OR scheduler
OR scheduler, surgical scheduling coordinator, perioperative scheduling lead
Books cases, offers released time and keeps the schedule full and realistic.
Sees
- Upcoming blocks across the rooms they schedule, with bookings and release status
- Case requests with requested durations and estimates
- Waitlist and open-time requests
- Room fit by day
Does
- Books or adjusts case durations after reviewing the estimate
- Offers released time to waitlist and open-time requests
- Applies releases and booking changes in the EHR where they are not written back automatically
- Records reasons for overruns and late starts where your procedures require
Cannot
- Change block allocations or release policy
- Release a block on the owner's behalf without the owner's instruction, except at the automatic release deadline
- Change utilization definitions