Perioperative Scheduler

Summit Hospital; Lakewood (CO); Sur place; USD 42 000 - 64 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Housing stipend

Résumé du poste

CommonSpirit Health's St. Anthony Summit Hospital in Summit County, Colorado, seeks a Perioperative Scheduler to coordinate surgical and anesthesia procedures, manage schedules, and ensure efficient use of resources.

You will collect patient and procedure data, print and distribute schedules, and maintain statistics, while delivering excellent patient experiences and collaborating with providers and the surgical team.

Qualifications

• Three (3) years of experience in a healthcare setting.
• Knowledge of medical terminology.

Responsabilités

• Coordinate surgical and pre-admissions testing case schedule for perioperative department.
• Assign anesthesia based on patient, surgeon, and insurance needs and print/distribute schedules.
• Obtain information needed to properly schedule procedures and prevent delays.
• Schedule complex or exploratory procedures requiring extra time, staff, or equipment.
• Communicate with patients, physicians, anesthesia, and surgical teams in a professional manner.
• Maintain on-time scheduling and minimize delays using available resources.

Connaissances

Healthcare experience

Medical terminology

Formation

High School Diploma/G.E.D

Description du poste

Job Summary and Responsibilities

As our Perioperative Scheduler, you will coordinate surgical and anesthesia procedures in alignment with established guidelines, ensuring efficient use of available resources. You will obtain and update patient and procedural information, print and distribute schedules, and maintain relevant statistical data, all while performing computer data entry and retrieval.

Every day, you will uphold strong interpersonal and customer service skills, facilitating seamless communication between patients, providers, and the surgical team. Your attention to detail and commitment to comprehensive scheduling will be crucial for delivering a positive patient experience.

To be successful in this role, you will bring excellent organizational abilities, a collaborative mindset, and a strong dedication to ensuring safe, timely surgical care aligned with our mission and values.

• Coordinates surgical and pre-admissions testing case schedule for the perioperative surgery department. Assigns anesthesia in accordance with patient, surgeon, and insurance needs. Prints and distributes schedules.
• Obtains pertinent information needed to properly schedule surgical procedures, preventing delays and equipment conflicts.
• Makes sound judgment when scheduling complex, highly technical, and/or exploratory procedures that may require extra time, staff, equipment, or be a potential for medical complications and create delays in the schedule if not properly scheduled.
• Manages the issues encountered when daily operational changes take place (add-ons, delays, emergencies, etc.). Able to multi-task and work under pressure.
• Communicates in a timely fashion and functions as liaison with patients, physicians, physician office staff, anesthesia, surgery departments, Health Information Management, and other departments within the system in a professional manner.
• Effectively schedules procedures in an effective manner utilizing resources available and keeping delays to a minimum.

$400/month Summit County housing stipend available for full time residents of Summit, Park, Eagle, Grand, Clear Creek, Lake, and Chaffee Counties. Must work at least 80% physically on-site at a CommonSpirit Mountain Region site in Summit County and full time or part time status (PRN ineligible). More details available upon offer.

Job Requirements

Required

• High School Diploma/G.E.D
• Three (3) years of experience in a healthcare setting
• Knowledge of medical terminology

Preferred

• Previous surgical scheduling experience

Where You'll Work

St. Anthony Summit Hospital is a Level III trauma center serviced by Flight For Life Colorado. We are nationally recognized as a multiple‑time recipient of the Press Ganey Guardian of Excellence Award for Patient Experience, and we were named a Top 100 Hospital in the U.S. by IBM Watson Health in 2018. We also are a Pathway to Excellence‑designated hospital, recognized by the American Nurses Credentialing Center as being one of the best hospitals for nurses to work. We provide a full range of medical specialties and health care services to Summit County and the surrounding region, including surgical, emergency/trauma, critical care, birth center, orthopedics, breast care, digital mammography, breast MRI, radiology and imaging, infusion therapy, nuclear medicine, cardiology, oncology, Summit Sleep Disorders Center, Ear Nose and Throat (ENT), gastroenterology and Total Joint Replacement. We proudly provide convenient care where you live, work and play - that's why visitors and residents alike can count on us for emergent and urgent medical services. In addition to 24/7, Level III emergency care at St. Anthony‑Summit Hospital in Frisco, we have three emergency mountain clinics at the base of the Breckenridge, Copper Mountain and Keystone resorts, as well as urgent care and primary care available from CMG High Country Healthcare clinics in Frisco, Breckenridge and Silverthorne.