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Company: Lexington Medical Center
Location: West Columbia, SC
Career Level: Associate
Industries: Healthcare, Pharmaceutical, Biotech

Description

Operating Room  
Full Time
Day Shift 
0800-1730

Consistently named best hospital, Lexington Medical Center dedicates itself to providing quality health services that meet the needs of its communities. Ranked #2 in the state and #1 in the Columbia metro area by U.S. News & World Report, Lexington Medical Center is the only hospital named one of the Best Places to Work in South Carolina.

The 607-bed teaching hospital anchors a health care network that includes five community medical centers and employs more than 8,000 health care professionals. The network includes a cardiovascular program recognized by the American College of Cardiology as South Carolina's first HeartCARE CenterTM and an accredited Cancer Center of Excellence affiliated with MUSC Hollings Cancer Center for research and education. The network also features an occupational health center, the largest skilled nursing facility in the Carolinas, an Alzheimer's care center and nearly 80 physician practices.  Its postgraduate medical education programs include family medicine and transitional year.

 

 

 

 

Job Summary

Serves as a liaison between the service line stakeholders, internal staff, outside offices, and various ancillary departments to coordinate and schedule procedures while monitoring surgery block utilization. Responsible for overall data collection, case scheduling for the Main Operating Room and Endoscopy Suite, iQueue, and as well as identification of trends and potential concerns.

Minimum Qualifications

Minimum Education: High School Diploma or Equivalent 
Minimum Years of Experience: 5 Years of Experience Working in a Medical Setting or Physician Practice Setting 
Substitutable Education & Experience: None.
Required Certifications/Licensure: None.
Required Training: Familiar with medical terminology and procedures; 

Extensive knowledge of guidelines required for medical record documentation; 

Must be computer literate, extensive knowledge of computer systems including, EHR, and MS Applications. 

Essential Functions
  • Serves as a liaison for the Operating Room between service lines, medical providers, and other clinical or administrative departments.
  • Works independently as well as closely with members of the multidisciplinary team including but not limited to the surgeons, periop leadership, and practice schedulers. 
  • Tracks and trends schedule patters to identify potential issues in the flow of the day and act to resolve those problems quickly. Works collaboratively with OR supervisors and managers regarding last minute requests. 
  • Stays current on all iQueue applications and  requirements in order to provide assistance and guidance to others. 
  • Utilizes iQueue for case requests and block releases. 
  • Coordinates all cases involving cell saver.
  • Prepares and runs reports related to service line volume and other metrics daily, weekly, monthly, and/or as deemed appropriate. 
  • Helps maintain the work area in a neat and orderly fashion. Responsible for keeping supplies needed to perform the job.
Duties & Responsibilities
  • Demonstrates knowledge of policies and procedures affecting practice.
  • Assists with maintaining cleanliness of the work environment.
  • Abide by the Code of Conduct.
  • Precepts new staff by sharing knowledge to enhance learning.
  • Demonstrates appropriate communication of information to all ages and responds to customer/patient requests and/or needs, i.e., hard of hearing, etc. 
  • Meets Hospital attendance requirements. 
  • Performs all other duties as assigned. 

We are committed to offering quality, cost-effective benefits choices for our employees and their families:

  • Day ONE medical, dental and life insurance benefits 
  • Health care and dependent care flexible spending accounts (FSAs)
  • Employees are eligible for enrollment into the 403(b) match plan day one.  LHI matches dollar for dollar up to 6%.
  • Employer paid life insurance – equal to 1x salary
  • Employee may elect supplemental life insurance with low cost premiums up to 3x salary 
  • Adoption assistance
  • LHI provides its full-time employees employer paid short-term disability and long-term disability coverage after 90 days of eligible employment
  • Tuition reimbursement
  • Student loan forgiveness

Equal Opportunity Employer
It is the policy of LMC to provide equal opportunity of employment for all individuals, and to remain compliant with applicable state and federal laws and regulations. LMC strives to provide a discrimination-free environment, and to recruit, select, on-board, and employ all employees without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, disability, national origin, veteran status, or pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions, including but not limited to, lactation. LMC endeavors to upgrade and promote employees from within the hospital where possible and consistent with the employee's desires and abilities and the hospital's needs.


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