Surgery Scheduler

United Surgical Partners International, Inc; Tampa (FL); On-site; USD 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

401(k)

Paid time off

Life insurance

Job summary

Florida Orthopaedic Institute Surgery Center-Citrus Park in Tampa, FL is hiring a Surgery Scheduler. This role supports daily scheduling, coordinates with physicians, OR staff, and anesthesia to ensure efficient procedures and accurate patient information.

The candidate should have 2–4 years of hospital or medical office experience, excellent customer service, and strong medical terminology. The position emphasizes professional presentation and effective communication in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• Minimum 2-4 years of hospital or medical office experience required.
• Must communicate verbally and non-verbally in a professional way.
• Ability to use time wisely in preparing work area to meet high-paced demand.
• Show a genuine desire to work and improve the hospital as a whole.
• Professional appearance.
• Strong medical terminology.
• Must demonstrate excellent phone etiquette and exceptional customer service skills.

Responsibilities

• Sets priorities and organizes work.
• Schedules patient procedures to ensure efficient and accurate processing of information, including OR, GI lab, and 23-hour stay arrangements.
• Coordinates with anesthesia groups to confirm scheduling for coverage.
• Accurately uses procedure codes to ensure proper billing.
• Verifies information entered into the system (name, DOB, gender, insurance).
• Ensures all necessary paperwork for any patient is received by staff.
• Communicates schedule changes to appropriate staff.
• Ensures all required fields in Advantx are completed.
• Works closely with OR director to avoid equipment or supply conflicts.
• Alerts administration when new doctors or procedures are scheduled.
• Cross trains with other areas.
• Other duties as assigned.
• Completes consents and submits to the chart builder.
• Promotes positive relationships with scheduling coordinators, physicians and nursing staff.

Skills

Hospital experience

Medical terminology

Phone etiquette

Customer service

Time management

Job description

Florida Orthopaedic Institute Surgery Center-Citrus Park is hiring a Surgery Scheduler

Welcome to Florida Orthopaedic Institute Surgery Center-Citrus Park

Florida Orthopedic Institute Surgery Center-Citrus Park is an Ambulatory Surgery Center in Tampa, Florida.

Surgery Scheduler at Florida Orthopaedic Institute Surgery Center-Citrus Park

Under the direction of the Business Office Manager, is responsible for daily maintenance of the surgery schedule and all aspects of the scheduling process. This includes strategizing and problem solving and ensuring high levels of customer service with scheduling coordinators from all doctors' offices and Operating Room Staff.

Successful candidate will possess outstanding leadership, communication and customer service skills as well as the ability to diffuse difficult scheduling conflicts efficiently with strategy. The successful candidate should be able to demonstrate previous successful/positive customer service encounters or programs.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Sets priorities and organizes work
• Schedules patient procedures to ensure efficient and accurate processing of information. This includes procedures in the operating room, GI lab, and arrangements for 23-hour stay.
• Coordinates with anesthesia groups to confirm scheduling for coverage.
• Accurately uses procedure codes to ensure proper billing.
• Verifies information being entered into system is correct, i.e. spelling of name, DOB, gender, insurance information, etc.
• Ensuring all necessary paper work for any patient -add on'' is received by the appropriate staff.
• Communicates changes to schedule to appropriate staff
• Ensures all required fields in Advantx are completed
• Works closely with OR director to avoid equipment or supply conflicts.
• Alerts administration when new doctors or procedures are scheduled.
• Cross trains with other areas.
• Other duties as assigned.
• Completes consents and ensures accuracy before submitting to the chart builder.
• Promote positive relationships with scheduling coordinators, physicians and nursing staff members throughout the scheduling process.

Benefits

• Our competitive salary and benefits package includes medical and dental insurance, 401(k), paid time off and life insurance.

Required Skills:

EDUCATION, TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS:

• Minimum 2-4 years of hospital or medical office experience required.
• Must be able to communicate verbally and non-verbally in a professional way.
• Ability to use time wisely in preparing work area to meet high-paced demand.
• Show a genuine desire to work and improve the hospital as a whole.
• Professional appearance.
• Strong medical terminology.
• Must demonstrate excellent phone etiquette and exceptional customer service skills.