Surgical Pre-Admit Assistant Senior

This position's primary role includes duties listed in the Surgical Pre-Admit Assistant job description supporting the work of the Surgical Services Departments. Among the duties, this individual rounds with all operating areas to ensure optimal Pre-Admit Assistant efficiencies to individual locations, rounding with service line leadership, ensuring timely communication regarding new providers and requirements, and rounding with Surgical Pre-Admission Assistants in both Pre-Admission locations.

The Surgical Pre-Admission Assistant Senior reviews patient information for accuracy prior to routing documents to appropriate queues for scheduling or day of surgery. If deficiencies are found, this position shall contact the physician offices to obtain the necessary documents. The Senior Surgical Pre-Admission Assistant frequently communicates with Registered Nurses, Patient Access Representatives, and physician offices.

This position performs an array of clerical duties required to ensure all documentation elements are compiled to ensure successful preparation for the day of surgery. The biggest challenge for this position is meeting the desires of the physicians and patients while managing required elements of surgical documentation.

This position supports all Pre-Admit Assistants in all surgical/procedural Pre-Admission locations.

This position will organize, schedule, and oversee training and orientation for all new Pre-Admit Assistants, including training on Surgical Services Op-Time system functions and required elements needed to ensure ease of patient flow on the day of surgery.

This position has the authority to prioritize work and make daily assignments to increase efficiency and customer satisfaction.

This position will lead the daily huddle.

This position will be the subject matter expert, managing day-to-day issues, answering questions about the required work, and supporting the team as needed.

This position will collaborate closely with multiple representatives in the Pre-Op areas to ensure easy collaboration between the units and a smooth transition for the patient throughout the surgical experience.

This position will be responsible for the chart completion tracking logs, include the monthly distribution to leadership.

The incumbent will function as a liaison between physician offices to obtain necessary documentation to schedule a procedure for surgery scheduling or for scheduled procedures for pre-admit appointment.

The incumbent must have knowledge in medical terminology and laboratory testing and must be able to understand basic anatomy and physiology as well as basic pharmacology. This position requires knowledge of surgical procedure terminology.

This position takes the initiative to prioritize workload, ensuring that patient charts are analyzed for completeness prior to the day of surgery.

Other related duties, flexible hours, and overtime may be required.

This position does not provide patient care.

The foregoing description is not intended and should not be construed to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, skills and efforts or work conditions associated with the job. It is intended to be an accurate reflection of the general nature and level of the job.

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Description

Education:

Must have working-level knowledge of the English language, including reading, writing, and speaking English. High School Diploma or equivalent required.

Experience:

Two years of Pre-Admit Assistant or three years clinical experience preferred as a Certified Nurse Assistant or Certified Medical Assistant. Ability to demonstrate knowledge of surgical procedures and related medical terminology.

License(s):

None

Certification(s):

None

Computer / Typing:

Must possess, or be able to obtain within 90 days, the computers skills necessary to complete online learning requirements for job-specific competencies, access online forms and policies, complete online benefits enrollment, etc.