Registered Nurse (RN)-Patient Flow Coordinator, Bed Management, PRN, Nights

Inspire health. Serve with compassion. Be the difference.

Job Summary

Essential Functions

• All team members are expected to be knowledgeable and compliant with Prisma Health's purpose:  Inspire health.  Serve with compassion.  Be the difference.
• Applies standardized processes, nursing autonomy, remote triage and patient acuity to ensure patients are admitted to the appropriate unit/facility with correct orders.
• Utilizes critical thinking skills to prioritize patient needs, in conjunction with standardized processes for patient admissions, transfers, and discharges.
• Monitors patient throughput turnaround times to facilitate timely movement and maximizes use of existing systems and processes to improve patient flow.
• Utilizes automated and manual information to forecast and facilitate bed availability.
• Supports initiatives to enhance patient throughput and promote safe, timely care transitions.
• Possesses excellent communication skills, ensuring oral communication is clear and concise.
• Acts as a resource for other staff members by maintaining a strong clinical knowledge and understanding of individual department capabilities.
• Delegates tasks as appropriate to other members of the team and ensures completion of assigned tasks.
• Collaborates with physicians, clinical providers, emergency departments, inpatient units, Administrators on Duty, environmental services, and other members of the interdisciplinary care team to improve care transitions.
• Evaluates own nursing practice in relation to professional practice standard guidelines, state statutes, policies, procedures, rules/regulations and current specific knowledge.  Takes personal accountability for maintaining competency through education and professional activities. Maintains professional licensure and completes required mandatory education in a timely manner. Reflects on identified areas of strength that offer opportunity for improvement.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Supervisory/Management Responsibilities

• This is a non-management job that will report to a supervisor, manager, director or executive.

Minimum Requirements

• Education - Associate degree in Nursing. Bachelor’s degree in nursing preferred.
• Experience - Two (2) years Acute Care Nursing experience. ICU or ED nursing experience preferred.

In Lieu Of

• NA

Required Certifications, Registrations, Licenses

• Holds a current RN compact/multistate license recognized by the NCSBN Compact State or is licensed to practice as an RN in the state the team member is working

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• NA

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