Boarding Clerk

Embark on a rewarding career with DMC Detroit Receiving Hospital. If you are a compassionate healthcare professional eager to contribute to patient care, this is your opportunity where your skills make a difference every day. Join us in delivering exceptional healthcare with a personal touch.

Benefits Statement

At Tenet Healthcare, we understand that our greatest asset is our dedicated team of professionals. That’s why we offer more than a job – we provide a comprehensive benefit package that prioritizes your health, professional development, and work-life balance. The available plans and programs include:
• Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance
• 401(k) retirement savings plan with employer match
• Generous paid time off (PTO)
• Career development and continuing education opportunities
• Health savings accounts, healthcare & dependent flexible spending accounts
• Employee Assistance program, Employee discount program
• Voluntary benefits include pet insurance, legal insurance, accident and critical illness insurance, long term care, elder & childcare, auto & home insurance.

Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location and is determined by employment status

Job Summary

Under general supervision and according to established policies and procedures, receives requests for and schedules various surgical procedures for appropriate operating rooms. Inputs schedule information into computer system and distributes to appropriate personnel.

Principal Duties and Responsibilities

1.Receives request from physicians, physician offices and/or Emergency Department to schedule operating rooms for specific patients.*

2.Prepares tentative schedule for operating rooms twenty-four hours in advance, considering time requirements of the surgical procedure and availability of medical staff/surgical personnel, surgical instruments and supplies to ensure efficient operating room usage. Checks physician privileges.*

3.Enters schedule information into computer system and distributes schedule to surgeons, surgical residents, anesthesiologists, anesthetists and other appropriate personnel.*

4.Adjusts schedule, as necessary, to accommodate emergencies or cancellations and notifies appropriate parties of changes.*

5.Maintains records regarding surgical boarding; assists in maintenance of other records, as assigned.*

6.May perform a variety of additional duties such as typing, surgical boarding, answering telephones and monitoring/routing fax messages in a timely manner.*

1. High school diploma or equivalent. Up to one year additional technical or specialty training, preferred.

2. One to two years related experience in a hospital or surgical office setting, including computer experience.

Facility Description

DMC Detroit Receiving Hospital, Michigan’s first Level I Trauma Center, helped pioneer the evolution of emergency medicine and currently has one of the busiest and most well-equipped emergency departments anywhere. The first and largest verified burn center in the state is at Receiving, and it is one of only 43 in the nation. Receiving also offers the state’s leading 24/7 hyperbaric oxygen program, Metro Detroit’s first certified primary stroke center, and the nationally recognized and accredited DMC Rosa Parks Geriatric Center of Excellence.

EEO Statement

Employment practices will not be influenced or affected by an applicant’s or employee’s race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, age, disability, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status or any other legally protected status.

Tenet will make reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities unless doing so would result in an undue hardship.

Tenet participates in the E-Verify program. Follow the link below for additional information.
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The employment practices of Tenet Healthcare and its companies comply with all applicable laws and regulations

Employment practices will not be influenced or affected by an applicant’s or employee’s race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, age, disability, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status or any other legally protected status. Tenet will make reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities unless doing so would result in an undue hardship.
Tenet participates in the E-Verify program. Follow the link below for additional information.
E-Verify: http://www.uscis.gov/e-verify
The employment practices of Tenet Healthcare and its companies comply with all applicable laws and regulations.