What are the responsibilities and job description for the Scheduler position at SSM Health?
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WI-Fond du Lac Regional Clinic MainWorker Type:
RegularJob Highlights:
Join a team where your work matters—every moment, every patient, every community. At SSM Health, you'll be empowered to grow, supported to thrive, and inspired to make a lasting impact.
Schedulers at SSM Health play a vital role in the patient experience, often serving as a patient's first point of contact. They help ensure patients are connected with the right provider, at the right location, and at the right time to receive the care they need.
Department: Scheduling
Schedule: 24 hours per week
Monday 8:30am - 5:00pm
Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday 1:00pm - 5:00pm
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Job Summary:
Responsible for collecting data directly from patients and referring provider offices to confirm and create scheduled appointments for patient services.Job Responsibilities and Requirements:
PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES
- Coordinates scheduling and referrals to other healthcare providers and services. Obtains approval for schedule changes or cancellations as appropriate.
- Assists with maintenance and updating of provider contact information.
- Ensures that all medical appointments, special instructions and patient information is entered into electronic medical system.
- Follows site-specific protocols and maintains up-to-date documentation to ensure compliance.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
EDUCATION
- High School diploma/GED or 10 years of work experience
EXPERIENCE
- No experience required
PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS
- Frequent lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 0-25 lbs.
- Frequent sitting, standing, walking, reaching and repetitive foot/leg and hand/arm movements.
- Frequent use of vision and depth perception for distances near (20 inches or less) and far (20 feet or more) and to identify and distinguish colors.
- Frequent use of hearing and speech to share information through oral communication. Ability to hear alarms, malfunctioning machinery, etc.
- Frequent keyboard use/data entry.
- Occasional bending, stooping, kneeling, squatting, twisting and gripping.
- Occasional lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 25-50 lbs.
- Rare climbing.
REQUIRED PROFESSIONAL LICENSE AND/OR CERTIFICATIONS
- None
Department:
7893000166 SUPPORT SVCSWork Shift:
Day Shift (United States of America)Scheduled Weekly Hours:
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