Adventist Health Ukiah Valley is located in the county seat of Mendocino County.
Surrounded by redwoods and vineyards, it is lush with wilderness.
Adventist Health Ukiah Valley operates a 49-bed hospital and affiliated clinics offer both specialty and primary care services.
The newly built emergency department operates with a physician on duty 24-hours a day and is designated as a level IV trauma center.
Each year, Adventist Health Ukiah Valley treats more than 25,000 patients in its emergency room, performs more than 5,000 surgical procedures in its hospital based and ambulatory surgery center, delivers nearly 850 babies and performs more than 43,000 radiology tests.
Job Summary:
Schedules surgical procedures, based on physician instructions.
Generates and distributes surgery schedules to selected departments throughout the facility.
Assumes responsibility for telephone communications and general clerical functions.
Corresponds with assigned charge nurses to ensure fluency of scheduled surgical cases and overall throughput of the day.
Job Requirements:
Education and Work Experience:
High School Education/GED or equivalent: Preferred
Associate’s/Technical Degree or equivalent combination of education/related experience: Preferred
Experience working in a healthcare setting: Preferred
Essential Functions:
Collaborates in the implementation of new hospital and departmental policies.
Reviews and updates department policies and procedure manuals on an ongoing basis.
Schedules patients and ensures CMS payments.
Communicates with insurance offices when specific verifications are needed.
Coordinates hospital activities with physician schedules.
Receives patient information from the physician offices and coordinates schedules.
Plans surgery and on-call schedules and ensures delivery to appropriate departments.
Provides admissions with surgery schedule hard copies and notifies them about cancellations and schedule changes.
Enters information into the computer and prints daily schedules.
Posts the following day's schedule and notifies anesthesia and relevant staff about pertinent changes.
Performs other job-related duties as assigned.
Organizational Requirements:
Adventist Health is committed to the safety and wellbeing of our associates and patients.
Therefore, we require that all associates receive all required vaccinations, including, but not limited to, measles, mumps, flu (based on the seasonal availability of the flu vaccine typically during October-March each year), COVID-19 vaccine (required in CA, HI and OR) etc.
, as a condition of employment, and annually thereafter.
Medical and religious exemptions may apply.
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