Scheduling Specialist - Part-time

Job Description

Job Description

At Mahaska Health, the Scheduling Specialist is responsible for maintaining effective patient appointment scheduling processes to meet patient and provider needs in the Mahaska Health Medical Group.

Open Hours :

Part-time : Monday – Friday (5 : 00pm – 7 : 00pm or until last patient checks out) ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS :

• Responsible for daily patient scheduling.
• Responsible for providing customer focused, efficient and professional telephone, electronic and face-to-face scheduling.
• Partner with registration department to provide effective and efficient check-in / check-out processes to achieve high levels of patient satisfaction and accuracy.
• Maintain proactive and effective communication with all members of the Medical Group and supporting departments, communicating any concerns or issues regarding patient scheduling immediately.
• Courteously facilitates and handles requests, complaints and communications with staff, physicians, and patients / visitors. Exercises good judgment, discretion and diplomacy in communications.
• Participates in process improvement activities to achieve organizational and department goals.
• Must be able to perform the physical demands of the job.
• Maintains regular and reliable attendance.
• Manages auto-reminder call program.

JOB REQUIREMENTS