Perioperative Associate - Operating Room

Perioperative Associate - Operating Room - F/T with Benefits Day

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Our team members are the heart of what makes us better. At Hackensack Meridian Health we help our patients live better, healthier lives — and we help one another to succeed. With a culture rooted in connection and collaboration, our employees are team members. Here, competitive benefits are just the beginning. It’s also about how we support one another and how we show up for our community.

Together, we keep getting better – advancing our mission to transform healthcare and serve as a leader of positive change.

• Perform clerical functions within the Unit: answer telephone in a timely manner; take messages and communicate them to the appropriate person.
• Transcribe and transmit physician's orders to appropriate areas under RN supervision.
• Schedule patients in the scheduling system for Endoscopy, infusions, blood transfusions, injections and OR cases; enter add‑on cases.
• Maintain an organized system for scheduling patients; ensure all scheduled cases have a confirmation number on the booking sheet, fax the sheet to the physician’s office, file appropriately.
• Communicate clearly to the Director or designee of any scheduling issues.
• Assemble patient charts correctly; maintain correct format of forms; utilize forms with correct language (Spanish or English); ensure all H&P, orders and lab work are in the chart.
• Enter patient information on the chart and in the computer system with close attention to detail and accuracy.
• Confirm that the account number on the patient label matches the account number in the computer system.
• Adhere to HIPAA regulations concerning patient and employee confidentiality; safeguard all medical information.
• Coordinate with the Charge Nurse to facilitate the progression of the OR, ENDO and infusion schedules.
• Call patients into the unit from the waiting room in order of surgical time; identify them with name and medical record number; provide clear instructions to patients and families.
• Update and print OR/ENDO schedules from the scheduling system.
• Discharge patients from the computer system in a timely fashion.
• Disassemble all charts of discharged patients within the same shift.
• Call cancelled infusion patients to schedule another appointment.
• Perform other duties and/or projects as assigned.
• Adhere to HMH Organizational competencies and standards of behavior.

• High School diploma or GED.
• Minimum of 2 years clerical experience in a hospital setting.
• Computer competency: able to use Word, Excel, Sorian, ORSOS.
• Scheduling experience (preferred).
• Knowledge of CPT codes, ICD-9, ICD-10CM and medical terminology (preferred).

The starting hourly rate of pay is $26.14, with benefits including health, dental, vision, paid leave, tuition reimbursement, and retirement benefits. This rate is a reasonable good faith estimate of the minimum base pay for this role at the time of posting.

HMH is committed to pay equity and transparency. The posted rate is not a guarantee of a specific offer.

We are an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, or other protected characteristics.