Surgery Coordinator

Texas Children's Hospital; The Woodlands (TX); On-site; USD 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading pediatric hospital as a Surgery Coordinator, responsible for scheduling surgeries and managing patient care. This full-time role demands strong healthcare experience and excellent communication skills to enhance patient care and streamline surgical scheduling in a children's hospital environment.

Qualifications

• 3 years of experience in a healthcare setting (medical assistant, administrative assistant).
• Experience in an ambulatory clinic environment preferred.

Responsibilities

• Schedule surgeries and manage patient care.
• Establish a filing system for documents.
• Communicate with patients and staff about surgical processes.
• Assist with patient registration and necessary forms.

Skills

Healthcare experience

Customer Service

Communication

Scheduling

Education

H.S. Diploma or GED

Job description

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Job Description

We’re hunting for a Surgery Coordinator, someone who’s ready to be part of the best ranked children’s hospital in Texas, and among the best in the nation. In this position, you will independently perform surgery scheduling for multiple subspecialty surgical services as well as assist in the coordination of providers schedules to effectively manage patient care, while providing excellent customer care in the ambulatory setting.

Job Description

We’re hunting for a Surgery Coordinator, someone who’s ready to be part of the best ranked children’s hospital in Texas, and among the best in the nation. In this position, you will independently perform surgery scheduling for multiple subspecialty surgical services as well as assist in the coordination of providers schedules to effectively manage patient care, while providing excellent customer care in the ambulatory setting.

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Job Duties & Responsibilities

Schedule Surgeries.

Establishes and maintains an efficient system for filing and retrieval documents weekly and timely.

Answers telephones in a professional manner, takes accurate messages, determines, and takes action necessary on messages from the public, physicians, and Hospital administration in a courteous and timely manner.

Performs patient registration procedures per department process.

Ensures that all necessary patient forms are provided and filled out for their surgery.

Communicates with patients, staff and providers regarding patient arrivals, delays, and surgery processes.

Alerts clinic staff and providers of any changes or discrepancies in patient’s scheduled surgery.

Refers all patients with insurance or funding concerns to the financial counselor or prior-authorization department.

Provides status of all surgical appointments daily to reflect arrived, cancelled, no-show, or rescheduled status.

Assists, as needed, licensed staff with the non-financial aspects of the inpatient admission process, e.g., calls escort, helps with paperwork as needed.

Receives completed medical records and follows up with providers to obtain missing medical records.

Works with patients and family during clinic to determine date of surgery.

Serves in key role to assure most efficient patient throughput from clinic to the operating room.

Coordination of Schedules.

Customer Service and communication.

Performs Other Job-related Functions.

As part of our commitment to maintaining a safe and healthy workplace, all successful candidates will be required to undergo respiratory fit testing in compliance with occupational health and safety standards.

Skills & Requirements

Required H.S. Diploma or GED

Required 3 years Healthcare experience (medical assistant, front desk specialist, administrative assistant) with preferred prior work in an Ambulatory Clinic environment

About Us

Texas Children’s Hospital The Woodlands is north Houston’s first true, free-standing pediatric hospital designed, equipped and staffed exclusively to provide care in more than 25 areas of specialty care for children and adolescents. Hospital facilities include 24 emergency center rooms, outpatient exam rooms, radiology rooms, operating rooms and acute care beds, as well as a pediatric intensive care unit (PICU).

To join our community of 14,000+ dedicated team members, visit texaschildrenspeople.org for career opportunities.

Texas Children’s is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All applicants and employees are considered and evaluated for positions at Texas Children's without regard to mental or physical disability, race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, genetic information, military or veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status or any other protected Federal, State/Province or Local status unrelated to the performance of the work involved.

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