About this role
Job Responsibilities
• Maintain a professional relationship with physicians, their office staff, co-workers and other hospital personnel.
• Schedule surgical procedures with the anesthesiologist, physician, their office or through the nursing units within the hospital according to the limitation of the hospital and/or anesthesia and surgery capacity.
• Facilitate briefs, huddles and debriefs when necessary.
• Actively scan and assess situational elements to gain information, understanding, or maintain awareness to support functioning of the team.
• Identify and obtain necessary information about the patient for scheduling purposes.
• Enter and review operating room charges into electronic system.
• Monitor physician preference cards for noted changes and submit to the designated coordinator.
• Identify additional resources needed for procedures and communicate this information to the necessary team members as soon as possible.
• Precept additional staff members in the operations of the scheduling office when necessary.
• Verifies information that is communicated and seek information from all available resources.
• Other duties as assigned.
Education Requirements
• Minimum: High school diploma or equivalent
• Preferred: Certified Surgical Technologist
Experience Requirements
• Minimum: Two (2) years of clinical surgical tech experience
• Preferred: combination of administrative and clinical experience
License/Certification Requirements
• BLS (American Heart Association)