Patient Access Scheduler III

Fairview Health Services; Saint Paul (MN); Remote; USD 42,000 - 54,000; Full time

Job summary

Fairview Health Services in Minnesota is seeking a Patient Access Scheduler III for a remote, full-time role (1.0 FTE). You will support imaging scheduling across providers, clinical teams, and facilities to ensure timely, accurate access to services.

The role emphasizes professional communication with patients and staff, multi-tasking, and use of imaging scheduling tools while maintaining data integrity and privacy.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or GED.
• 2-5 years of complex clinical scheduling experience.
• Associate's Degree.
• 5-7 years of experience in scheduling and/or supporting complex services in a healthcare setting.

Responsibilities

• Professionally performs imaging scheduling functions via phone and computer, accurately supporting orders from providers.
• Effectively manages multiple telephone lines, providing timely and accurately support to ensure customer needs and performance standards are met.
• Professionally communicates with patients and all staff on the telephone and in person. Remains at ease with callers, providing a secure and safe environment for them.
• Accurately utilizes high-end imaging decision and authorization support tools.
• Provides complex care coordination scheduling for multiple modalities, providers, and location schedules, accurately utilizing and documenting within all information systems.
• Effectively utilizes critical thinking and expert judgment skills to resolve complex situations
• Accurately navigates and translates complex service protocol tools and information to ensure appropriate services are delivered.
• Proactively identifies solutions for issues that hinder service deliver, collaborating with all necessary parties to ensure optimal resolution
• Proactively provides all necessary exam preparation, travel, parking, and appointment specific documents to the customer in a timely manner
• Maintains working knowledge of multiple specialty services and imaging disciplines.
• Actively pursues opportunities to mentor, educate and orient team members
• Takes ownership for personal career and professional development, collaborating cooperatively with peers, department, and organizational leadership resources.
• Engages, collaborates, and partners with continuum of care services, providers, technicians, and ancillary resources daily

Job description

Job Overview

Here at Fairview, we are looking for Patient Access Scheduler III to join our team! This is a 1.0 FTE (80 hours per 2 weeks) position that will work (enter schedule) This is a remote position!

The Patient Access Scheduler III is responsible for serving customers, providers, and clinical teams in facilitating access to system wide imaging services at the direction of the care provider. The Patient Access Scheduler III coordinates the flow and exchange of information related to customer care activities, across multiple departments and facilities and performs scheduling coordination and other administrative functions to ensure high quality imaging services are accurately delivered.

Responsibilities

• Professionally performs imaging scheduling functions via phone and computer, accurately supporting orders from providers.
• Effectively manages multiple telephone lines, providing timely and accurately support to ensure customer needs and performance standards are met.
• Professionally communicates with patients and all staff on the telephone and in person. Remains at ease with callers, providing a secure and safe environment for them.
• Accurately utilizes high-end imaging decision and authorization support tools.
• Provides complex care coordination scheduling for multiple modalities, providers, and location schedules, accurately utilizing and documenting within all information systems.
• Effectively utilizes critical thinking and expert judgment skills to resolve complex situations
• Accurately navigates and translates complex service protocol tools and information to ensure appropriate services are delivered.
• Proactively identifies solutions for issues that hinder service deliver, collaborating with all necessary parties to ensure optimal resolution
• Proactively provides all necessary exam preparation, travel, parking, and appointment specific documents to the customer in a timely manner
• Maintains working knowledge of multiple specialty services and imaging disciplines.
• Actively pursues opportunities to mentor, educate and orient team members
• Takes ownership for personal career and professional development, collaborating cooperatively with peers, department, and organizational leadership resources.
• Engages, collaborates, and partners with continuum of care services, providers, technicians, and ancillary resources daily

Required Qualifications

• High School Diploma or GED
• 2-5 years of complex clinical scheduling experience

Preferred Qualifications

• Associate's Degree
• 5-7 years of experience in scheduling and/or supporting complex services in a healthcare setting

Benefit Overview

Fairview offers a generous benefit package including but not limited to medical, dental, vision plans, life insurance, short-term and long-term disability insurance, PTO and Sick and Safe Time, tuition reimbursement, retirement, early access to earned wages, and more! Please follow this link for additional information: https://www.fairview.org/careers/benefits/noncontract

Compensation Disclaimer

An individual's pay rate within the posted range may be determined by various factors, including skills, knowledge, relevant education, experience, and market conditions. Additionally, our organization prioritizes pay equity and considers internal team equity when making any offer. Hiring at the maximum of the range is not typical. If your role is eligible for a sign-on bonus, the bonus program that is approved and in place at the time of offer, is what will be honored.

EEO Statement

EEO/Vet/Disabled: All qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to any lawfully protected status