RN Patient Flow Coordinator

Description

Do you currently have an opportunity to make a real impact with your work? With over 2,000 sites of care and serving over 31.2 million patient interactions every year, nurses at HCA Florida North Florida Hospital have the opportunity to make a real impact. As a(an) RN Coordinator Patient Throughput you can be a part of change.

HCA Florida North Florida Hospital, offers a total rewards package that supports the health, life, career and retirement of our colleagues. The available plans and programs include:

• Comprehensive medical coverage that covers many common services at no cost or for a low copay. Plans include prescription drug and behavioral health coverage as well as free telemedicine services and free Air Med medical transportation.
• Additional options for dental and vision benefits, life and disability coverage, flexible spending accounts, supplemental health protection plans (accident, critical illness, hospital indemnity), auto and home insurance, identity theft protection, legal counseling, long-term care coverage, moving assistance, pet insurance and more.
• Free counseling services and resources for emotional, physical and financial wellbeing
• 401(k) Plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay (based on years of service)
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan with 10% off HCA Healthcare stock
• Family support through fertility and family building benefits with Progyny and adoption assistance.
• Referral services for child, elder and pet care, home and auto repair, event planning and more
• Consumer discounts through Abenity and Consumer Discounts
• Retirement readiness, rollover assistance services and preferred banking partnerships
• Education assistance (tuition, student loan, certification support, dependent scholarships)
• Colleague recognition program
• Time Away From Work Program (paid time off, paid family leave, long- and short-term disability coverage and leaves of absence)
• Employee Health Assistance Fund that offers free employee-only coverage to full-time and part-time colleagues based on income.

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Note:

Eligibility for benefits may vary by location.

It is an exciting time to be a nurse at HCA Healthcare! Come unlock your career potential and see how rewarding it can be to reach your personal and professional goals. Help to advance the practice of nursing and improve positive outcomes for your patients as a (an) RN Coordinator Patient Throughput. We want your knowledge and expertise!

Patient Flow Coordinator manages patient flow through the hospital and clinical coordination of care across the continuum. Patient Flow Coordinator duties encompass developing length of stay (LOS) and resource reduction strategies, as well as capitalizing on facility best practices. The Coordinator will also ensure that improvement opportunities are appropriately channeled to effect change, coordinate compliance initiatives with outside agencies, intervene with the hospitalists & PCP’s to address and resolve issues related to facility utilization and patient flow process and facilitate strong working relationship between caregivers, case management, and admitting departments to promote effective coordination of efforts involving patient flow.

What you will do in this role:

• Facilitates patient throughput with an on-going focus on quality and efficiency.
• Screens admissions for appropriateness of level of care and bed assignments.
• Evaluates, monitors, and improves the patient flow program effectiveness.
• Navigates or resolves medical necessity, admission status, and bed assignment issues.
• Prioritizes bed requests, coordinates bed reservations, and assigns bed reservation holds.
• Acts as a liaison between physicians, patient/family, hospital staff, and outside agencies.
• Monitors facility and departmental triggers and facility capacity/occupancy.
• Facilitates bed management meetings.
• Assists Senior Executive Leadership in tracking and trending barriers to patient flow.
• Adheres to established corporate and facility policy and procedure and standards of care.
• Maintains current and accurate information in EXPANSE (and/or other) system.
• Serves as local resource for end-user and new Bed Management/House Supervisor staff.
• Applies understanding of EMTALA regulations to decisions regarding ER and interfacility transfer patients.
• Serves as first line liaison for problem solving for Bed Management.
• Actively functions as system resource by supporting parallel and live activities for Bed Management.
• Supports Senior Leadership in the education of nurses, physicians, and ancillary staffs in level of care and bed placement issues.
• Evaluation and implementation of patient flow to ensure maximization of the hospital resources.
• Continually evaluate, monitor and improve the patient flow program effectiveness as it relates to utilization review, resource management, and discharge planning and care coordination.
• Escalates medical necessity issues, admission status issues, and bed assignment conflicts as…