Schedule Specialist (Home Health)

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As the Scheduling Specialist you will managing patient referrals and visit schedules. Assigns patient assessments and other visits as ordered by the physician using an online scheduling system. Collaborate with the Team Leader to identify clinicians with the appropriate experience and skill set to match patient needs.

Primary Responsibilities:  

• Utilizes an automated scheduling system to maintain a calendar of services for both episodic and per visit customers 
• Processes workflow for requested scheduled, missed, rescheduled, reassigned, declined, and delivered visits 
• Monitors pending referrals daily and assigns licensed professional and case manager for all start of care visits

• Communicates daily with field staff regarding any visits unaddressed in late, pending, or incomplete status for resolution as appropriate

  You'll be rewarded and recognized for your performance in an environment that will challenge you and give you clear direction on what it takes to succeed in your role as well as provide development for other roles you may be interested in
  

- High school education or equivalent experience.
- Applies knowledge/skills to activities that often vary from day to day.
- Demonstrates a moderate level of knowledge and skills in own function.
- Requires little assistance with standard and non-standard requests.
- Solves routine problems on own.
- Works with supervisor to solve more complex problems.
- Prioritizes and organizes own work to meet agreed upon deadlines.
- Works with others as part of a team.
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