This position is responsible for the scheduling various specialties for OR surgeries.
This position is responsible for the scheduling various specialties for OR surgeries. The incumbent in this position should be a High School graduate or equivalent with extensive medical terminology experience. Previous hospital experience preferred. Special skills which are required include effective communication, data entry and computer skills.The Methodist Hospital System is a nonprofit health care organization based in Houston, Texas. It has extended the world-renowned clinical and service excellence of its founding entity, The Methodist Hospital, through a network of community based hospitals.Affiliated with the Texas Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church , The Methodist Hospital System works closely with local church leaders to bring compassion and spirituality to all of its endeavors and to help meet the health needs of the community it serves.A legacy of medical milestones has attracted patients from around the world to Methodist since 1919. In 1996, The Methodist Hospital System was established to extend Methodist´s health services beyond the Texas Medical Center and into communities throughout Houston. Its international physician referral network -- with information centers in Guatemala City and Mexico City and medical affiliations with hospitals spanning four continents -- has extended the Methodist reach into the world community as well.The Methodist Hospital is affiliated with the Weill Medical College of Cornell University and New York-Presbyterian Hospital, two of the nation´s leading centers for medical education and research. Together with Baylor College of Medicine , Methodist is also affiliated with The Menninger Clinic, a national specialty psychiatric and behavioral hospital, ranked as one of ´America´s Best Hospitals.´Methodist is named among the country´s top hospitals for neurology and neurosurgery; heart and heart surgery; urology; ear, nose and throat; psychiatry; ophthalmology; and gynecology in U.S. News and World Report´s 2005 annual guide to ´America´s Best Hospitals.´ In addition, the hospital is consistently ranked as most preferred by National Research Corporation´s annual public opinion survey. Methodist´s medical staff includes hundreds of physicians listed in The Best Doctors in America who, along with other health professionals, offer expert preventive services, diagnosis, treatment and follow-up care in virtually every medical specialty. The Methodist Hospital System has been recognized by Hospitals and Health Networks as one of health care´s ´100 Most Wired´ for its use of Internet technologies to connect with patients, physicians and nurses, employees, suppliers and health plans.