Surgery Scheduler (Lead) Palmdale CA
full-time•Palmdale•$52k
About this role
Surgery Scheduler (Lead) Palmdale CA (1 hr N of LA)
We are seeking an experienced Lead Surgery Scheduling to oversee and optimize surgical scheduling operations for neurosurgeons across multiple hospitals and a surgery center in Palmdale CA. This role requires a highly organized, detail-driven professional with strong leadership capabilities and a proven track record managing operating room block time, pre-operative clearances, and surgical case coordination.
The Surgery Scheduling Lead will serve as the operational point person for neurosurgery scheduling, supervising a team of schedulers, reducing cancellations, and ensuring efficient utilization of OR resources. Ideally the incoming scheduler has familiarity with multi-facility surgical operations.
About us:
We use the latest techniques and technologies to deliver the safest and most advanced surgical options to treat many types of neurological injuries and pathologies. We are team comprised of Spine fellowship trained board-certified neurosurgeons in complex and minimally invasive spinal surgery, pain management and physical medicine and rehabilitation physicians, and we collaborate to provide the most comprehensive care for our patients that we can possibly offer. Our mission is to deliver compassionate, high-quality care that is evidence based and patient centered.
Responsibilities:
HCRC Staffing
We are seeking an experienced Lead Surgery Scheduling to oversee and optimize surgical scheduling operations for neurosurgeons across multiple hospitals and a surgery center in Palmdale CA. This role requires a highly organized, detail-driven professional with strong leadership capabilities and a proven track record managing operating room block time, pre-operative clearances, and surgical case coordination.
The Surgery Scheduling Lead will serve as the operational point person for neurosurgery scheduling, supervising a team of schedulers, reducing cancellations, and ensuring efficient utilization of OR resources. Ideally the incoming scheduler has familiarity with multi-facility surgical operations.
About us:
We use the latest techniques and technologies to deliver the safest and most advanced surgical options to treat many types of neurological injuries and pathologies. We are team comprised of Spine fellowship trained board-certified neurosurgeons in complex and minimally invasive spinal surgery, pain management and physical medicine and rehabilitation physicians, and we collaborate to provide the most comprehensive care for our patients that we can possibly offer. Our mission is to deliver compassionate, high-quality care that is evidence based and patient centered.
Responsibilities:
- Lead and manage surgical scheduling for five neurosurgeons across four hospitals and one surgery center
- Coordinate OR block time utilization, add-on cases, and release unused blocks in accordance with facility policies
- Schedule inpatient and outpatient neurosurgical cases with accuracy and timeliness
- Serve as primary liaison between surgeons, hospitals, surgery centers, anesthesia, and clinic staff
- Oversee tracking and completion of all required pre-operative testing and medical clearances (PCP, cardiology, labs, imaging, etc.)
- Implement controls to ensure cases are “OR-ready” prior to surgery date
- Proactively identify and resolve clearance delays to prevent cancellations
- Supervise and support a surgery scheduling team
- Assign workloads, monitor performance, and provide coaching and process guidance
- Standardize workflows, checklists, and escalation protocols
- Monitor cancellation rates, late starts, and block utilization metrics
- Identify root causes of scheduling failures and implement corrective actions
- Maintain compliance with facility policies, payer authorization requirements, and internal procedures
- Ensure accurate documentation within the EMR and hospital scheduling systems
- Maintain audit-ready scheduling records and reports
- Collaborate with billing, authorizations, and clinical teams to ensure downstream workflow accuracy
- Minimum 3 years of experience in surgery scheduling (neurosurgery, orthopedic spine, or other complex surgical specialty strongly preferred)
- Experience coordinating cases across multiple hospitals or surgery centers
- Prior experience in a lead, senior, or supervisory scheduling role preferred
- Strong knowledge of OR block time management, pre-operative clearance workflows, and surgical authorizations and payer requirements
- Proficiency with EMR and hospital scheduling systems (e.g., eClinicalWorks, Epic, Cerner, Meditech, or similar)
- Experience reducing surgical cancellation rates and improving OR utilization
- $52k+ (depending on experience)
- Health insurance
- Paid vacation/PTO
- Retirement benefits
HCRC Staffing
Other facts
Tech stack
Surgery Scheduling,Leadership,OR Block Time Management,Pre-operative Clearance Workflows,Surgical Authorizations,EMR Proficiency,Team Supervision,Performance Monitoring,Process Guidance,Workflow Standardization,Cancellation Rate Reduction,Surgical Case Coordination,Communication Skills,Attention to Detail,Problem Solving,Multi-facility Coordination
About HEALTHCARE RECRUITMENT COUNSELORS
HCRC Staffing® was founded with the mission to incorporate years of medical and staffing knowledge to enhance the hiring experience. Based in Philadelphia, they offer extended night and weekend hours to help ensure effective and quick communication with physicians and clients. In addition, they work in all 50 states as well as Europe, Asia, Canada, and Australia.
They cover chiropractic jobs, medical jobs, physician assistant jobs, physical therapy, and nurse practitioner jobs, and they work with private practices, urgent care centers, and hospitals
Team size: 2-10 employees
Website: www.hcrcstaffing.com
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Industry: Staffing and Recruiting
Founding Year: 2009
What you'll do
- The Surgery Scheduling Lead will manage surgical scheduling for multiple neurosurgeons, ensuring efficient utilization of OR resources and reducing cancellations. They will supervise a team of schedulers and serve as the primary liaison between various stakeholders involved in the surgical process.
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