Description

• Introduction

Last year our HCA Healthcare colleagues invested over 156,000 hours volunteering in our communities. As a(an) Scheduler Labor and Delivery with St. David's South Austin Medical Center you can be a part of an organization that is devoted to giving back!

Benefits

St. David's South Austin Medical Center, offers a total rewards package that supports the health, life, career and retirement of our colleagues. The available plans and programs include:

• Comprehensive medical coverage that covers many common services at no cost or for a low copay. Plans include prescription drug and behavioral health coverage as well as free telemedicine services and free AirMed medical transportation.

• Additional options for dental and vision benefits, life and disability coverage, flexible spending accounts, supplemental health protection plans (accident, critical illness, hospital indemnity), auto and home insurance, identity theft protection, legal counseling, long-term care coverage, moving assistance, pet insurance and more.

• Free counseling services and resources for emotional, physical and financial wellbeing

• 401(k) Plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay (based on years of service)

• Employee Stock Purchase Plan with 10% off HCA Healthcare stock

• Family support through fertility and family building benefits with Progyny and adoption assistance.

• Referral services for child, elder and pet care, home and auto repair, event planning and more

• Consumer discounts through Abenity and Consumer Discounts

• Retirement readiness, rollover assistance services and preferred banking partnerships

• Education assistance (tuition, student loan, certification support, dependent scholarships)

• Colleague recognition program

• Time Away From Work Program (paid time off, paid family leave, long- and short-term disability coverage and leaves of absence)

• Employee Health Assistance Fund that offers free employee-only coverage to full-time and part-time colleagues based on income.

Learn more about Employee Benefits (https://careers.hcahealthcare.com/pages/employee-benefits-and-rewards)

Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location.

Would you like to unlock your potential with a leading healthcare provider dedicated to the growth and development of our colleagues? Join the St. David's South Austin Medical Center family! We will give you the tools and resources you need to succeed in our organization. We are looking for an enthusiastic Scheduler Labor and Delivery to help us reach our goals. Unlock your potential!

Job Summary and Qualifications

Schedules operative procedures/admissions/anesthesia requests; obtains via authorization scheduling or registration system; obtains and enters insurance information, History & Physicals, Physician Orders; answers incoming phone calls. Utilizes Meditech scheduling grid.

ESSENTIAL JOB RESPONSIBILITIES :

1. Answers telephone in a timely and professional manner.

• Schedules all patients for surgical, cath lab, obstetric, anesthesia and endoscopy procedures/office admissions via Meditech.

• Select accurate insurance carrier plans and informs the patients or physician office Staff of any carrier that is out of network or any carrier that may result in a decrease on benefits.

• Ensure that any edits performed in the scheduling module are also duplicated in the admissions module.

• Maintain knowledge of the scheduling reports for the next day to ensure department readiness in the event of any unscheduled Meditech down-time.

2. Work closely with the physician office staff and L&D Supervisor/Manager to ensure that procedures are scheduled accurately.

• Receive incoming precert mail and ensure that precerts are entered in the scheduling or registration system.

• Select the correct patient medical record number consistently.

• Maintain open communication with the registration staff regarding those unscheduled patients presenting for services to ensure appropriate testing is performed and times are available.

• Edit via the scheduling module those departmental calendar changes to ensure that patients are not scheduled when personnel and equipment are not available.

• Acknowledge, file, and send E-MAILS messages via OUTLOOK.

3. Edit medical accounts to a PRE status.

• Enter outpatient procedures in the Order Entry System.

• Pull reservations off printers, keeping clinical reservations filed according to policy. Return surgical reservations to each appropriate scheduler.

• Work clinical accounts a least 2 days in advance in order for admitting personnel to use reservations for calling patients and checking patient and insurance information.

• Practice and adhere to the “Code of Conduct” philosophy and “Mission and Value Statement”.

• Other duties as assigned including running iatrics on Medicare patients.

4. Communicates clearly and concisely, verbally and in writing.

• Customer orientation-establishes and maintains long-term customer relationships, building trust and respect by consistently meeting and exceeding expectations.

• Interpersonal skills-able to work effectively with other employees, patients and external parties.

• PC skills- demonstrates proficiency in PC applications as required.

• Policies & Procedures – demonstrates knowledge and understanding of organizational policies, procedures and systems.

• Basic skills-able to perform basic mathematical calculations, balance and reconcile figures, punctuate properly, spell correctly and transcribe accurately.

St. David's South Austin Medical Center (http://www.stdavids.com/locations/st-davids-south-austin-medical-center) , which is part of St. David's HealthCare. We are a 368-bed acute care facility offering a range of complex specialties and sub-specialties. Our services include a nationally accredited oncology program with the area's only adult Transplant and Cellular Therapy Program; advanced trauma care with a Level II trauma center; comprehensive cardiac, stroke and orthopedic programs; full-service maternity and newborn care; and two full-service emergency centers in the communities of Bee Cave and Bastrop. St. David's South Austin Medical Center is affiliated with the Texas Institute for Robotic Surgery. We offer advanced robotic services for orthopedics, open heart and lung surgery, complex GI surgery, surgical oncology, general surgery, colorectal surgery, and urology. It was one of the first hospitals in Central Texas to combine the use of CT imaging and robotics to detect early stage lung cancer.

HCA Healthcare has been recognized as one of the World's Most Ethical Companies® by the Ethisphere Institute more than ten times. In recent years, HCA Healthcare spent an estimated $3.7 billion in cost for the delivery of charitable care, uninsured discounts, and other uncompensated expenses.

"There is so much good to do in the world and so many different ways to do it."- Dr. Thomas Frist, Sr.

HCA Healthcare Co-Founder

Be a part of an organization that invests in you! We are reviewing applications for our Scheduler Labor and Delivery opening. Qualified candidates will be contacted for interviews. Submit your application and help us raise the bar in patient care!

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.