About the Role
The Clinical Navigator facilitates the successful coordination of all aspects of patient’s care.
Responsibilities
- Develops a bond with patients ensuring they feel welcomed, understood, and appreciated not only during consultation but the day of surgery as well.
- Provides a great patient experience while achieving company set conversion metrics.
- Delivers high customer satisfaction (always friendly and helpful).
- Educates and assists patients in selecting services.
- Review patient medical history and medications to determine if additional appointments or clearances are needed.
- Arranges for pre-op testing.
- Sends surgery requests with CPT codes to the authorization department.
- Confirms that medical necessity is met.
- Tends constantly to the phone and to resolving patient requests and/or issues.
- Schedules patients for surgery, either in person or over the phone.
- Communicates constantly with assigned surgeon and facility personnel for scheduling purposes.
- Coordinates pre-op and post-op appointments.
- Communicates with hospitals to perform all necessary pre-operative requirements.
- Communicate with vendors to ensure continuity of care for surgical cases.
- Acts as liaison between the clinic, surgery center, and physician.
- Other duties as assigned.
Requirements
- RN license is preferred
- BLS required or may be obtained shortly after hire
- 2+ years of work experience in healthcare setting and/or Bachelor’s degree in lieu of experience
- Proficiency in Smartsheet or equivalent software.
- Must thrive in fast-paced environment
- Ability to travel to other clinics in the Austin Metro Area as needed
- Must be organized and detail-oriented
- Must possess excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Must demonstrate excellent customer service skills
- Enthusiastic team player
- Strong work ethic
- Knowledge of computer systems
- Ability to prioritize and execute when pulled in different directions
- Ownership of work
- Regularly required to talk and listen.
- Position is active and requires standing, walking, bending, and kneeling.
- Specific vision abilities required include close vision, distance vision, and the ability to adjust focus.
Skills
- Smartsheet or equivalent software
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Excellent customer service skills
- Computer systems knowledge
- Prioritization and execution
- Organization
- Detail-oriented
Location
- Austin, TX
Work Type
- Onsite
Experience Level
- 2+ years of work experience in healthcare setting
Education Level
- Bachelor's degree
Benefits
- Medical, Dental, Vision Insurance
- 401k w/company match contribution
- Paid Time Off
- Short & Long-Term Disability
- HSA (w/company contribution), FSA
- Life Insurance (company paid + voluntary options)
- 9.5 Paid Holidays for the Year 2025
- Employee Assistance Programs
About the Company
- Pain Specialists of America (“PSA” or “Company”) is a Texas-based, multisite comprehensive pain management company that includes over 13 locations, two ASCs, and CLIA-certified laboratories located in Austin and New Braunfels.
- PSA is growing rapidly.
- We require extremely competent, talented professionals who can support the business and help it achieve its strategic objectives.
Equal Opportunity
- Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.
