OR Booking Secretary

If you are looking for a great place to grow your career at a community hospital focused on excellent patient experience and nursing excellence, St. Joseph Hospital, a member of Catholic Health, may be what you are seeking. We offer career advancement, a rich tuition reimbursement program, medical benefits, a generous pension plan, 403B for retirement and PTO plan. Join us and Long Live Long Island where we care for Every Patient, Every Time.

Located in Bethpage, St. Joseph Hospital that provides comprehensive inpatient and outpatient medical, critical care and surgical services. Its Emergency Department cares for approximately 33,000 patients a year. Other vital services include an Ambulatory Surgery Unit, The Center for Sleep Medicine, Hyperbaric and Wound Healing Center, CHS Cancer Center, The Center for Speech and Swallowing Disorders, Diabetes Education Center and a full scope of outpatient radiology services, including Cardiac CT.

Responsibilities:

Under the direction of the Peri-op Director/Manager or designee functions as the OR Booking Secretary for the scheduling of all OR procedures, Endoscopy procedures, PST, COVID testing, outpatient special Radiology procedures and other procedures as needed or requested. Communicate with Dr.’s offices as to scheduling of such procedures.

• Schedules all OR surgical procedures, endo procedures, PST, COVID swabbing, and outpatient radiology procedures, and other procedures as requested.
• Obtains and enters all necessary booking information from person requesting surgical time and notifies ancillary departments, as necessary.
• Ensures that the block time schedule is updated and maintained as set by management
• Allows adequate time for procedure, PST and COVID testing according to physician’s request and SJH requirements
• Follows established guidelines for scheduling the number of rooms on a given day.
• Attempts to minimize downtime of rooms between cases
• Follows procedures for case cancellation
• Prepares final version of OR schedule for the following day and posts surgery schedule on shared drive, email distribution and agenda for anesthesia department
• Communicates any changes affecting the next day’s schedule to charge nurse
• Maintains surgical log. Compiles statistics and other reports and distributes as specified
• Responsible for observing prescribed standards for confidentiality of records.
• Provide coverage for the OR charge poster by accurately completing OR/Endo charges in a timely fashion.
• Assists in special projects as assigned by OR Nursing Leadership or designee
• Provides communication to Nursing Leadership on problems or concerns in the area of responsibility
• Always promotes positive relations when interacting with Dr.’s Office practices
• Performs other job-related duties as directed

Qualifications:

• High school diploma or GED; College degree preferred.
• Excellent clerical skills, and computer skills, well-versed in medical terminology.
• Previous booking experience required.
• Charge posting experience preferred.

At Catholic Health, our primary focus is the way we treat and serve our communities. We work collaboratively to provide compassionate care and utilize evidence based practice to improve outcomes – to every patient, every time. We are committed to caring for Long Island. Be a part of our team of healthcare heroes.

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