Patient Flow/Shift Coordinator - Float Pool
TriHealth · Montgomery, OH · 2 wk ago
HealthcarePart-time
Job Responsibilities
- Utilizes critical thinking to make appropriate patient placement decisions taking into consideration patient diagnosis, prognosis, physician service, infectious disease status, staffing, acuity, and applicable policies.
- Utilizes interpersonal skills to collaborate with multiple care partners across the system including unit leadership, executive leadership, physicians, infection prevention personnel, and environmental services to effectively maintain an efficient patient throughput.
- Serves as a role model in the utilization of TriHealth Way behaviors during internal and external customer interactions.
- Maintains and/or enhances current knowledge through active participation in continuing education activities, participation in professional organization activities, specialty certification, and/or advanced degrees.
- Routinely engages in self-assessment of role accountabilities, identifying areas of strength as well as areas for continual improvement.
- Demonstrates leadership through performance and behavior.
- Maintains composure in difficult situations and remains prepared to deal with rapidly changing situations.
- Serves as an entry-point ambassador to TriHealth inpatient services and serves as a mentor to staff.
- In the rare event of a disaster, temporarily functions as administrator until one can arrive on-site.
Job Requirements
- Bachelor's Degree in Nursing
- May be actively completing BSN with RN-to-BSN contract in place
- Basic Life Support for Healthcare Providers (BLS)
- Registered Nurse
- Excellent communication, interpersonal, negotiation, and relationship-building skills
- Experience with computer usage
- Data gathering Analysis, and statistical application
- Organized with ability to implement projects
- Problem-solve creatively and accurately assess situations
- Membership in applicable professional organization preferred
- 1-2 years experience Clinical Nursing acute care hospital clinical nursing
- ACLS, NRP, PALS within 6 months of hire