Perioperative Information System Specialist Job Listing at MedStar Medical Group in Baltimore, MD (Job ID req31145)

Description

General Summary of Position
Assists in the design, implementation and maintenance of the surgical posting application. May interact with the IS staff in regards to system changes and ongoing issues. Analyzes and evaluates information needed by all clinical leads in multiple services. Assist in ensuring a surgical preference card is attached to each scheduled case. Maintains all mapping of CPT codes to each surgical case posted. Assists the RN OR Scheduling Coordinator with ensuring an optimized surgical schedule that supports OR efficiency. Serves as an adjunct to admitting department to accurately complete preregistration process. Liaison to physician offices to identify and collect required information for posted cases. Assist RNOR Scheduling Coordinator with the management of surgeon block time defined by the Perioperative Block Committee. If Charge Entry, responsible for verification and entry of all post case data billing elements. Verifies anesthesia data for post case and surgical charge documentation. Reconciles and resolves payment discrepancies.

Primary Duties and Responsibilities

Minimum Qualifications
Education

• Bachelor's degree required or equivalent with emphasis on information systems, business administration or healthcare related field with course work in systems analysis and development
• Strong knowledge of medical terminology

Experience

• 1-2 years related experience in a healthcare setting; experience in system analysis and development, customer service, interdisciplinary interaction and information systems

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Knowledge of surgical posting operations and services.
• Understanding of surgical posting systems and their impact to clinicians, surgical hospital staff and application development team.
• Analytical ability to solve problems.
• Strong interpersonal skills, including verbal and written communication, to effectively interface with internal/external customers

This position has a hiring range of $21.26 - $36.33