Surgical Scheduler – Cardiology – Full Time

The Coordinator Surgical Services Scheduling is responsible for coordinating surgical scheduling for multiple surgeons and ensuring that all parties involved in the surgical case have the necessary information. This includes maximizing resources by eliminating gaps in the operating room schedule and making recommendations to fully utilize surgical time in a way that will have a significant financial impact on surgical revenue.

The Coordinator Surgical Services Scheduling must use experiential knowledge to schedule appropriate procedures and surgeries based on provider orders and must be able to schedule ambulatory center and hospital procedures in accordance with the patients diagnosis and procedure’s case request.

Excellent customer service skills are required to interact effectively with surgeons, employees, and reps.

The Coordinator Surgical Services Scheduling must be able to respond to written and oral correspondence regarding scheduling changes and cancellations in a timely and accurate manner. They must be organized and able to manage a demanding workload with accuracy.

Position Responsibilities (include, but are not limited to):

Scheduling surgical cases and resolving scheduling conflicts in a timely manner

Understand surgical procedures and necessary time and medical staff to properly maintain and optimize surgical schedule

Ensure each scheduled case has an anesthesia type selected and the laterality is in the description

Verify needed implant cards are accurate and perform corrective actions if needed

Anticipate insurance/payor coverage issues, based on prior occurrences, that may impact a future schedule patient’s ability to pay and communicate this risk to the appropriate operator for awareness and appropriate mitigation

Enter notes/instructions in the electronic medical record based on provided details from the surgeon or surgeon’s office

Use experiential knowledge to ensure case is appropriate for patients diagnosis/indications and ensure case order for the day is accurate based on knowledge and surgeon’s direction

Post surgical logs daily to ensure appropriate documentation exist for appropriate revenue cycle processing after posting

Evaluate future provider time away and denote impacts to surgical schedule in order to offer available time

Critically analyze an available time slot to ensure anesthesia & nursing staff are available and technology needed for the case is accessible

Responsible for timekeeper duties for the operating room

Ordering specific implants daily

Perform general office duties, including answering phones, scheduling appointments, and scanning documents

Perform other duties as required and assigned Retrieve surgery referral from ordering physician

Release unused block time

Coordinate and schedule ASC and hospital-based surgeries for patients with appropriate provider

Complete data entry and maintain surgical schedule

The pay range for this position is $16.25 – $25.34/hour

Joining the Guthrie team allows you to become a part of a tradition of excellence in health care. In all areas and at all levels of Guthrie, you’ll find staff members who have committed themselves to serving the community.

The Guthrie Clinic is an Equal Opportunity Employer that welcomes and encourages diversity in the workplace.

The Guthrie Clinic is a non-profit, integrated, practicing physician-led organization in the Twin Tiers of New York and Pennsylvania. Our multi-specialty group practice of more than 500 physicians and 302 advanced practice providers offers 47 specialties through a regional office network providing primary and specialty care in 22 communities. Guthrie Medical Education Programs include General Surgery, Internal Medicine, Emergency Medicine, Family Medicine, Anesthesiology and Orthopedic Surgery Residency, as well as Cardiovascular, Gastroenterology and Pulmonary Critical Care Fellowship programs. Guthrie is also a clinical campus for the Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine.