Registered Nurse - Patient Placement - Weekend Days

About the role

Are you an experienced RN ready to use your clinical expertise in a new way? The Patient Flow team offers a unique opportunity to apply your critical thinking skills in a fast-paced, highly collaborative environment—without the physical demands of the bedside. In this straight weekend role, you will have a direct impact on patient care across all three Sanford Fargo campuses—strong clinical decision-making is essential. You will help ensure patients receive the right care, at the right time, in the right location. Your inpatient experience and clinical judgment will play a key role in coordinating safe, efficient patient flow across the North Region.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the central point of contact for providers, managing incoming calls, coordinating patient transfers, and overseeing admissions and transfer activity.
• Monitor real-time and projected bed capacity to support continuous operations throughout the night.
• Facilitate continuous throughput of patients from all points of entry by utilizing effective verbal and written communication.
• Make efficient, effective clinical decisions and coordinate and deploy ancillary services to needed areas.
• Evaluate patient status, review patient charts regarding current clinical conditions, and determine placement based on patient history and stability.
• Connect with clinical leaders to assess patient flow and coordinate the placement of all admissions (elective and emergent) and transfers in accordance with clinical standards and guidelines.
• Direct patient admissions to the most appropriate bed available using criteria for admission.
• Provide oversight of patient throughput to minimize delays in bed turnaround times.
• Plan for required staffing resources needed to support patient placements.
• Make appropriate patient placement decisions using admission guidelines that define the level of care each unit can provide and specialty care availability.
• Use proactive demand capacity planning to project needed beds and staffing for the number of patients expected to present for admission.
• Communicate regularly with timely updates to ensure optimal patient flow and address throughput barriers.
• Utilize data measurement and patient flow event information to drive for improved results.
• Participate in review of staffing effectiveness in relation to impact on patient flow.
• Mentor and assist nursing staff to maximize proficiency and timeliness in the admission, transfer, and discharge processes.
• Review patient flow events and participate in root cause analysis and improvement activities.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in nursing preferred.
• Graduate from a nationally accredited nursing program preferred, including, but not limited to, Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE), Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing (ACEN), and National League for Nursing Commission for Nursing Education Accreditation (NLN CNEA).
• Minimum of three years’ clinical experience required.
• Currently holds an unencumbered RN license with the State Board of Nursing where the practice of nursing is occurring and/or possess multistate licensure if in a Nurse Licensure Compact (NLC) state.
• Obtains and subsequently maintains required department-specific competencies and certifications.
• Basic Life Support (BLS) and Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) certification required within six months of employment. Re-certification as required.

Benefits

• Health insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• Life insurance
• 401(k) retirement plan
• Work/life balance benefits
• Generous time off package to maintain a healthy home-work balance