Patient Scheduler

Option Care; Itasca (IL); On-site; Full time

Job summary

Option Care Health is seeking a Patient Scheduler to manage the scheduling of clinical staff for patient visits. This role requires strong organizational and communication skills, ensuring that staffing needs align with patient care requirements. The position offers a competitive salary within the healthcare sector and is available in a thriving work environment that prioritizes the development of its team members.

Benefits

401k

Health Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

Paid Time off

Disability Insurance

Life Insurance

Qualifications

• 1 year of previous scheduling experience.
• Experience in a general office administration setting or similar fast-paced environments.

Responsibilities

• Schedules clinical staff to visit patients.
• Coordinates and monitors patient care across all clinical areas.
• Interprets physician’s orders and schedules accordingly.

Skills

Communication

Customer service

Education

High School diploma or equivalent

Tools

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

Job description

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With the nation’s largest home infusion provider, there is no limit to the growth of your career.

Option Care Health, Inc. is the largest independent home and alternate site infusion services provider in the United States. With over 8,000 team members including 5,000 clinicians, we work compassionately to elevate standards of care for patients with acute and chronic conditions in all 50 states. Through our clinical leadership, expertise and national scale, Option Care Health is re-imagining the infusion care experience for patients, customers and employees.

As a two-year recipient of the Gallup Exceptional Workplace Award, we recognize that part of being extraordinary is building a thriving workforce that is as unique as the patients and communities we serve. Join a company that is taking action to develop a culture that is inclusive, respectful, engaging and rewarding for all team members. Our organization requires extraordinary people to provide extraordinary care, so we are investing in a culture that attracts, hires and retains the best and brightest talent in healthcare.

Job Description Summary

The Patient Scheduler is responsible for scheduling clinical staff to visit patients. This may include Option Care Nursing, Subcontracted Nursing, and Network Nursing. Works closely with the pharmacy, nursing and warehouse to determine schedule needs and availability to insure appropriate patient care. Performs other duties as required by Nurse Manager, Area Director of Nursing and/or Director of Operations.

Job Description

Job Responsibilities (listed in order of importance and/or time spent)

• Ensures appropriate staffing is arranged for all patient care.
• Coordinates, monitors and schedules patient care across all clinical areas.
• Contacts patients and clinicians to schedule and confirm deliveries and visits.
• Responsible for interpreting physician’s orders and scheduling according to orders.
• Completes tasks and runs reports in required platforms.
• Coordinate scheduling needs with staffing availability.
• Ensures management is aware of staffing needs and requirements.
• Facilitates patient complaints or issues to appropriate department.
• May need to perform clerk functions in addition to scheduling functions in the absence of a clerk.
• Observes legal and ethical guidelines for safeguarding the confidentiality of patient and proprietary Option Care information.
• Accepts other responsibilities and duties that may be assigned.
  
  

Supervisory Responsibilities

Does this position have supervisory responsibilities?

(i.e. hiring, recommending/approving promotions and pay increases, scheduling, performance reviews, discipline, etc.)

No

Basic Education And/or Experience Requirements

• High School diploma or equivalent.
• At least 1 year of previous scheduling experience.
• At minimum, 1 year of experience in a general office administration setting or a similar fast paced environment(s)
  
  

Basic Qualifications

• Experience communicating both verbally (on phone, one-on-one, to groups) and in writing (emails, letters, reports,) to various audiences (work group, team, company management, external clients).
• Basic level skill in Microsoft Word 2003 or later (for example: such as: creating documents, entering and formatting text, page layouts, creating tables, and adding graphics).
• Basic level skill in Microsoft Excel 2003 or later (for example: creating worksheets, entering data, creating basic formulas, working with cells and rows).
• Experience providing customer service to internal and external customers, including meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.
  
  

Travel Requirements: (if required)

N/A

Preferred Qualifications & Interests (PQIs)

• Previous home healthcare experience
• Familiar with electronic scheduling platform
• 2 years of experience in a general office administration setting or similar fast paced environment(s)
  
  

This job description is to be used as a guide for accomplishing Company and department objectives, and only covers the primary functions and responsibilities of the position. It is in no way to be construed as an all-encompassing list of duties.

Due to state pay transparency laws, the full range for the position is below:

Salary to be determined by the applicant's education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity and alignment with market data.

Pay Range is $18.35-$30.59

Benefits

• 401k
• Dental Insurance
• Disability Insurance
• Health Insurance
• Life Insurance
• Paid Time off
• Vision Insurance
  
  

Option Care Health subscribes to a policy of equal employment opportunity, making employment available without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, citizenship status according to the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, veteran status, or genetic information.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Not Applicable

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Management and Manufacturing

• Industries

  Hospitals and Health Care

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