House Supervisor - Patient Placement​/Eve

External Applicants Earn up to $9,000 Sign on Bonus!

Work Shift Day/Evening Scheduled Weekly Hours
24

Summary This position supports Mercy's philosophy of patient centered care by providing leadership and assuming responsibility for the general direction of the hospital and departmental activities in the absence of Administration and individual department managers/directors. Monitor and maintain compliance of regulatory issues. Responsible for the role of Patient Placement Coordinator including, managing patient flow, appropriate bed assignments and facilitating intrahospital and interhospital transfers.

Job Description

Job Duties Ensure that accurate and clinically relevant information is communicated with patients, their families, and co-workers at hand offs and other times as needed. Take all measures necessary to ensure that the appropriate and involved parties have communicated necessary information in order to allow for the best possible patient outcome

Assign patients to appropriate bed, based on diagnosis and bed availability

Assist in managing patient flow throughout patient's stay Answer phones promptly, clearly, and respectfully

Facilitate intrahospital and interhospital transfers

Facilitate staffing throughout the hospital, assign pod staff

Respond to codes/met calls and Trauma Alerts when available

Assist in obtaining medical equipment from Storeroom and Medical Store as needed.

Admit DOA's to morgue. Communicate with Pathologist, Medical Examiners, Iowa Donor Network and Morticians.

Respond to Patient Advocate and Condition H calls as needed

Oversee Bed Capacity Plan and open/close Flex Unit.

Follows Mercy's safety guidelines, carries out job-specific safety duties and responsibilities, and promptly reports any unsafe conditions, situations, incidents and injuries.

Knowledge,

Skills and Abilities

Demonstrate the ability to provide basic nursing care Demonstrates the ability to think critically to make a sound and timely decision

Demonstrates the ability to communicate and work effectively with others

Demonstrates proficient computer skills

Professionally provides customer service

Strong general nursing knowledge

Effective communication skills

Professional Experience Prefer four years of clinical experience with 2 of the years in a clinical area at Mercy Medical Center.

Education Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) required

Licensure, Certification, Registration License to practice as a Registered Nurse in the state of Iowa required.

Current certification in Basic Life Support (BLS), in accordance with the American Heart Association guidelines required.

Advanced Cardiac Life Support and Custom Patient Instrumentation preferred.

Iowa Dependent Adult Abuse & Iowa Child Abuse Mandatory Reporter training required. Employee must submit certification of completed training to Human Resources prior to start or transfer date.

Physical Requirements Medium:
Exert 20-50 lbs. of force occasionally and/or 10-15 lbs. of force frequently

Pay Rate Type Hourly Mercy  is an independent, community-based organization supporting the Cedar Rapids area for over 120 years.

Mercy is an equal-opportunity employer. We value diversity, equity, and inclusion and therefore evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, ethnicity, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, civil union status, parental status, religion, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, and other legally protected characteristics.