Surgery Scheduler (Hybrid) - Magee Women's Hospital

UPMC University of Pittsburgh Physicians is hiring a full-time Surgery Scheduler to join their team at Magee Women’s Hospital! This position will support our Maternal Fetal Medicine office. In this role, you will be responsible for scheduling appointments for Maternal Fetal Medicine patients both in office and coordination of their care throughout the high-risk pregnancy with multiple different facets within the department. Previous experience working in a medical field is required, and previous experience with Epic and surgery scheduling is preferred. 

This position will offer a hybrid work schedule with 4 days per week in-office and 1 day per week from home, following 6 months of orientation. Hours for this position will be Monday through Friday, 8:00am to 4:30pm. No evenings, weekends, or holidays! 

Responsibilities:

• Work directly with department to troubleshoot procedural and operations issues.
• Coordinate and monitor patient follow-up through the Refract Tracker and EPIC.
• Prepare and forward all necessary admission reservations/requisitions, including demographics and insurance information to hospitals.
• Coordinate cases and communicates with hospital personnel to obtain approval for hospital admissions.
• Discuss and coordinate financial arrangements prior to surgery including the collection of pre-payments.
• Ensure that informed consents are signed.
• Provide patients with pre and postoperative instruction according to service specific guidelines.
• Coordinate patient education seminars and schedules physicians accordingly.
• Collect data for research study.
• Schedule pre-screening exams, diagnostic testing, post-operative appointments and surgical cases for all patients.
• Ensure all billing and insurance information is current and accurate.
• Complete special projects as assigned.
• Act as liaison between patient and referring physicians.
• Obtain pre-certification and/or referral prior to the date of the procedure.
• Coordinate and track internal and external marketing efforts.
• Attend and schedule department meetings.
• Answer and respond to all incoming telephone inquiries regarding surgery and provides educational material, both verbally and through printed materials.