Hospital Scheduler

The Chattanooga Heart Institute offers the most comprehensive cardiac care available in this region. Founded in 1976, we now have six offices in Tennessee and one in Georgia. Our practice is made up of 29 board-certified cardiologists and three cardiothoracic surgeons. We merged with CHI Memorial Health Care System in 2011 which is part of CommonSpirit Health. CommonSpirit has more than 700 care sites across the U.S. and is committed to building healthy communities.

Job Summary:

Responsible for scheduling hospital procedures and tests for patients of the practice.

Essential Responsibilities:

• Schedule all inpatient and outpatient hospital procedures for CHI patients, which includes coordinating times and locations for pre-testing, procedures and physician availability.
• Conduct patient education and instruction for the scheduled procedure.
• Receive calls from the hospital and distribute messages to the appropriate physicians.
• Call in physician orders, document and send to the appropriate departments including medical orders and standing orders.
• Pull records, copy, make hospital reservations and send information per the physician request.
• Set up all hospital transfers.
• Take consults and pass them to the appropriate nurse/physicians.
• Set up all direct admissions.

Education:

• High school diploma or equivalent.

Qualifications:

• Two years of hospital or medical office experience with emphasis in areas of scheduling, insurance and pharmacology.
• Cardiology experience preferred.