Patient Scheduler - Surgery

  • CO01 Southern Illinois Hospital Services Inc.
  • Herrin 404 Lincoln Dr
  • 5mo ago
  • Full-Time
  • On-site

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Location: Herrin, IL
Shift: Days 
Time Type: Full Time
Facility/Clinic Name: Gastroenterology Clinic

Position Summary

  • Responsible for answering telephone, scheduling tests, pre-certifying and registering patients, coordinating test results, data collection and maintaining data.

Principal Accountabilities

  • Standards of Performance: Respect, Integrity, Compassion, Collaboration, Stewardship, Accountability, Quality

Education

  • High School diploma or equivalent

Licenses and Certification

  • N/A

Experience and Skills

  • Technical Experience: 1 year
  • Technical Experience for Diabetes Department:
    • Basic medical terminology knowledge
    • Basic knowledge of Microsoft Office programs (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc)
    • Typing minimum 40 wpm

Physical Activities

  • Intermittent hand manipulation required
  • Intermittent lifting and carrying of 20 pounds

Role Specific Responsibilities

  • Schedules patients for procedures
  • Posts case data and maintains case log
  • Enters patient charges
  • Provides pre-certification and ABN’s as required
  • General clerical duties
  • Lead: Assists with all scheduler roles
  • Lead: Assists dept manager as assigned and covers in their absence
  • Diabetes Department:
    • Accurately transcribes both internal and external referrals into EPIC
    • Reviews provider order for necessary components. Contacts referring provider office for new order if incomplete.
    • Manages work queue for nutrition and diabetes services for multiple locations throughout the system
    • Follows scheduling policy and procedures to accurately identify patient, insurances, referrals, and obtains required signatures where applicable
    • Accurately screens ABNs to determine medical necessity, explains ABN to patient, obtains signatures and reviews document for completeness.
    • Provides basic nutrition and diabetes specific health information
    • Generates reports to identify cancellations/no shows and reviews service history to determine need for rescheduling
    • Facilitates collection of data for CQI & KPI initiatives
    • Obtains appropriate referrals for outpatient follow-up services post-discharge from hospital
    • Connects with patients post-discharge from hospital to complete patient experience survey
    • Communicates with referring providers for any patient not receiving services as prescribed (ie unable to contact, no-show, multiple cancellations, etc)
    • Generates daily reports for inpatient glycemic data
    • Assists with data collection for annual accreditation reporting
    • Schedules conference rooms for group session, staff meetings, trainings, etc
    • Assists with management of staff outlook calendars
    • General clerical duties as assigned

Compensation (Commensurate with experience):

$17.92 - $26.88

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