Surgical Access Coordinator

• Responsible for scheduling and coordinating all aspects of patient surgeries
• Responsible for creating and submitting surgical encounters in Soarian for billing
• Obtains and verifies all patient demographics and insurance information
• Obtains authorization for surgery and works directly with surgeons to ensure procedure and diagnosis codes are accurate for billing
• Works closely with supporting departments to ensure surgeries are scheduled and coded properly
• Practices Baptist Health's mission of service excellence in providing professional, compassionate and friendly service to our patients and physicians

• High School, Cert, GED, Trn, Exper
• Minimum 3 years of Healthcare experience required
• Surgery experience required
• Must be a professional, detail-oriented team player with effective interpersonal communication skills and excellent customer service skills
• Must be highly organized and have ability to multi-task
• Must be able to effectively communicate with surgeons, patients, operational and clinical leadership, as well as facility and BHSF support departments
• Proficient in EMR, computer applications and scheduling systems (Cerner, Soarian, etc.)

Bilingual (Spanish) preferred