Job: SCHED COORD I-OR

SCHED COORD I-OR

Requisition Number: 29227

Location: NM - Albuquerque

Type of Opportunity: Regular Full-Time

FLSA Classification: NON-EXEMPT

Minimum Experience: 1 year

Minimum Education: Technical Training with High School Degree

Shift: Days

* Provide reception duties in the Scheduling office. Answer phone calls timely and respond according to need. Triage phone calls to appropriate scheduler or staff member, avoiding putting the customer 'on-hold'. Distributes mail.

* Schedule procedures and patient visits using the Pathway Surgical Manager information system, and in accordance with the scheduling rules and guidelines written by the Scheduling Policy Committee, in collaboration with the directors of the surgical services department, the program director, and the members of the Clinical Surgical Committee. The Scheduling Policy Committee consists of all the Scheduling Coordinators and the Scheduling Department Manager.

* Enter post-case data accurately and timely into PSM. Incomplete OR records must be returned to the unit for completion and returned for entry immediately. Post-case date entry error reports will be run before the end of each working day and corrections made prior to the end of the day.

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* Perform other functions as required.

Skills: High school plus specialized, short-term training in Medical Terminology. Less than one year experience in Computers with ability to type 45 WPM.

Knowledge: Requires knowledge of Patient Scheduling for surgery in terms of what is to be done and an understanding of how it is to be done.

Abilities: Mental Power:


Mental Power: Ability to make routine decisions that usually have a limited
number of solutions.

Ability to exercise judgment in selection of the order of work
assignments to meet clearly established schedules. Unusual
cases or schedule changes are often referred to the
immediate supervisor for resolution.
Physical Power: Walks, sits, stands in place, arm/wrist/hand movement, lifts