Patient Scheduler - Remote - Washington

<p><b>Extraordinary Careers. Endless Possibilities.</b></p><p></p><p><b>With the nation’s largest home infusion provider, there is no limit to the growth of your career.</b></p><p></p><p> Option Care Health, Inc. is the largest independent home and alternate site infusion services provider in the United States. With over 8,000 team members including 5,000 clinicians, we work compassionately to elevate standards of care for patients with acute and chronic conditions in all 50 states. Through our clinical leadership, expertise and national scale, Option Care Health is re-imagining the infusion care experience for patients, customers and team members.</p><p></p><p>Join a company that is taking action to develop an inclusive, respectful, engaging and rewarding culture for all team members. At Option Care Health your voice is heard, your work is valued, and you’re empowered to grow. Cultivating a team with a variety of talents, backgrounds and perspectives makes us stronger, innovative, and more impactful. Our organization requires extraordinary people to provide extraordinary care, so we are investing in a culture that attracts, hires and retains the best and brightest talent in healthcare.</p><p></p><p style="text-align:left"><u><b>Job Description Summary:</b></u></p>The Patient Scheduler is responsible for scheduling clinical staff to visit patients. This may include Option Care Nursing, Subcontracted Nursing, and Network Nursing. Works closely with the pharmacy, nursing and warehouse to determine schedule needs and availability to insure appropriate patient care. Performs other duties as required by Nurse Manager, Area Director of Nursing and/or Director of Operations.<p style="text-align:left"><u><b>Job Description:</b></u> ​</p><p style="text-align:inherit"></p><p style="text-align:inherit"></p><p>Job Responsibilities (listed in order of importance and/or time spent)</p><ul><li><p>Ensures appropriate staffing is arranged for all patient care.</p></li><li><p>Coordinates, monitors and schedules patient care across all clinical areas.  </p></li><li><p>Contacts patients and clinicians to schedule and confirm deliveries and visits.</p></li><li><p>Responsible for interpreting physician’s orders and scheduling according to orders.</p></li><li><p>Completes tasks and runs reports in required platforms.</p></li><li><p>Coordinate scheduling needs with staffing availability. </p></li><li><p>Ensures management is aware of staffing needs and requirements.</p></li><li><p>Facilitates patient complaints or issues to appropriate department.</p></li><li><p>May need to perform clerk functions in addition to scheduling functions in the absence of a clerk.</p></li><li><p>Observes legal and ethical guidelines for safeguarding the confidentiality of patient and proprietary Option Care information.</p></li><li><p>Accepts other responsibilities and duties that may be assigned.</p></li></ul><p></p><p></p><p>Supervisory Responsibilities</p><p>Does this position have supervisory responsibilities?</p><p>(i.e. hiring, <span style="overflow-wrap: break-word; display: inline; text-decoration: inherit; hyphens: auto;">recommending/approving</span> promotions and pay increases, scheduling, performance reviews, discipline, etc.)</p><p></p><p><span style="overflow-wrap: break-word; display: inline; text-decoration: inherit; hyphens: auto;">No      </span></p><p></p><h2><b>Basic Education and/or Experience Requirements</b></h2><ul><li><p>High School diploma or equivalent. </p></li><li><p>At least 1 year of previous scheduling experience.</p></li><li><p>At minimum, 1 year of experience in a general office administration setting or a similar fast paced environment(s)</p></li></ul><p></p><h2><b>Basic Qualifications </b></h2><ul><li><p>Experience communicating both verbally (on phone, one-on-one, to groups) and in writing (emails, letters, reports,) to various audiences (work group, team, company management, external clients).</p></li><li><p>Basic level skill in Microsoft Word 2003 or later (for example: such as: creating documents, entering and formatting text, page layouts, creating tables, and adding graphics).</p></li><li><p>Basic level skill in Microsoft Excel 2003 or later (for example: creating worksheets, entering data, creating basic formulas, working with cells and rows).</p></li><li><p>Experience providing customer service to internal and external customers, including meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.</p></li></ul><p></p><h2><b>Travel Requirements:  (if required)</b></h2><p>N/A</p><p></p><h2><b>Preferred Qualifications & Interests (PQIs)</b></h2><ul><li><p>Previous home healthcare experience </p></li><li><p>Familiar with electronic scheduling platform</p></li><li><p>2 years of experience in a general office administration setting or similar fast paced environment(s)</p></li></ul><p></p><p></p><p><i>This job description is to be used as a guide for accomplishing Company and department objectives, and only covers the primary functions and responsibilities of the position. It is in no way to be construed as an all-encompassing list of duties. </i></p><p style="text-align:inherit"></p><p style="text-align:left">Due to state pay transparency laws, the full range for the position is below:</p><p style="text-align:left">Salary to be determined by the applicant's education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity and alignment with market data.</p><p style="text-align:inherit"></p>Pay Range is $17.02-$28.38<p></p><p><b>Benefits:</b></p><p>-Medical, Dental, & Vision Insurance</p><p>-Paid Time off</p><p>-Bonding Time Off</p><p>-401K Retirement Savings Plan with Company Match</p><p>-HSA Company Match</p><p>-Flexible Spending Accounts</p><p>-Tuition Reimbursement</p><p>-myFlexPay</p><p>-Family Support</p><p>-Mental Health Services</p><p>-Company Paid Life Insurance</p><p>-Award/Recognition Programs</p><p style="text-align:inherit"></p><p style="text-align:left"><i>Option Care Health subscribes to a policy of equal employment opportunity, making employment available without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, citizenship status according to the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, veteran status, or genetic information.</i></p><p style="text-align:inherit">​</p>

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