Essential duties and responsibilities:
- Coordinating complex referrals for patients to Neuro Oncology- this involves obtaining discs from Valley, calling pathology and sending tissue to correct hospital pathology dept.
- Making a packet of information needed for Neuro-oncologist and communicating with family.
- Coordinating pain management referrals for patients and sending required information to PM (demos, MRI’s, MD notes and script.)
- Meet with patients and provide them prescriptions for future radiology tests and obtain brief medical history
- Coordinating GKRS/Rad referrals for patients (demos, discs, MD notes, pathology and all operative reports)
- Setting up complex test (CT Myelogram, MRI with anesthesia, and CT guided biopsies)
- Coordinate lab work needed prior to imaging
- Coordinating peer to peer with the nurse and assistant on any test that may be denied and follow up on them
- Receive ER consults and send to appropriate PA or MD
- Maintaining imaging log/specialist log/disability log
- Scan and email, clinicals, to be sent for pre-cert
- Send reports to MD to review through EHR and ensure that all charts are complete prior to patient appointment
- Call patients who are due for CT/MRI/X-rays
- PT/OT management for established patients, write Rx, sign forms that are faxed in
- Check the status of medical records request
- Filling out disability paperwork for pts having surgery
- Cleaning rooms after pt use and contact tracing with our covid app for pts coming into the office
- Other duties as assigned