Job Description
Job DescriptionSurgical Coordinator - Urology
Job DetailsJob Location: AUUA Admin - Glendale, AZ 85307
Position Type: Full Time
Job Shift: Day
Travel Percentage: Negligible
Job Category: Health Care
Description
Description
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 patient’s 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 patient’s 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 patient’s 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
Qualifications
- 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
- 1 year of surgical scheduling (Required)
- 2–3 years of medical office experience (Required)
- Experience in a fast-paced, high-volume office (Preferred)
- High school diploma or GED (Required)
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