Job Details
Description
The Home Care Scheduler is responsible to coordinate and maintain scheduling for clients and staff.
Qualifications
- H.S. Diploma or GED.
- Prior scheduling experience preferred.
- Computer skills including but not limited to MS Office, MS Excel and Scheduling program.
- Basic medical terminology.
- Interpersonal, organizational and communication skills.
- Ability to carry out directions, read and write.
- Maturity and ability to deal effectively with the demands of the job.
Responsibilities
- Understands and adheres to established policies and procedures.
- Creates and maintains staff schedules.
- Provides staffing for sick leave, vacation, long term leave.
- Schedule patient visits according to care plans and staff availability.
- Enters scheduling data, creates schedules with attention to staff call-ins and vacation time
- Contacts care providers and patients regarding day-to-day changes, introductory call, discharge from hospital call and document in patient medical record
- Identifies frequencies needed for each discipline, based on information received from clinicians and reports, which includes urgent requests and care plans.
- Enters patient information into database.
- Maintains patient database (e.g. Patient hospital admission, pending agency admissions and patient hospital discharges for SOCS and ROCS).
- Performs general office duties including but not limited to word processing, photocopies, files, shreds, sort/distributes mail, provides reception and telephone services.
- Upload and attach documents inside the medical record.
- Electronic Fax
- Other duties as assigned
Work Environment
Works indoors in office.
