Appointment Coordinator

Company Overview

Shriners Children’s is an organization that respects, supports, and values each other. We are engaged in providing excellence in patient care, embracing multi-disciplinary education, and research with global impact. We foster a learning environment that values evidenced based practice, experience, innovation, and critical thinking. Our compassion, integrity, accountability, and resilience define us as leaders in pediatric specialty care for our children and their families.

All employees are eligible for medical, dental and vision coverage on their first day! In addition, upon hire all employees are eligible for a 403(b) and Roth 403 (b) Retirement Saving Plan with matching contributions of up to 6% after one year of service. Employees in a full-time or part-time status (40 hours per pay period) will also be eligible for paid time off, life insurance, short term and long-term disability and the Flexible Spending Account (FSA) plans. Additional benefits available to full-time and part-time employees include tuition reimbursement, home & auto, hospitalization, critical illness, pet insurance and much more! Coverage is available to employees and their qualified dependents in accordance with the plans. Benefits may vary based on state law.

Job Overview

We currently have an opening for a Full Time  Appointment Coordinator to join our team.  This position will be responsible for accurately scheduling appointments and entering data into computerized appointment system, answer phones and direct calls as needed.  Schedulers will have the basic scheduling competencies to follow established Best Practices and be able to perform specific duties to an assigned area.  Appointment scheduling, computer skills, and medical terminology required.  

Schedule: Full-time  Monday-Friday 8:00-4:30 PM (FTE 1.0)

(Pay range for this position is $16.92-25.38/hr DOE. The hired applicant's placement within the range is based on qualifications, professional experience and education)

Responsibilities

• Scheduling and rescheduling, creating ad-hoc appointments, check-in & check-out and changing appointment status.
• Registration, updating, quick/trauma admit, discharge and downtime conversion.
• Updating and viewing.
• Appointments, searching, utilizing different queues, confirmed, hold, no show, and request list inquiry.
• Utilizing Power Chart for additional information when needed, orders matrix & patient scheduled tab.
• Cross trained to ensure relief for other scheduling positions as assigned.
• Receives, assesses and routes telephone calls.

Note: This is not an all-inclusive list of this job’s responsibilities. The incumbent may be required to perform other related duties and participate in special projects as assigned

Qualifications

Education

• High School Diploma/GED 

Experience

• 1 Year Scheduling, registration and insurance verification preferred
• Basic clerical skills, required
• Basic computer skills including word processing and data entry are needed.

Certification and Licensures

• Basic Life Support(BLS)

Salary : $17 - $25