Scheduling Clerk - Surgical Services

Munson Healthcare; Michigan; À distance; USD 42 000 - 58 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Munson Healthcare is seeking a Remote OR Scheduling Clerk in Michigan to manage the daily surgical case schedule and handle add-on requests. You will coordinate with surgeons, OR staff, and inventory to ensure smooth operations while working from a remote location within the state of Michigan.

The role requires a high school diploma, and an associate’s degree or 3+ years in a health-related field is strongly desired.

Qualifications

• High school graduate required.
• Associate's degree and/or 3 years of experience in a hospital or health-related field strongly desired.
• Proficient in MS Word with knowledge of Windows-based applications and ability to use multiple computer systems.
• Previous Operating Room scheduling or unit clerk experience desired.

Responsabilités

• Handle all future scheduling for the OR, including telephone requests, faxes and scheduling slips.
• Take verbal add-on cases for current day, confirming pertinent patient data.
• Communicate add-ons and/or cancellations to OR coordinator and other areas.
• Utilize OR Management scheduling systems to coordinate daily surgical case scheduling.
• Understand block scheduling rules and enter cases accordingly.
• Coordinate order of surgical cases considering shared resources and staff availability.
• Communicate confirmation numbers to physicians' office staff via fax.
• Notify surgeons of surgery times for next day procedures.
• Notify Inventory Control of specialty items needed for boarded procedures.
• Daily communication with OR coordinators, OR Manager and Anesthesia about issues and requests.

Connaissances

MS Word proficiency

Multisystem computer usage

Formation

High school diploma

Associate's degree in health-related field

Outils

MS Word

Windows-based applications

OR scheduling software

Description du poste

Location:550 Munson Avenue, Traverse City MI

Schedule: Full Time Remote, 40 Hours Weekly - Monday to Friday 7:30 AM - 4:30 PM

More Than Just Care,It’sCommunity

Imagine doing meaningful work in a place where peoplevacation.That’slife at Munson Healthcare - northern Michigan’s largest healthcare system, with eight award-winning community hospitals serving over half a million residents across 29 counties.

If you want a career in healthcare and alifestylemost people only dream about – with freshwater lakes, scenic trails, charming downtowns, a vibrant arts scene, and endless outdoor adventures - you might just be Munson Material. To us, that means teammates who live by our values of excellence, teamness, positivity, creativity, and a commitment to creating exceptional experiences for our patients and each other. Join a team that delivers outstanding care in one of the most beautiful regions in the country.

Invested in You

• Grow: Tuition reimbursement, in-person and onlinedevelopment,and access to ourcareer hubto help you advance.

• Thrive: Full benefits, paid holidays, generous PTO, employee discounts, and freeindividualretirement counseling.

• Be Well: Freewellness platform for you and your family,pluspersonalizedsupport for personal or family challenges.

• Be Heard: Share your ideas and help shape the way we work through improvement huddles, employee surveys, and town hall meetings

A Day inthe Life

• Handles all future scheduling for the OR schedule including telephone requests, faxes and scheduling slips.
• Takes verbal add-on cases for current day, ascertaining all pertinent patient data.
• Communicates add-on cases and/or cancellations to O.R. coordinator and all other appropriate areas.
• Utilizes all aspects of computerized and non-computerized “OR Management” scheduling systems to coordinate formation of the daily surgical case scheduling.
• Is knowledgeable of the block scheduling system rules and regulations and is able to utilize that system to enter surgical cases accordingly.
• Coordinates the order of surgical cases taking into consideration shared resources, personnel availability, surgeon preferences.
• Communicates confirmation numbers of scheduled cases to physicians' office staff using right fax.
• Notifies surgeons/offices of their surgery times for the next day’s procedures.
• Notifies Inventory Control Specialist of all specialty items needed for boarded procedures.
• Communicates daily with O.R. coordinators/O.R. Manager and Anesthesia about problems/conflicts/ special requests.
• Responsible to access department communications daily utilizing telephone voicemail and/or e-mail.

What’s Required

• High school graduate required.
• Associate's degree and/or 3 years of experience in a hospital or health related field with focus on medical registration and medical terminology strongly desired.
• Must be proficient in MS Word with knowledge of Windows based applications and possess a proven ability to effectively use multiple computer systems.
• Previous Operating Room scheduling or unit clerk experience desired.

This is a remote position and the candidate must live in the state of Michigan!

Munson Healthcare requires all employees be vaccinated or have lab confirmed immunity for Measles, Mumps, Rubella and Varicella. MHC also requires all employees to receive a flu vaccine during the flu season in the year that they are hired and annually thereafter, or receive an approved medical or religious exemption.