Scheduler

USPI•Warrington Township, PA

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About The Position

Bucks County Surgical Suites is an ambulatory surgery center in Warrington, PA specializing in Hand & Upper Extremities, Joint Replacements, Orthopedics, Pain Management, Sports Medicine, Podiatry, ENT. The primary responsibility of the Surgery Scheduler is having good working relationship with physician’s offices that perform surgery at surgery center and to obtain all patient pertinent information and schedule the surgery. The Surgery Scheduler follows through on all paperwork prior to the scheduled surgery.

Responsibilities

Schedules surgeries in surgery template in the computer, along with pertinent information.
Handles calls from physician’s office in regards to information on scheduling patients at the surgery center, scheduling surgeries or any calls associated with surgery scheduled.
Answers phone in a pleasant manner and deals with physician offices and patients’ needs expeditiously. Takes messages and records in message book. Transfers calls to other departments.
Does pre-registration and makes sure that authorization is obtained prior to surgery scheduled.
Completes necessary paperwork for registration and uses computer system to generate information for surgical/special procedure.
Set-up surgery center chart and files appropriate paperwork needed in chart.
Assists with receptionist and registration responsibilities.
Maintains various logs of daily activities including cancelled appointments, add-ons, for monthly tallies needed.
Assists in maintaining office supplies and necessary forms and informs Office Manager when supplies are needed.
Performs various clerical duties such as photocopying forms, reports, patient information, mailing surveys, preparing patient charts, faxing forms and retrieving faxes.
Filing of received faxes in appropriate areas, filing reports in patient’s charts.
Maintains clean and orderly surgery scheduling area.
Performs other related duties as assigned.
To function efficiently as a member of the surgery center team.