Surgery Scheduler | AdventHealth Medical Group West Florida

All the benefits and perks you need for you and your family:

• Benefits from Day One
• Paid Days Off from Day One
• Career Development

Our promise to you: Joining AdventHealth is about being part of something bigger. It’s about belonging to a community that believes in the wholeness of each person, and serves to uplift others in body, mind and spirit. AdventHealth is a place where you can thrive professionally, and grow spiritually, by Extending the Healing Ministry of Christ. Where you will be valued for who you are and the unique experiences you bring to our purpose-minded team. All while understanding that together we are even better.

Schedule: Full Time, 40 hours per week

Shift: Days

Location: 13601 Bruce B Downs Blvd., Tampa FL, 33613

The community you’ll be caring for: AdventHealth Medical Group West Florida

The role you’ll contribute:

The Surgical Scheduler Coordinator is responsible for greeting, instructing, directing and scheduling patients. Responsibilities include scheduling surgical procedures, pre-admission testing, and posting of surgical charges.  Serves as a liaison between patient and medical support staff.

The value you’ll bring to the team:

• Meets with patient to coordinate surgical date.
• Reviews preoperative instructions: bowel preparation, no aspirin, etc.
• Registers patient and procedure with the appropriate hospital scheduling department.
• Coordinates cases requiring multi-specialty surgeons, utilization of an assistant surgeon, or physician assistant.
• Correlates pre-admission testing and surgical clearance appointments.
• Assists patients and families with Hospital information and hotel accommodations as needed.
• Prepares patient chart orders for surgeon.
• Obtains authorization for hospital admission from patient’s insurance carrier.
• Maintain and updates physicians surgical schedule coordinating patient procedures, meetings, and various appointments.
• Coordination of surgical schedule with dictationist for patient history and physicals.
• Plans patient transfers from other facilities to Florida Hospital.
• Updates patient account with hospital pre-certification number, admission date, and postoperative days to allow for the timely billing of claims.
• Organizes information needed for appropriate billing to include operative, pathology, and CPT code sheets.
• Charge entry for all inpatient, outpatient, and assisted surgical procedures.

The expertise and experiences you’ll need to succeed:

Minimum qualifications:

• Experience with word processing and computers preferred. 
• Demonstrates ability to communicate by reading, writing legibly, speaking and comprehending English effectively in order to carry out job requirements.
• High school graduate or equivalent.
• Medical office experience as cashier or receptionist

Preferred qualifications:

• One year of medical terminology, ICD-9/10 and CPT-4 coding experience preferred.

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About AdventHealth

At AdventHealth, Extending the Healing Ministry of Christ is our mission. It calls us to be His hands and feet in helping people feel whole. Our story is one of hope — one that strives to heal and restore the body, mind and spirit. Our more than 80,000 skilled and compassionate caregivers in hospitals, physician practices, outpatient clinics, urgent care centers, skilled nursing facilities, home health agencies and hospice centers are committed to providing individualized, wholistic care.

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