Cancer Screening Coordinator, Brown Cancer Center, 730a-4p

Primary Location:

UofL Hospital

Address:

530 S Jackson St Louisville, KY 40202

Shift:

First Shift (United States of America)

Job Description Summary:

UofL Health is a fully integrated regional academic health system with five hospitals, four medical centers, nearly 200 physician practice locations, more than 700 providers, the Frazier Rehab Institute and Brown Cancer Center. With more than 12,000 team members—physicians, surgeons, nurses, pharmacists and other highly skilled health care professionals—UofL Health is focused on one mission: delivering patient-centered care to each and every patient each and every day.

Job Description:

Job Description

The Cancer Prevention Screening (CPS) Scheduling Coordinator gathers pertinent information, accesses patient criteria for eligibility, schedules, obtains prior-authorizations (if needed) and documents outcomes for patients undergoing cancer screening. The coordinator schedules screening services for the identified patient populations, promotes patient compliance, eliminates barriers to screening procedures and ensures that results are forwarded to the Primary Care Physician (PCP) in order to achieve an optimal clinical outcome for the patient.

Essential Functions:

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Guides patients through the UofL Health system and helps patients arrive on time and prepared for scheduled appointments

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Facilitates interaction and communication with UofL Health and external staff and providers

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Facilitates interaction and communication with UofL Health and external staff and providers; develops relationships with personnel in departments and with other referral sources involved in the care of patients (i.e., hospital and physician office schedulers, ordering providers, technologists, specialists / surgeons, nurses, financial advisors)

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Documents interventions and outcomes, maintaining extensive and detailed data needed for program tracking and growth

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Ensures procedural reports (and pathology reports if available) are forwarded to PCP; contacts patients post-procedure to evaluate their experience and seek suggestions for program improvement

Shift Requirements:

Shift Length (in hours): 8 hrs a day