Scheduling Coordinator

Overview


Responsibilities

• Ensures patient assessment visits including all Oasis visits are scheduled and performed timely.
• Ensures clinicians are assigned and scheduled in most efficient geography, maximizing clinician efficiency, utilizing the lowest possible discipline, matching skill with required care, and optimizing clinician capacity.
• Works collaboratively with field clinicians to ensure all patient visits are scheduled and completed as ordered and within the care center.
• Manages calls from patients and field staff related to scheduling issues.
• Refers clinical and performance related issues to the clinical manager.
• Monitors hospitalized patients, communicating and ensuring the team follows up as necessary.
• Supports clinical manager and works collaboratively to ensure timely communication with patients, clinicians, referral sources, business development team and other office personnel.
• Runs all applicable reports and responds to work flow taking appropriate actions.
• Assists with internal or external transfer of patients between care centers and/or hospice services.
• May be responsible for maintaining supply closet with routine supplies, ensuring supplies are within expiration dates and packaged appropriately, and serve as liaison with the field for patient supply needs.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• High School diploma or GED equivalent.

• One year of scheduling experience in a healthcare environment.
• One year of administrative experience in a health care environment.

Amedisys is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified employees and applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, pregnancy, marital status, national origin, citizenship status, disability, military status, sexual orientation, genetic predisposition or carrier status or any other legally protected characteristic.