OBGYN Surgical Coordinator

Description

Coord, Surgical

Welcome to Holy Name, a medical center where innovation is not just a goal — it's a commitment. Here, medical excellence thrives, allowing hope to reign supreme and leaving no room for fear. At our hospital, every patient is cared for with undivided attention — because healing every soul is our sole focus.

Holy Name is New Jersey's only independent Catholic health system, comprising a 361-bed acute care hospital, a renowned cancer center, a state-of-the-art fitness center, a residential hospice, a prestigious nursing school, and an extensive physician network. Healing at Holy Name goes beyond medicine and technology – it is infused with faith, conviction, compassion, and a commitment to educating the next generation of healthcare professionals through graduate medical education, a Pharmacy Residency Program, and our Institute for Simulation Learning. Our mission to provide care for the body, mind, and soul spans education, prevention, diagnosis, treatment, rehabilitation, and overall wellness. This is at the core of who we are and what we do, and we've done it this way across generations, every single day, for nearly 100 years. Every innovation, medical breakthrough, and groundbreaking treatment is powered by some of the best minds in medicine, ensuring nothing is left on the table or the road to recovery.

A Brief Overview

Coordinates and schedules surgeries and physician consults for patients via telephone, in person, through inpatient prescription and electronic means. Responsible for performing clerical receptionist duties in accordance with practice and hospital policies and procedures

What You Will Do

• Accurately schedule, pre-screen and pre-register patients for practice
• Assume a large volume of phone duties involving scheduling and rescheduling appointments for physician’s offices, outpatients and clinic patients
• Thoroughly and clearly explain proper preparation for exams for patients who are scheduled via telephone or in person
• Collect payment for services rendered. Responsible for daily assessment of super bills
• Process all requisitions and necessary paperwork for exams. Verifies pertinent patient information
• Enters patient information into the computer system. Assures that correct information has been entered at every visit
• Obtain completed registration forms for new patients and updates demographic profile at each visit
• Reschedule call back patients and create new appointments as applicable
• Respond to phone requests. Assists patients and notifies appropriate staff of priorities
• Answer messages in a timely manner. Activates and deactivates phone services
• Explains the outpatient registration process to the patient during scheduling encounters
• Verifies insurance and obtains authorizations when indicated. Follow all established protocols for necessary authorizations. Obtains pre- authorizations for procedures
• Reviews superbills for dx, procedure codes & MD signatures
• Performs duties in an independent manner with little need for direct supervision
• Maintains and respects confidentiality
• Reports any suggestions or positive changes to the supervisor
• Shows appropriate respect and professionalism to patients, co-workers, supervisors and physicians
• Must be able to work effectively as a member of a multidisciplinary team to ensure that quality service is provided to clients and physicians
• Utilizing any or all Hospital provided equipment and/or safe work procedures; employees shall be required to lift all objects as is practicable
• The employee must be able to perform the physical requirements of this job, including but not limited to, standing, walking, reaching with arms and hands, climbing, balancing. Must be able to stoop, kneel and/or crouch
• Performs other duties as assigned.
  
  

Education Qualifications

• High School Graduate or equivalent experience Required
  
  

Experience Qualifications

• 1-3 years Of hospital or physician office experience Required
  
  

Knowledge, Skills, And Abilities

• Strong computer and communication skills
  
  

Holy Name is a mission-driven facility whose quality standards and philosophy are rooted in the principles of its founders, the Sisters of St. Joseph of Peace. Those principles are exercised daily by the Medical Center's dedicated and talented team of physicians, nurses, allied health employees, and a wide variety of non-clinical administrative and operational staff members. Holy Name is an Equal Opportunity Employer.