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Alondra Vargas

Cape Girardeau,Missouri

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Job Search Status

Open to work
Desired start date: 2 weeks notice

Desired Job Title

Cardiology Surgery SchedulerReferral Specialist / Bedside schedulerCottage ManagerCaregiver

Work Type

Full Time

Location Preference

RemoteHybrid
Location: Cape Girardeau, Missouri, USSaint Louis MO
Open to relocation: Yes

Salary Range

$23/hr - $30/hr

Important To Me

Career advancementPaid time offWork from home optionHealthcare benefitsPaid sick leave401k matchPersonal development programs

Summary

Dynamic professional with extensive experience in managing surgery schedules and ensuring precise coordination and communication of appointments. Strong organizational skills facilitate efficient handling of multiple tasks, contributing to seamless operations in fast-paced environments. Proven ability to foster effective communication and engage with patients, consistently delivering high levels of service and satisfaction. Committed to enhancing operational efficiency while prioritizing patient care and experience.

Overview

7
7
years of professional experience

Work History

Cardiology Surgery Scheduler

Saint Francis Healthcare System
Cape Girardeau,MO
01.2025 - Current
  • Responsibilities tailored to the coordination of highly specialized surgical procedures. This entails expertise in scheduling and authorizing intricate surgical interventions, such as cardiology and cardiothoracic surgery, necessitating an in-depth understanding of specialized equipment, resources, and pre-operative protocols. Additionally, the role requires advanced proficiency in insurance verification specifically for surgical interventions, navigating complex insurance plans, and understanding coverage nuances for specialized treatments. A key aspect of the position involves conducting thorough assessments of medical necessity for surgeries, appointments, and procedures, particularly for specialized treatments, to ensure compliance with regulatory requirements and optimize reimbursement. Acting as a primary liaison between surgeons, specialized departments, and hospitals.

Referral Specialist / Bedside scheduler

01.2024 - 01.2025
  • Responsible for transcribing and scanning all orders and H&P's into the electronic medical record. Responsible for maintaining scheduling related work queues. Responsible for 'schegistration' of patients, which includes verification of insurance benefits & eligibility. Responsible for initiating medical necessity checking on surgeries, appointments and/or procedures. Assures the specific needs of the department, physician and customers are met. Providing assistance and direction to physicians, their staff and other hospital personnel with whatever needs they may have. Maintains the master physician listing for use by the medical center. Working closely with departments on new procedures and requirements to ensure compliance and proper reimbursement.

Material Tech

GXO Logistics
01.2022 - 01.2023
  • Assuring on time delivery of material to the offsite warehouse & customers and maintaining a high level of accuracy in the inventory. Responsible for the proper transport, receipt, routing, and storage of incoming raw materials, office, and manufacturing supplies, purchased parts, etc. FIFO Management – rotating stock of raw and sub-assembled production components. Supports cycle counting. Checking parts in, verifying packing slips are correct. Pick orders with an RF scanner. Ship orders out to a sister plant.

Cottage Manager

Pacifica Senior Living of Riverside
01.2021 - 01.2022
  • Contribute to Community relationships by demonstrating cooperation and professional conduct with residents, families, fellow associates, physicians, pharmacies and other vendors or persons. Contribute to team effort by being flexible in work assignments; by furnishing support; by taking initiative; and by understanding how this position affects and compliments all other Community positions. Able to maintain a workplace appropriate to the given workload. Perform activities on schedule while maintaining regular attendance and punctuality within specified tolerance. Provide assistance (or reminders) with activities of daily living, including grooming, oral hygiene, bath/shower, hair cleaning and brushing, and transferring to and from activities and meals, as needed. Provide assistance with the resident's personal environment (e.g. clothing, linen, and personal belongings). Lift and/or transfer residents as needed. Assist in meal preparation/presentation, serving to resident, and other dining related responsibilities; record and report changes in resident's eating habits to the supervisor. Make resident rounds every two hours as required in residents' service plans or as circumstances dictate. Record and report changes in resident's condition to the supervisor including but not limited to changes in resident's ability to perform activities of daily living, skin changes, bruising, etc. Use approved charting criteria and procedures to record pertinent information in resident charts.

Caregiver

Regency Palms
01.2019 - 01.2021
  • Help residents with daily tasks and activities such as bathing and housework. Also care for residents who need personal assistance for medical reasons, a disability, illness or advanced age.

Education

Associate Degree -

Golden West College
Huntington Beach, CA
08-2016

Certificate of Technical Studies - Medical Assistant

American Career College
Long Beach, CA
01-2017

High School Diploma -

Pacifica High School
Garden Grove, CA
06-2014

Skills

  • Fluent in Spanish
  • Multi-tasker
  • Microsoft Office
  • Excel, Powerpoint, Word
  • Answer multi-line phone calls
  • Portable inventory scanner
  • Medical Terminology
  • Alzheimer's Care
  • Dementia Care
  • Caregiving
  • Senior Care
  • Epic System
  • Transcribing orders
  • HIPAA compliance
  • Obtaining authorizations
  • Teamwork orientation
  • Educating patients
  • Patient relations
  • Insurance verification
  • Calendar management
  • Patient coordination
  • Software familiarity
  • Data entry proficiency
  • EMR updating
  • Maintaining confidentiality
  • Facility coordinating
  • Payment collection
  • Updating charts
  • Correspondence writing
  • Insurance pre-certifications
  • Scheduling expertise
  • Copay collecting
  • Pre-authorization management
  • Scheduling tests and procedures
  • Patient scheduling
  • Time management
  • Documentation review
  • Computer proficiency
  • Insurance authorizations
  • Epic systems
  • CPT coding
  • Medical terminology

Languages

English
Native or Bilingual
Spanish
Native or Bilingual

Timeline

Cardiology Surgery Scheduler

Saint Francis Healthcare System
01.2025 - Current

Referral Specialist / Bedside scheduler

01.2024 - 01.2025

Material Tech

GXO Logistics
01.2022 - 01.2023

Cottage Manager

Pacifica Senior Living of Riverside
01.2021 - 01.2022

Caregiver

Regency Palms
01.2019 - 01.2021

Associate Degree -

Golden West College

Certificate of Technical Studies - Medical Assistant

American Career College

High School Diploma -

Pacifica High School

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