Patient Flow Coordinator NW8-Fulltime

Job Summary

The Unit Based Patient Flow Coordinator (PFC) collaborates with Discharge Lounge, Floor RN, and Clinical Leadership to manage, plan, organize, and facilitate daily patient flow activities on the designated unit. The PFC works with stakeholders to ensure optimal, effective, efficient, and safe patient flow while promoting a patient-centered and team environment.

Education

• Required: Graduate from an accredited school of nursing.
• Required: Six months of continuous nursing experience reflecting general knowledge in hospital and practice skills, current trends, and new developments.
• PREFERRED: Advanced understanding of patient-flow and capacity management concepts.

Experience

• Required: Strong communication, leadership, team building, project-management, and organization skills.
• Required: Strong problem-solving, analytical, and decision-making skills with the ability to conceptualize solutions to challenging situations and implement practical plans.

Position Requirement(s)

• Licenses/Certifications/Registrations:
• License: Current license to practice as a Registered Nurse in State of Tennessee.
• BLS: Completed prior to going to the unit/department and maintained going forward.
• Preferred: Specialty certification related to designated service line: Orthopedics, Med-Surg, Bariatrics, Neuro.

Department Position Summary

The PFC serves as the unit-based team leader in ensuring optimal patient flow, teamwork, and utilization of resources to meet patient care needs. This role requires rounding on the designated unit, intake area, and discharge areas to facilitate optimized flow, patient care, and safety. Additionally, the PFC assists units and clinical leadership with team member training and mentoring, workflow planning and prioritization, patient flow and capacity management, process and quality improvement, and serving as a clinical resource for designated nursing departments.

Additional Information

• Tennessee Licensure: Tennessee licensure or multistate licensure from a compact state must be obtained within three months of hire for non-Tennessee residents.