Clinical Logistics Bed Placement RN Coordinator

Inova 8095 - Fairfax East (High Reliability Operations Center “HROC”)  is looking for a dedicated Clinical Logistics Coordinator - Bed Placement Registered Nurse (RN) to join the team. This role will be full-time, 3-12-hour nights, 7:00 p.m. - 7:00 a.m. (self-scheduling); rotating weekends, about every 3rd weekend. Please note the department operates 24/7. NO telework option - role is on-site.

Inova is consistently ranked a national healthcare leader in safety, quality and patient experience. We are also proud to be consistently recognized as a top employer in both the D.C. metro area and the nation. 

Featured Benefits:

• Committed to Team Member Health: offering medical, dental and vision coverage, and a robust team member wellness program.
• Retirement: Inova matches the first 5% of eligible contributions – starting on your first day.
• Tuition and Student Loan Assistance: offering up to $5,250 per year in education assistance and up to $10,000 for student loans.
• Mental Health Support: offering all Inova team members, their spouses/partners, and their children 25 mental health coaching or therapy sessions, per person, per year, at no cost.
• Work/Life Balance: offering paid time off, paid parental leave, & flexible work schedules.

Clinical Logistics Coordinator - Bed Placement Registered Nurse (RN) Job Responsibilities:

• Assigns patients to the right care site while promoting positive outcomes related to patient bed placement.
• Coordinates with the Inova Transfer Center and care sites to balance patient volumes across care sites.
• Obtains information on patient admissions originating from the ED, PACU, direct admissions and transfers from other facilities while determining the appropriateness of admission
• Collaborates with care-site-based team members on challenging admissions to find appropriate patient placement.
• Facilitates daily capacity/flow meetings with all care sites, leads efforts to problem solve during high census periods, and helps develop action plans and implements interventions aimed at reducing patients boarding and / or waiting on admission to specialty care sites
• Collaborates and directs patient flow coordinators effectively in prioritizing appropriate bed placement of all patient types upon notification of admission or transfer.
• Monitors EPIC bed planning and bed board modules at all times and proactively uses the information to plan bed availability based on current census, OR cases, discharges and historical data.
• Orients new team members to patient flow initiatives, demand capacity flow and creates awareness of the importance of patient flow within the organization.
• Maintains awareness of staffing levels in key departments that may impact patient flow such as EVS, transport and nursing.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Education: Bachelors Degree in Nursing
• Experience: 3 years clinical nursing experience in acute care setting
• Certification: Basic Life Support from the American Heart Association. Licensed in the Commonwealth of Virginia as a Registered Nurse.

Preferred Qualifications: 

• Experience: med/surg, critical care, and/or emergency department ED background