financial obligations with patient.
- Identifies if a patient's coverage is in-network or out-of-network and directs the patient to proper resources if needed with assistance from the Lead/Manager.
- Obtains precertification or proper insurance approval prior to surgical procedures.
- Notifies and forwards paperwork for insurance certification to billing office and obtains additional paperwork if needed, for compliance.
- Monitors surgery schedule and ensures optimization of resources and workflow.
- Maintains quality in operations impacting patients and staff.
- May assist in training new and current employees.
Technical Capabilities
- Patient Scheduling (Intermediate): The ability to coordinate and schedule patient appointments, surgeries, and other office visits with various computer systems in the hospital or clinic.
- Surgery Scheduling (Intermediate): The ability to coordinate and schedule surgeries within various computer systems in the hospital.
- Patient Documentation (Intermediate): The ability to receive and record patient information.
- Medical Terminology & Documentation (Intermediate): The ability to comprehend medical terminology and documentation in an office, or surgical setting.
Core Accountabilities
- Organizational Impact: Performs tasks that are typically routine that may impact team's performance with occasional guidance.
- Problem Solving / Complexity of work: Utilizes some discretion and research to solve routine problems.
- Breadth of Knowledge: Applies knowledge of standards, established processes and procedure that apply to your own job.
- Team Interaction: Provides guidance to entry level co-workers.
Core Capabilities
- Supporting Colleagues:
- Develops Self and Others: Continuously improves own skills by identifying development opportunities.
- Builds and Maintains Relationships: Seeks to understand colleagues' priorities, working styles and develops relationships across areas.
- Communicates Effectively: Openly shares information with others and communicates in a clear and courteous manner.
- Delivering Excellent Services:
- Serves Others with Compassion: Invests time to understand the problems, needs of others and how to provide excellent service.
- Solves Complex Problems: Seeks to understand issues, solves routine problems, and raises proper concerns in a timely manner.
- Offers Meaningful Advice and Support: Listens carefully to understand the issues and provides accurate information and support.
- Ensuring High Quality:
- Performs Excellent Work: Checks work quality before delivery and asks relevant questions to meet quality standards.
- Fulfills Safety and Regulatory Requirements: Demonstrates basic knowledge of conditions that affect safety and reports unsafe conditions to the appropriate person or department.
- Managing Resources Effectively:
- Demonstrates Accountability: Takes responsibility for completing assigned activities and thinks beyond standard approaches to provide high-quality work/service.
- Stewards Organizational Resources: Displays understanding of how personal actions will impact departmental resources.
- Makes Data Driven Decisions: Uses accurate information and good decision making to consistently achieve results on time and without error.
- Fostering Innovation:
- Generates New Ideas: Willingly proposes/accepts ideas or initiatives that will impact day-to-day operations by offering suggestions to enhance them.
- Applies Technology: Absorbs new technology quickly; understands when to utilize the appropriate tools and procedures to ensure proper course of action.
- Adapts to Change: Embraces changes by keeping an open mind to changing plans and incorporates change instructions into own area of work.
Qualifications
- High School Diploma or GED
- 2 years relevant work experience
Schedule: 8:00am - 4:30pm, Monday - Friday, No Nights, No Weekends, No Holidays