SCHEDULER II - ALLIANCE
Employment Type : Full-Time
Overview: Envision Healthcare is a multispecialty physician group and practice management company. Established in 1953, our organization provides anesthesia, emergency medicine, hospital medicine, radiology, primary/urgent care, surgical services, and women’s and children’s health services to hospitals and health systems nationwide. Sheridan Healthcare, EmCare, Reimbursement Technologies and Emergency Medical Associates have recently joined forces to form Envision Physician Services. As one organization, we now provide a greater scope of service than any other national physician group. Our collective experience from hundreds of local, customized engagements, culture of continuous lean process improvement, and team of experts in the business of healthcare enable us to better solve complex problems and consistently give healthcare organizations confidence in our execution. Our combined organization serves more than 780 healthcare facilities in 48 states and the District of Columbia.
If you are looking for a stable, fast paced, growing company in the healthcare industry that is committed to innovation, excellence, and integrity, then this may be a great next step in the advancement of your career.
Position Summary:
We currently have an exciting opportunity available for an experienced Scheduler II working for our Alliance team based out of Henderson, NV. The Scheduler II obtains clinician availability each month and prepare complete hospital schedules. They may be expected to recruit for part-time clinicians depending on the division. They must fill all open shifts and emergency openings as they arise. Scheduler II is responsible for after hour's on-call duty on a rotating basis which varies according to office location.
RESPONSIBILITIES OF A SCHEDULER II: Responsibilities: - Understands and analyzes contract requirements to identify available clinical resources for a site. Works with Site Management directly or indirectly to compose standard number of clinician schedules based on assigned contracts and needs in a way that meets schedule requirement while minimizing excess compensation. Keeps Scheduling Leadership, Operations and Site Management apprised of schedule status on a regular basis, engaging their support as needed.
- Educates clinicians on scheduling protocols and guidelines. Develops strong relationships with clinicians communicating via the phone, text and email to understand their needs and gain commitments to fill needed shifts. Leverages relationship to persuade and influence clinicians to take on additional shifts. Networks with clinicians to obtain clinician referrals to assist in filling shifts.
- Within the scope of the Schedulers established authority limits, analyzes the situation and independently negotiates with clinicians to obtain commitments to fill shifts on an emergency basis while minimizing Increased Compensation. Escalates excess clinician compensation requests to appropriate management for approval.
- Establish strong relationships with internal and external team-members. Work closely with credentialing, enrollment, recruiting, payroll and client administration to communicate schedules, following up on a new provider to ensure completion of the process before scheduling for the first shift, or communicate schedule status or problems.
- Problem solves with scheduling team members to brainstorm issues, establish best practices, new approaches and provides support in filling shifts.
- Demonstrates sense of urgency, flexibility and a positive approach to problem solving within our fast-paced environment.
- Enters schedules into company data base and distributes as necessary within established deadlines; reconciles and tracks work hours and increased compensation for all clinicians and submits information to payroll for processing; and provides various reports to management as requested on a timely basis.
- Works On-call on a rotational basis, to cover evening, weekend or holiday emergencies. Communicates problems to Scheduling Leadership, Operations and Site Management as necessary.
- Adhere to Information Security Policies and ensure that Envision is as secure as possible.
- Other duties as assigned.
QUALIFICATIONS FOR A SCHEDULER II: Qualifications: - Bachelor's degree is preferred, or equivalent experience.
- 1-4+ years scheduling experience is required.
- Proven ability in cultivating relationships, delivering high level customer service in a complex and high paced environment
- Recruiting experience, a plus.
If you are ready to join an exciting, progressive company and have a strong work ethic, join our team of experts! We offer a highly competitive salary and a comprehensive benefits package.
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Envision Healthcare is an Equal Opportunity Employer.