Surgical Coordinator - Urology

Surgical Coordinator - Urology

Job Details

Job Location : AUUA Admin - Glendale, AZ

Position Type : Full Time

Job Shift : Day

Travel Percentage : Negligible

Job Category : Health Care

Description

General Summary / Responsibilities :

Principal Duties and Responsibilities

Monitors, coordinates surgical scheduling tasks for assigned providers.

Manages Authorization or obtains authorizations for procedures, diagnostic testing, medication

authorizations, pre-operative testing, or surgeries as required by the patients health care insurers

or managed care providers.

Schedules internal and external appointments, procedures, and surgeries.

Reviews surgical procedures with patients, providing education and review of necessary

documents and secures patients signatures on required documents.

Confirms patient surgical and diagnostic appointments with appropriate facilities and ensures

timely delivery of appropriate documents.

Schedules or coordinates pre-admission testing, surgical clearance appointments with

the patients Primary Care Physician office, Cardiology or other specialty practices.

Timely review of pre-operative testing results and forwards abnormal test reports to the surgeon,

physician assistant and clinical coordinator. Communicates the same with the patients Primary Care

Physician regarding medical clearances.

Reviews chart for completeness and accuracy by ensuring all pertinent studies / diagnostics are

available prior to pre-operative testing and surgeries.

Immediately greets and directs patients and visitors, answers telephone calls promptly and

courteously.

Utilizes Electronic Medical Record to document all patient communications.

Assist with any other assigned duties or tasks.

Maintains confidentiality of all patient information and complies with HIPAA regulations.

Promotes and supports the mission and values of PVHO / AUUA through all verbal and

nonverbal actions. Perform other related duties as assigned.

Qualifications

Performance Requirements :

Knowledge :

• Medical practice protocols for scheduling and patient demographics
• EMR systems
• Medical terminology
• Insurance practices, CPT, and ICD-10 coding
• Grammar, spelling, and punctuation for documentation
• Customer service principles and techniques

Skills / Abilities :

Experience :

Education :

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