LyTorre is The Difference – in step with patients and families to build connections and trust.LyTorre is The Difference
Learn More
Clinical Support
Clinical Surgery Coordinator - Outpatient BCM OBGYN Clinic
Houston, TX, US
We are searching for a Clinical Surgery Coordinator with our Texas Children's BCM OBGYN Clinic-- someone who works well in a fast-paced setting. In this position, you will independently perform surgery scheduling for multiple subspecialty surgical services as well as assist in the coordination of providers schedules in order to effectively manage patient care, while providing excellent customer care in the ambulatory setting.
Think you’ve got what it takes?
Qualifications
One of the following certifications required:
- CCMA- Certified Clinical Medical Assistant certificate from the National Healthcareer Association required
- CMA-AAM- Certified Medical Assistant from the American Association of Medical Assistants
- One of the following required:
- EMT Certified Emergency Medical Technologist from the Texas Department of State and Health Services required
- EMT-A Certified Advanced Emergency Medical Technologist from the Texas Department of State and Health Services
- EMT-B Certified Emergency Medical Technologist-Basic from the Texas Department of State and Health Services
- EMT-I Certified Emergency Medical Technologist-Intermediate from the Texas Department of State and Health Services required
- EMT-P Certified Emergency Medical Technologist-Paramedic from the Texas Department of State and Health Services
- LIC PAR- License Paramedic from the Texas Department of State and Health Services
- NCMA- National Medical Assistant Certification from the National Center for Competency Testing
- NRCMA - Nationally Registered Certified Medical Assistant from the National Association of Health Professionals
- RMA- Registered Medical Assistant from the American Association of Medical Personnel, American Allied Health, American Medical Technologists, or American Registry of Medical Assistants
- High school diploma or GED
- 3 years healthcare experience (medical assistant, front desk specialist, administrative assistant) required
- Prior work in an Ambulatory Clinic environment preferred
Responsibilities
- Establishes and maintains an efficient system for filing and retrieval of documents on a weekly basis and in a timely manner
- Schedules ancillary appointments, diagnostic tests and follow up appointments per provider orders/requisitions
- Ensures that all necessary patient forms are provided and filled out for their surgery
- Refers all patients with insurance or funding concerns to the financial counselor or prior-authorization department
- Schedules follow up appointments for post-operative patients
- Advises the patient/parent of insurance responsibilities, such as the need to obtain primary care physician referrals if insurance requires them. Refers in-depth financial questions to the appropriate staff
- For same day testing requests, ensures that appropriate staff is notified of the request in order to schedule the appointment
- Creates, changes and coordinates provider master surgery schedules/templates for new and existing providers
- Responds to customer questions with prompt information and /or service related to appointment status, wait time, or unanticipated problems while being culturally sensitive
- Prioritizes patients to be roomed based on appointment and arrival times and other clinic procedure
About Texas Children’s
Texas Children’s Pavilion for Women is a comprehensive obstetrics/gynecology facility and one of a select few hospitals nationwide that provides women, mothers and babies with a full continuum of high-quality, expert health care. Offering a full spectrum of maternal and fetal medicine services, including an array of fetal diagnostic procedures and highly specialized fetal surgeries, the Pavilion for Women is connected to Texas Children’s Hospital via a two-story circular sky bridge to enhance patient care by providing physicians, staff and patient families with rapid access to other pediatric subspecialists. Three private OB/GYN practices, The Family Fertility Center, The Menopause Center and The Women’s Place – Center for Reproductive Psychiatry are all housed here. Additionally, we also recently opened a community-based OB/GYN practice in Pearland.
To join our community of 14,000+ dedicated team members, visit texaschildrenspeople.org for career opportunities.
Texas Children’s is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All applicants and employees are considered and evaluated for positions at Texas Children's without regard to mental or physical disability, race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, genetic information, military or veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status or any other protected Federal, State/Province or Local status unrelated to the performance of the work involved.
