Scheduler Surgery Full Time Days

Desert Regional Medical Center is a 385 bed acute-care hospital classified as a stroke receiving center and level 2 trauma facility with an innovative, patient centered and evidence-based Rehabilitation Services Department. Our compassionate team provides a wide range of inpatient and outpatient services, including acute care rehabilitation, joint replacement & spinal surgery, neurosurgery, ICU, Telemetry, step-down care, skilled nursing, as well as outpatient therapy, hand and lymphedema clinics.

GENERAL DUTIES:

The OI Surgery Scheduler schedules OI surgeries, schedules implant vendors and supplies, obtains authorizations for surgeries, coordinates surgery-specific activities with DRMC and El Mirador’s Operating Rooms, and schedules pre-operative and first post-operative visit for most cases.

Shift: Days

Days off:

1. High School Diploma or GED
2. Two to five (2-5) years medical experience as unit secretary and/or medical office.
3. Typing, computer systems, fax machine, copier experience
4. Understands medical terminology and has command of the English language.
5. Excellent communication skills, written and verbal in English

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Tenet complies with federal, state, and/or local laws regarding mandatory vaccination of its workforce. If you are offered this position and must be vaccinated under any applicable law, you will be required to show proof of full vaccination or obtain an approval of a religious or medical exemption prior to your start date. If you receive an exemption from the vaccination requirement, you will be required to submit to regular testing in accordance with the law. 

DEPARTMENT SPECIFIC DUTIES: 

• Uses proper channels of communication 
• Demonstrates courteous and effective telephone protocol
• Reports significant data accurately and timely
• Relays messages promptly and accurately
• Communicates effectively with physicians, team leader and staff
• Work with medical staff in updating privileges and managing Block Time utilization
• Follows DRMC service standards and ICON practice standards
• Helps Medical Assistants, when time permits in clinic
• Rooms patients and schedules patients as needed 
• Competency to schedule surgeries. 
• Demonstrates knowledge of medical terminology
• Prevents scheduling conflicts
• Obtains surgery authorization from insurance companies in a timely manner
• Performs timely and accurate scheduling of elective, urgent and emergent cases
• Obtains & Assigns surgery time providing for efficient use of the O.R.
• Communicates equipment/special order supplies
• Follows departmental guidelines and protocols
• Follows procedure for making changes in the schedule
• Notifies appropriate personnel of add-ons & emergencies
• Distributes weekly surgery schedule to OI physicians
• Updates daily schedules as necessary
• Competency to assist with other Back Office activities 
• Handles and/or prepares outgoing referrals for patients
• Triages patient telephone calls, resolves issues and/or relays messages to appropriate provider in a timely manner 
• Correct errors in a timely manner
• Completes paper work requested by the State (i.e. disability forms) or insurance companies regarding patients, as needed
• Handles prescription refills and requests, as needed
• Performs other duties, as assigned

Who We Are

We are a community built on care. Our caregivers and supporting staff extend compassion to those in need, helping to improve the health and well-being of those we serve, and provide comfort and healing. Your community is our community.

Our Story

We started out as a small operation in California. In May 1969, we acquired four hospitals, some additional care facilities and real estate for the future development of hospitals. Over the years, we’ve grown tremendously in size, scope and capability, building a home in new markets over time, and curating those homes to provide a compassionate environment for those entrusting us with their care.

We have a rich history at Tenet. There are so many stories of compassionate care; so many “firsts” in terms of medical innovation; so many examples of enhancing healthcare delivery and shaping a business that is truly centered around patients and community need. Tenet and our predecessors have enabled us to touch many different elements of healthcare and make a difference in the lives of others.

Our Impact Today

Today, we are leading health system and services platform that continues to evolve in lockstep with community need. Tenet’s operations include three businesses – our hospitals and physicians, USPI and Conifer Health Solutions.

Our impact spreads far and deep with 65 hospitals and approximately 510 outpatient centers and additional sites of care. We are differentiated by our top notch medical specialists and service lines that are tailored within each community we serve. The work Conifer is doing will help provide the foundation for better health for clients across the country, through the delivery of healthcare-focused revenue cycle management and value-based care solutions.

Together as an enterprise, we work to save lives and can accept nothing less than excellence from ourselves in service of our patients and their families, every day.

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