Summary

JOB SUMMARY: Controls and records movement of patients, physicians, staff and visitors in the Perioperative Services. Unified by the core purpose of creating a healthier community one person at a time, the members of the Division of Patient Care Services commit themselves to sustaining a culture focused on achieving optimal patient outcomes.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS: Patient Tracking Monitors, controls and records physical location and flow of all patients within Perioperative Services.   Coordinates the processing and status of all surgical patients with Perioperative Services. Maintains schedule/control board within the Operating Room area to accurately reflect case progression and patient arrivals. Coordinates the disposition of overnight and/or unassigned patients with bed control officer when needed. Monitors and maintain the vendor book at the front desk for verification of vendors in the Operating Room. Update and maintain the scrub machine at all times and coordinates with Environmental Services when there are issues with the scrub machine. Administration Maintains data and communicates with interested areas.

Maintains appropriate communications between Operating Room areas, physicians, operations coordinator, anesthesia coordinator, patient units and ancillary departments concerned with operating room activities. Receives all incoming calls for unit and staff, relays calls and/or takes messages as appropriate with no personal calls put into operating suites. Provides information, answers routine inquiries and routes inquiries to proper persons. Posts all emergency and elective waitlist surgical procedures and coordinates emergency posting with Anesthesiology Department, Residents on service, operations coordinator and Central Sterile. Communicates with operations coordinator concerning emergency posting, delays, schedule changes, location of personnel, patient status, etc

REQUIREMENTS: High School diploma: GED equivalent or High School certificate, 1-3 years’ experience.

Additional Information

As one of the largest health care providers in Maryland, with 13,000 team members, We strive to CARE BRAVELY for over 1 million patients annually. LifeBridge Health includes Sinai Hospital of Baltimore, Northwest Hospital, Carroll Hospital, Levindale Hebrew Geriatric Center and Hospital and Grace Medical Center, as well as our Community Physician Enterprise, Center for Hope, Practice Dynamics, and business partners: LifeBridge Health & Fitness, ExpressCare and HomeCare of Maryland.