Surgery Scheduler

Intermountain Health; United States; On-site; USD 30,000 - 47,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Benefits package

Job summary

Intermountain Health at Lutheran Clinic in Wheat Ridge, CO is seeking a Patient Scheduler/Registration specialist. You will register patients, schedule appointments, and coordinate pre-certifications for insurance and medical care, while guiding patients through surgery prep instructions.

The role emphasizes strong experience with health care operations, hospital scheduling, and coordination with providers, with a standard 40-hour week and day-shift hours.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated experience in a health care organization.
• Two years of related experience in a health care organization is preferred.
• Experience with Electronic health record.
• Experience with insurance companies.
• Strong experience with hospital surgery scheduling.
• Experience with insurance verification and authorizations.

Responsibilities

• Maintains the surgery schedule, providing necessary information to patients and providers
• Conducts patient pre-certification for insurance approval for appointments and medical care
• Coordinates and ensures necessary equipment is ordered, room availability, pre-surgery medication is arranged prior to scheduled procedure
• Communicates detailed information and answers patient's questions regarding surgery preparation instructions arrival/departure instructions
• Schedules any necessary follow up appointments as directed by provider
• Performs other duties as assigned

Skills

Patient Registration

Medical Data Entry

Patient Care

Insurance Claims Processing

Health Care

Health Screenings

Health Insurance

Patient Account Management

Patient Financial Services

Patient Scheduling

Medical Records Management

Job description

Job Description

Responsible for registering and scheduling patients at Intermountain Health facilities system-wide, ensuring that processes and procedures exceed customer expectations. Acts as a liaison between the provider's office and facility. Schedule - Monday - Friday 8:00am - 5:00pm

Essential Functions

• Maintains the surgery schedule, providing necessary information to patients and providers
• Conducts patient pre-certification for insurance approval for appointments and medical care
• Coordinates and ensures necessary equipment is ordered, room availability, pre-surgery medication is arranged prior to scheduled procedure
• Communicates detailed information and answers patient's questions regarding surgery preparation instructions arrival/departure instructions
• Schedules any necessary follow up appointments as directed by provider
• Performs other duties as assigned

Skills

• Patient Registration
• Medical Data Entry
• Patient Care
• Insurance Claims Processing
• Health Care
• Health Screenings
• Health Insurance
• Patient Account Management
• Patient Financial Services
• Patient Scheduling
• Medical Records Management

Minimum Qualifications

Demonstrated experience in a health care organization

Preferred Qualifications

• Two years of related experience in a health care organization is preferred
• Experience with Electronic health record
• Experience with insurance companies
• Strong experience with hospital surgery scheduling
• Experience with insurance verification and authorizations

Physical Requirements

Ongoing need for employee to see and read information, labels, documents, monitors, identify equipment and supplies, and be able to assess customer needs.

Frequent interactions with providers, colleagues, customers, patients/clients and visitors that require employee to verbally communicate as well as hear and understand spoken information, needs, and issues quickly and accurately.

Manual dexterity of hands and fingers to manipulate complex and delicate supplies and equipment with precision and accuracy. This includes frequent computer use for typing, accessing needed information, etc.

For roles requiring driving: Expected to drive a vehicle which requires sitting, seeing and reading signs, traffic signals, and other vehicles.

Location:

Lutheran Clinic

Work City: Wheat Ridge

Work State: Colorado

Scheduled Weekly Hours: 40

The hourly range for this position is listed below. Actual hourly rate dependent upon experience.

$22.39 - $34.06

Benefits

We care about your well-being - mind, body, and spirit - which is why we provide our caregivers a generous benefits package that covers a wide range of programs to foster a sustainable culture of wellness that encompasses living healthy, happy, secure, connected, and engaged.

Learn more about our comprehensive benefits package here .

Information and Policies

By applying for a position with Intermountain, I acknowledge that I will comply with all applicable Intermountain policies and expectations. If applying for a remote or hybrid role, this includes remote work expectations related to confidentiality, information security, work schedules, conflicts of interest, and use of company equipment. I further acknowledge that outside employment or activities may not interfere with job responsibilities or create a conflict of interest with Intermountain. Actual or reasonably perceived conflicts may be grounds for disqualification from consideration or, if hired, corrective action up to and including termination of employment.

Intermountain Health is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.

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