Clinical Scheduler - Perioperative Services
Location: Morgantown West Virginia
Description: West Virginia University Hospitals is at the momment seeking for Clinical Scheduler - Perioperative Services right now, this position will be placed in West Virginia. More details about this position opportunity kindly read the description below. Summary: Provides support to Perioperative Services through case scheduling, report generation, and data maintenance! within the OPTIME Merlin scheduling system.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities: Duties are monitored by supervision, productivity reports, and include, but are not limited to, the following:
- • Able to communicate effectively with surgeons, anesthesia staff, dealing with frequent interruptions in a high stress setting.
- • Assists Manager/Director with “special†projects and performs a number of administrative support duties.
- • Enhances positive relations with all customers including patients, families, hospital staff, and other Departments.
- • Acts as liaison between O.R., clinics, anesthesia, and department manager.
- • Practices positive responses to job demand/changes, through organizational and time management to enhance positive outcomes in patient care, unit needs, and the department’s mission.
- • Participates in and fosters an approach to continuously improving quality that! includes both intradepartmental and interdepartmental activit! ies. Performs other duties as assigned.
- • Demonstrates ability to maintain confidential information.
- • Researches, processes, reconciles, verifies, compiles, tabulates, collects, sorts, and/or compares information. Investigates and resolves a variety of situations. Maintains documentation. Reviews Department documents to verify compliance, completeness, and accuracy.
- • Ensures timely and accurate communication within the Department and external to the Department as needed.
- • Proficient in the operations of Merlin OPTIME software.
- • Completes other projects/duties as assigned.
- • Finalizes the next day surgery schedules and serves as a active participant
- • Informs charge RN and Inventory staff of special equipment/products needed for scheduled cases. Troubleshoot! s equipment and staff role conflicts.
- • Prints requested preference cards for select cases.
- • Completes reports for radiology services, neuro monitoring, and laser operations.
- • Processes incoming requests for central scheduling relative to block allocation, supplies, and equipment availability. Serves as a scheduling resource to clinic schedulers. Includes the scheduling of emergency and add-on cases.
- • Ensures completeness and accuracy of case information for those cases handled by central schedulers. Ensures that scheduled procedures pull linked preference cards. Maintains the accuracy of the ORs at a glance greaseboards.
- • Schedules in accordance with scheduling policy and with attention to block schedule parameters and restrictions. Resolves scheduling conflicts quickly, utilizing critical thinking skills.
- • Collaborates with Anesthesia to assure appropriate coverage for all sites. Enters anesthesia staf! f assignments into Merlin system.
- Troubleshoots computer hardw! are issues including printers.
- • Performs simultaneous phone correspondence and computer data entry.
- • Identifies inconsistencies and discrepancies. Refers them to appropriate personnel or investigation or resolution. May correct information on case scheduling requests as directed. Makes decisions within guidelines and assigned area procedures.
- • Recognizes need for additional information or clarification of information and contacts appropriate internal/external personnel.
- May serve as a superuser for Merlin OPTIME scheduling and intraoperative documentation software.
- • Generates scheduling reports as requested.
- • Verifies scheduling process for all cases.
- • Completes daily temperature tracking documentation.
- • Assists in inventory, receiving data entry when assigned.
- • Verifies cancellations and makes changes to schedule as necessary.
- • Receives and screens visitors and telephone calls. Responds to general inquiries concerning the activities and operation of the department by relating or referring to established policies and procedures.
- • Makes decisions within guidelines and assigned area procedures.
- • Generates daily OR schedule in a timely fashion.
- • Coordinates distribution of OR schedule.
- • Generates corrected schedules and other management information reports.
- • Verifies cancellations and makes changes to schedule as necessary.
- Assists with staff scheduling communications
- • Receives and adjusts office inventory
- • Trials new computer hardware and software
- • Maintains case tracking ! process
- • Receives delivery packages and coordinates entry i! nto department
- • Communicates needs for patient specific/specialty items for OR cases
Work Environment : Work is generally performed in an office or clinical environment in which there is only minimal exposure to unpleasant and/or hazardous working conditions. May involve being present in semi-restricted or restricted operative areas.
Physical Demands : Work requires regularly using a keyboard to interact with computer system. Work is sedentary. May be required to lift/push/pull 40lbs. Hearing within normal range.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
- Ability to type 25 wpm preferred.
- Knowledge and understanding of medical terminology.
- Possesses the interpersonal skills to positively and effectively! communicate, negotiate, and resolve conflict.
- Cooperatively interacts with the health care team to support and contribute to the shared group goals.
Education and Experience:
- High School or equivalent level of education.
- Two (2) years relevant experience.
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If you were eligible to this position, please email us your resume, with salary requirements and a resume to West Virginia University Hospitals.
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This position starts available on: Tue, 26 Mar 2013 17:42:58 GMT