Healthcare Scheduler

Banner Health; Scottsdale (AZ); Hybrid; USD 28,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

Banner Health in Scottsdale is seeking an experienced Healthcare Scheduler to coordinate appointments, tests, and procedures across multiple services. You will work with patients, providers, and clinical teams to schedule services, verify insurance, gather information, and communicate appointment details, ensuring a seamless patient experience.

The role requires compassionate communication, attention to detail, and a commitment to service excellence.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED required; healthcare scheduling experience preferred.
• 1+ year of customer service in a healthcare setting.

Responsibilities

• Schedule medical appointments across physicians and facilities with accuracy and empathy.
• Verify insurance, obtain authorizations, and collect necessary data during intake/registration.
• Communicate appointment details and payment expectations to patients clearly.

Skills

Customer service

Scheduling software

Communication skills

Typing

Teamwork

Attention to detail

Education

High school diploma or GED

Tools

EMR / Scheduling software

Job description

Primary City/State:

Scottsdale, Arizona

Work Shift:

Day

Find your path in health care. Our team members make Banner Health a Great Place To Work®. Learn how you can join our dedicated team of professionals.

We are seeking an experienced candidate with established knowledge to join the opening team at our new Scottsdale facility, anticipated to launch in early 2027. If selected, you will train at our Downtown Phoenix and Arcadia Health Center until the facility's opening date, bringing your expertise and passion for excellence to help shape the foundation of this exciting new location. Click Here to learn more about our Scottsdale Health Center: https://www.bannerhealth.com/banner-scottsdale

As a Healthcare Scheduler, you will play a vital role in helping patients access the care they need by coordinating appointments, tests, and procedures across a variety of healthcare services. In this role, you will work closely with patients, providers, and clinical teams to schedule services, verify insurance and authorizations, gather required information, communicate appointment details, and ensure a seamless patient experience. Through compassionate communication, attention to detail, and a commitment to service excellence, you will help create a positive, efficient, and stress-free experience for patients at every point of care.

Location:

This is a Remote Hybrid Position and requires candidates to be located in Arizona. You will work remotely after completing your in‑person training.

Schedule:

Monday - Friday 8:00am - 5:00pm

Training:

A portion of the training for this position will occur in person at one of our Health Center plus locations in Downtown Phoenix, Arcadia, or Scottsdale.

Position Summary:

This position is responsible for scheduling across the system for physicians, medical facilities and medical practices by coordinating all aspects of scheduling including, but not limiting to, facility resources, physicians, authorizations, insurance verification, benefits and setting payment expectations to ensure an exceptional customer experience at each point of service. Using a broad understanding of customer engagement strategies, clinical procedures and company facilities, this position provides accurate and timely information to create an experience that is easy, empathetic and differentiated in the marketplace.

Core Functions:

• Schedules medical appointments through coordination of patients, providers, facility resources, ancillary staff, records, referrals, authorizations and payers. Receives and initiates calls to/from patients, providers, provider offices and facilities, while following all established scheduling procedures and protocols to ensure patients receive the care they need, when and where they need it.
• Effectively schedules appointments, tests and/or procedures leveraging various electronic medical record / scheduling software systems according to protocols established by clinical staff and scheduling standards. Identifies alternative schedule solutions in the event patient’s preference is not available, while adhering to procedures and protocols and ensuring patient safety.
• Obtains patient demographics, insurance information and necessary documents required to secure authorizations, referrals, or other data as determined by various facilities and insurance carriers. Responsible for obtaining and properly documenting all necessary and accurate data during the intake/registration process. Acquires and documents pertinent patient medical information in accordance with procedural guidelines.
• Provides patients with information, pre and post-test instruction, provides location of appointment and directions. This position answers questions as necessary within guidelines and protocols. Refers questions to medical offices as appropriate. Ensures patient has “no surprises” at point of service by setting payment expectations, as well as, providing estimated payment detail where applicable.
• Effectively communicates and builds impactful relationships through written, digital and verbal channels with patients, facilities, providers and other clinical colleagues to ensure an easy, empathetic, solution-orientated patient experience, included but not limited to phone, chat, email, electronic medical record messaging and other digital channels. Anticipates patient and provider needs and responds accordingly.
• Solicits, labels, stores and manages scanned documents and orders received from physician offices in the document imaging software system. Ensures that all appropriate documents are received prior to appointments and ensures that orders are compliant with each facility’s policy.
• Where applicable, collects pre-payments and verifies insurance coverage to ensure “no surprises” and enable patient ease.
• Services inbound and outbound customer and staff communications for all facilities in the states in which they operate. Works with various departments and staff to provide accurate managed care information.

Minimum Qualifications

High school diploma/GED or equivalent working knowledge. Requires skills and abilities typically attained with minimum of 1 or more years of customer service or related experience in a healthcare setting, such as medical office/clinic or hospital scheduling. Other acceptable experience includes lab, medical transcription, medical assistant or receptionist in a medical setting or other equivalent experience. Demonstrated ability to provide essential customer service and knowledge in a high paced inbound contact center environment Ability to use technology tools to research and obtain accurate information to respond to customer inquiries via incoming calls, emails and/or instant messaging/chat avenues while maintaining a professional solutions and service-oriented demeanor at all times. Effective ability to build customer loyalty through positive customer interactions and provide an easy experience. Demonstrated ability to utilize computer and typing skills. Excellent interpersonal and communication skills to maintain a positive and helpful attitude with customers, providers and clinic operations. Must have the ability to follow oral and written directions as they relate to the functions listed above. Must have the ability to acquire and utilize a sound knowledge of the company’s customer information systems. Must possess excellent organizational and time management skills. Accurate and efficient keyboarding skills, the ability to work effectively with common office software are required. Requires effective teamwork skills and the ability to meet deadlines and productivity standards.

Preferred Qualifications

Experience in an in-bound call center or scheduler in a practice management environment preferred. Knowledge of payor contract terms and processes preferred. Some level of familiarity with medical terminology strongly preferred. Knowledge of payor contract terms and processes is preferred.

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