RN - Registered Nurse - Patient Placement

About the role

This role focuses on coordinating patient transfers, bed management, and inpatient flow to ensure timely and appropriate care. It involves collaborating with physicians and nursing staff to facilitate smooth admissions, discharges, and transfers, utilizing clinical screening criteria and maintaining detailed documentation. The position requires managing inpatient capacity, addressing system-wide bed availability, and responding to changing acuity and demand.

Responsibilities

• Partnering with physicians and interdisciplinary teams to coordinate patient transfers and bed placements.
• Assessing admission requests using clinical criteria and ensuring medical necessity.
• Communicating and documenting transfer details, coordinating bed assignments based on patient needs.
• Monitoring admission processes, addressing delays, and reporting quality issues.
• Serving as a resource for bed availability and system capacity, responding to capacity changes.
• Participating in coverage and on-call duties as required.
• Managing inpatient flow, facilitating efficient transfers, ensuring compliance with clinical criteria, and maintaining detailed communication to optimize patient care and hospital operations.

Qualifications

• Graduate from a Specialty Training Program in Nursing.
• At least three years of RN experience.

Skills

• Strong collaboration, communication, and clinical assessment skills.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced clinical environment and adapt to changing demands.

Schedule

Offers full-time night shifts, with opportunities for hybrid work after orientation.