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The Scheduling Representative works as a member of the interdisciplinary patient care team. Support is provided to the clinicians for the day to day operations. The Scheduling Representative performs routine scheduling of new and follow-up appointments requested by patients and providers, maintains compliance with 3rd party payers, and provides exceptional customer service. They may also assist other administrative staff with overflow work.
Job Responsibility:
Routinely maintain work area in a neat and orderly fashion
Complete order entry using hospital information system or manual order forms (test requisitions) including cancellation or modification of orders as required
Review all clinic orders for date, time, signature, and pagers
Patient specific labels
apply patient labels to progress notes, order forms, and other patient specific forms as needed
Complete needed filing/record keeping
Call for consults using appropriate consult forms as a guide
Call support and ancillary departments as needed (EVS, transport, lab, pharmacy, radiology, volunteer, etc.)
Transport items to ancillary departments as needed (blood to laboratory, retrieve/deliver patient belongings, charts to medical records, etc) and pick up any items if required
Supplies: Ensure that supplies are stocked, including copy, printer, and fax machines with paper and all forms
Schedule follow-up appointments for patients (clinics, outpatient radiology etc)
Identifies insurance plans and specific procedures which need to be pre-approved. Pre-certifies required tests and procedures
Enters referrals and pre-certifications in hospital information system, makes copies and forwards to appropriate parties
Assists Team members as assigned/needed
Must be able to perform the professional, clinical and or technical competencies of the assigned unit or department
Requirements:
High School Graduate or GED
Advanced Keyboarding skills, proficient in computer languages such as outlook, Microsoft Word and Excel
Nice to have:
Associates Degree in business or a related field of study from an accredited college or university
1 or more years of experience in a hospital environment
1 or more years of experience in a direct customer service environment