Patient Placement RN

About the role

Fairview is seeking a Patient Placement RN to join our team at our Midway Campus in St. Paul, Minnesota. This is a benefit-eligible position. The Patient Placement RN plays a vital role in coordinating patient flow and ensuring timely placement to support safe, efficient care across the health system. The Patient Placement RN will collaborate with hospital staff and physicians to support optimal patient flow across the system. This position will be responsible for daily shift operations for all internal and external hospital transfers including PACU, ED and procedural areas, in accordance with clinical standards and guidelines.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for overall patient flow and internal patient placement process across M Health Fairview:
• Prioritizes patient placement based upon patient need and hospital capacity.
• Coordinates, prioritizes and expedites internal transfers, transfers between all M Health Fairview hospitals, and transfer admissions from PACU, ED, and other procedural areas.
• Coordinates, prioritizes and expedites external transfers.
• Identifies and evaluates bed availability in all patient care departments.
• Applies knowledge of hospital and unit admission criteria and type of care provided in each department and service to appropriately place patients using critical thinking skills.
• Maintains and communicates the global picture of system hospital capacity.
• Engages in improvement efforts designed to help the system and the SOC function more efficiently and improve patient care processes and outcomes.
• Responsible for developing and maintaining relationships and working collaboratively with Acute Care site leaders including, but not limited to Charge Nurse, Nurse Managers, Director of Nursing, etc. in all patient care areas:
• Understands staffing levels on the patient care units based on communication with the staffing office,