Surgery Scheduler Coordinator

Socket.dev; Lexington (KY); On-site; USD 42,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Saint Joseph East is seeking a Surgery Scheduler to manage complex operational logistics, ensuring seamless alignment of resources, personnel, and services. You will expertly manage intricate scheduling and data entry, producing schedules and overseeing template maintenance with a proactive and precise approach.

The role demands exceptional organizational skills, strong communication, and proficiency with scheduling systems in a hospital setting, located in Lexington, Kentucky.

Qualifications

• High School Graduate General Studies and Hospital or outpatient scheduling experience, upon hire
• High School GED General Studies and Hospital or outpatient scheduling experience, upon hire
• None, upon hire

Responsibilities

• Schedules all patient surgeries, along with any special procedures ordered for the Main Operating Room, Outpatient Surgery Center as well as Off Site Anesthesia cases.
• In depth knowledge of case duration, including the acuity of the patient as well as the added time for trauma and other possible procedures based on the surgeon performing the case.
• Maintains knowledge of fellows’ and physicians’ schedules and special needs, and uses information to avoid scheduling conflicts.
• Maintains familiarity with referring physicians and their staff and uses the information to provide superior customer service to patients and physicians.
• Understands conflict scheduling, and takes the necessary steps to avoid errors.
• Provides accurate scheduling information for both internal and external customers.

Skills

Scheduling

Organizational skills

Communication

Data entry

Resource allocation

Education

High School Graduate

High School GED

Tools

Scheduling systems

Job description

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Role summary

Saint Joseph East is seeking a Surgery Scheduler to manage complex operational logistics, ensuring seamless alignment of resources, personnel, and services. This role involves expert management of intricate scheduling and resource allocation, meticulous data entry and maintenance, schedule production, and template oversight. Success requires exceptional organizational skills, meticulous attention to detail, strong communication, and proficiency with scheduling systems, alongside a proactive approach and commitment to operational precision.

Where You’ll Work

Welcome to Saint Joseph East, a 217-bed, full-service, community hospital located in a convenient setting in Lexington, Kentucky. Saint Joseph East also includes the Women's Hospital at Saint Joseph East which is dedicated to supporting the well-being of women in Central and Eastern Kentucky and serves a 16-bed Level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU).

CHI Saint Joseph Health is part of CommonSpirit Health, a non-profit, Catholic health system dedicated to advancing health for all people. With approximately 175,000 team members and 25,000 physicians and advanced practice clinicians.

Our commitment to serve the common good is delivered through the dedicated work of thousands of physicians, advanced practice clinicians, nurses, and staff; through clinical excellence delivered across a system of 140 hospitals and more than 2,200 care centers serving 24 states.

Job Summary and Responsibilities

As our Surgery Scheduler, you will be a critical orchestrator of complex operational logistics, ensuring seamless alignment of resources, personnel, and services. Every day, you will expertly manage intricate scheduling and resource allocation while meticulously entering and maintaining data. You will also produce schedules, and oversee template maintenance. To be successful in this role, you will possess exceptional organizational skills, meticulous attention to detail, strong communication, and proficiency with scheduling systems. Your proactive approach and commitment to operational precision are paramount.

Where You’ll Work

Welcome to Saint Joseph East, a 217-bed, full-service, community hospital located in a convenient setting in Lexington, Kentucky. Saint Joseph East also includes the Women's Hospital at Saint Joseph East which is dedicated to supporting the well-being of women in Central and Eastern Kentucky and serves a 16-bed Level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU).

CHI Saint Joseph Health is part of CommonSpirit Health, a non-profit, Catholic health system dedicated to advancing health for all people. With approximately 175,000 team members and 25,000 physicians and advanced practice clinicians.

Our commitment to serve the common good is delivered through the dedicated work of thousands of physicians, advanced practice clinicians, nurses, and staff; through clinical excellence delivered across a system of 140 hospitals and more than 2,200 care centers serving 24 states.

Job Summary and Responsibilities

As our Surgery Scheduler, you will be a critical orchestrator of complex operational logistics, ensuring seamless alignment of resources, personnel, and services. Every day, you will expertly manage intricate scheduling and resource allocation while meticulously entering and maintaining data. You will also produce schedules, and oversee template maintenance. To be successful in this role, you will possess exceptional organizational skills, meticulous attention to detail, strong communication, and proficiency with scheduling systems. Your proactive approach and commitment to operational precision are paramount.

• Schedules all patient surgeries, along with any special procedures ordered for the Main Operating Room, Outpatient Surgery Center as well as Off Site Anesthesia cases.


• In depth knowledge of case duration, including the acuity of the patient as well as the added time for trauma and other possible procedures based on the surgeon performing the case.


• Maintains knowledge of fellows’ and physicians’ schedules and special needs, and uses information to avoid scheduling conflicts.


• Maintains familiarity with referring physicians and their staff and uses the information to provide superior customer service to patients and physicians.


• Understands conflict scheduling, and takes the necessary steps to avoid errors.


• Provides accurate scheduling information for both internal and external customers.

Job Requirements

Required

• High School Graduate General Studies and Hospital or outpatient scheduling experience, upon hire or


• High School GED General Studies and Hospital or outpatient scheduling experience, upon hire


• None, upon hire

About Baylor St. Luke's Medical Center

Baylor St. Luke's Medical Center is a quaternary care hospital in Houston, Texas, a joint venture between Baylor College of Medicine and Catholic Health Initiatives (now CommonSpirit Health), known for complex medical care, research, and teaching.

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