Scheduling Coordinator

You Belong Here.

At MultiCare, we strive to offer a true sense of belonging for all our employees. Across our health care network, you will find a dynamic range of meaningful careers, opportunities for growth, safe workplaces, and flexible schedules. We are connected by our mission - partnering and healing for a healthy future - and dedicated to the health and well-being of the communities we serve.

FTE: 1.0, Shift: Days, Schedule: 40-hour per week

Position Summary

The Scheduling Coordinator is responsible for providing coordination of the precise scheduling of surgical cases and outpatient procedures. This is a clerical position which is the first line representative to the physicians and physician office staff responsible for scheduling operative procedures. This position works a team member of the Surgical Services Department. Work situations are routine and require organization, prioritization, and attention to detail. Internal contacts include patient care staff and management throughout MHS. External contacts include physicians, physician office staff, and vendors.

Responsibilities

• Coordinates the scheduling of inpatient and outpatient surgical and outpatient procedure cases accurately, recognizing the importance and relationship to patient care
• Maintains responsibility for surgical case scheduling by communicating with physician office staff and personnel
• Provides Operating Room schedule that is timely, accurate, and appropriate
• Checks for conflicts of equipment and resources when scheduling
• Tracks and enforces physician suspension list
• Orders prosthesis and equipment as needed for cases
• Calls physician offices to confirm procedures and supplies for next day’s scheduled cases

Requirements

• High school graduate or equivalent preferred
• Minimum two (2) years of clerical experience in a medical environment, OR preferred

Our Values

As a MultiCare employee, we'll rely on you to reflect our core values of Respect, Integrity, Stewardship, Excellence, Collaboration and Kindness. Our values serve as our guiding principles and impact every aspect of our organization, including how we provide patient care and what we expect from each other.

Why MultiCare?

• Belonging: We work to create a true sense of belonging for all our employees
• Mission-driven: We are dedicated to our mission of partnering for healing and a healthy future and the patients and communities we serve
• Market leadership: Washington state's largest community-based, locally governed health system
• Employee-centric: Named Forbes “America’s Best Employers by State” for several years running
• Technology: "Most Wired" health care system 15 years in a row
• Leading research: MultiCare Institute for Research & Innovation, 40 years of ground-breaking, clinical and health services research in our communities
• Lifestyle: Live and work in the Pacific Northwest - offering breathtaking water, mountains and forest at every turn

Pay and Benefit Expectations

We provide a comprehensive benefits package, including competitive salary, medical, dental and retirement benefits and paid time off. As required by various pay transparency laws, we share a competitive range of compensation for candidates hired into each position. The pay scale is $22.79 - $31.27 USD. However, pay is influenced by factors specific to applicants, including but not limited to: skill set, level of experience, and certification(s) and/or education. If this position is associated with a union contract, pay will be reflective of the appropriate step on the pay scale to which the applicant’s years of experience align.

Associated benefit information can be viewed here.