Surgical Coordinator

Surgical Coordinator

Looking to earn more?

Our Surgical Coordinators make a base plus have an opportunity for a monthly bonus!

At Pasadena Eye Center, a Sight 360 company, we are building the region's premier destination for comprehensive vision care. We are a team of over 130 optometrists, ophthalmologists, surgeons, opticians, and eye care professionals serving more than 100,000 patients across 15 different locations in the Greater Tampa Bay area. From routine eye exams and optical retail to medical optometry, ophthalmology, and surgical procedures, our patients experience end-to-end personalized care and service.

Essential Functions and Responsibilities:

• Give new patients paperwork to fill out, putting together their medical charts, and verifying their insurance information.
• Answer telephones and emails as well as common questions about surgical times, appointments, and instructions.
• Prepare patients' bills and sending them to the specific insurance company.
• Assist patients with their documents and sign-in procedures.
• Schedule patients' appointments and surgeries, sending reminders to patients, and scheduling emergency and add-on surgeries.
• Ensure adequate preparation for surgeries by scheduling the necessary equipment and procedure rooms and maintaining the surgical inventory where appropriate.
• Understand surgical procedures, such as the necessary time a surgery takes and the medical staff necessary, in order to properly maintain a surgical schedule.
• Provide patients with pre and post-operative instructions.
• Review risks and benefits of surgery and review and witness patient signing consent.
• Manage surgical documents, gathering and inputting patients' information, and entering post-surgery data into patients' records.
• Ensure all surgical cases are scheduled in a timely manner in accordance with the Physician or Surgeon's directions.

Qualifications:

• A High School diploma or equivalent.
• 1 year experience in scheduling surgical appointments
• Good computer, telephone, and typing skills.
• Strong customer service and communication skills.
• Strong organizational and multitasking skills.
• Familiarity with medical terminology, medical records, and medical coding.

Skills and Abilities:

• Superior interpersonal and communications skills.
• Ability to effectively multitask
• Attentive to detail and accuracy.

Benefits:

• 8 Paid Holidays
• Paid Time Off (begins to accrue on your first day of employment!)
• Medical, Dental, Vision
• 401k and match
• Scrub Reimbursement Benefits (including workshoes!)