Summary
Job Description:
Job Summary
Scheduling Coordinator will schedule appointments and diagnostic tests/procedures for all patients at
Baptist Health Cardiovascular/ Vascular Services. These may include, but are not limited to: follow-up
appointments, physician consultations, hospital follow-up appointments and diagnostic tests/ hospital
procedures. The Scheduling Coordinator will obtain any required registration, insurance coverage
information, referrals and / or pre-certifications from insurance carriers needed. The Scheduling
Coordinator will confirm patients’ diagnostic appointments, and any scheduled hospital procedures,
updates and maintains hospital cards, updates providers with information, and faxes and/or
communicates medical information as needed. Scheduling Coordinators are also responsible for
verifying accuracy of the diagnostic testing and hospital procedure schedules in the electronic
scheduling system.
Minimum Education, Training and Experience Required:
High School diploma or equivalent preferred.
One to three years clerical experience in a physician office preferred.
Computer knowledge such as Medical Office and Scheduling Applications preferred.
If you would like to be part of a growing family focused on supporting clinical excellence, teamwork and innovation, we urge you to apply now! Baptist Health is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer.
Skills Required
- High school diploma or equivalent
- One to three years of clerical experience in a physician office
- Computer knowledge, including medical office and scheduling applications
What We Do
Founded in 1924 in Louisville, Kentucky, Baptist Health is a full-spectrum health system dedicated to improving the health of the communities it serves. The Baptist Health family consists of nine hospitals, employed and independent physicians, and more than 400 points of care, including outpatient facilities, physician practices and services, urgent care clinics, outpatient diagnostic and surgery centers, home care, fitness centers, and occupational medicine and physical therapy clinics. Baptist Health’s eight owned hospitals include more than 2,300 licensed beds in Corbin, Elizabethtown, La Grange, Lexington, Louisville, Paducah, Richmond and New Albany, Indiana. Baptist Health also operates the 410-bed Baptist Health Deaconess Madisonville in Madisonville, Kentucky in a joint venture with Deaconess Health System based in Evansville, Indiana. Baptist Health employs more than 23,000 people in Kentucky and surrounding states. Baptist Health is the first health system in the U.S. to have all of its hospitals recognized by the American Nursing Credentialing Center with either a Magnet® or Pathway to Excellence® designation for nursing excellence. Baptist Health’s employed provider network, Baptist Health Medical Group, has nearly 1,500 providers, including more than 750 physicians and more than 740 advanced practice clinicians. Baptist Health’s physician network also includes more than 2,000 independent physicians. Learn more at BaptistHealth.com.
