Admission and Transfer Center - Staff Nurse; -Evenings

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• Performs aspects of the patient admission flow management process, ensuring that transfers, patient placement, and related activities occur in a timely, safe, and accurate fashion. Includes, clinical assessments for triage and bed placement for patients.
• Coordinates incoming patient transfer requests with referring/receiving facilities and physicians.
• Coordinates necessary transportation resources for incoming patient transfer requests.
• Stays informed of patient changes and communicates impact to admitting teams.
• Reviews medical reports from referring hospitals or physician offices and relays information to the receiving providers and nursing unit as needed.
• Evaluates all bed requests using approved criteria ensuring patients are expediently transferred or assigned rooms and resources are utilized efficiently.
• Responds appropriately to requests made by transferring physicians, hospitals, and peers to improve patient flow.
• Works with supervisors to implement effective solutions and strategies to enhance patient care and satisfaction.
• Prioritize customer service, professional communication, and customer satisfaction.
• Demonstrates clear communication and effective collaboration to optimize patient care and clinical operations.
• Displays influential leadership to optimize clinical and operational outcomes.
• Delivers exceptional customer service while facilitating communication across multiple disciplines.
• Possess and maintains working knowledge of external and inter-facility protocols and standards of practice.
• Functions as a patient advocate.
• Applies quality improvement principles to improve patient outcomes.
• Participates in quality improvement activities.
• Participates in projects/committees for enhanced functioning of the unit, supports unit-level decision-making.
• Complies with all policies and standards.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Percent of Time: 90%-100%

Schedule: Primarily Mon-Fri, occasional coverage of days, nights and weekends, included in the holiday rotation. 8 or 12 hour shifts between the times of 11-23:30

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Salary: $60,000 minimum at 100% effort to commensurate
* This does not include differentials. Salary will vary based on years of experience and percent of effort.*

Pay Differentials: Shift differentials for evening, night, and weekend shifts. This role is not eligible for the in-patient differential

Benefits Highlights: Fringe benefit package including paid vacation; sick leave; health, dental, life and disability insurance options; and generous employer contributions into retirement plans. Relocation Assistant available to qualified applicants. /benefits

Education Required

• An Associate’s Degree in Nursing
• OR a Diploma in Nursing, a Baccalaureate Degree in Nursing, Professional Master of Nursing and Healthcare Practice (MNHP), MSN/Clinical Nurse Leader or a Master’s Degree in Nursing (MSN, MA) is required

Experience Required

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills are required.

Certifications

• Current license to practice nursing in Iowa is required by date of hire.

Desirable

Qualifications:

• Minimum of 2 years acute care RN experience.
• Experience managing multiple phone lines simultaneously.
• Computer skills are required, including proficiency in managing multiple databases including Microsoft Excel.
• Demonstrates excellent interpersonal skills with patients/families, nursing staff, and interdisciplinary team members as demonstrated through written and verbal interactions.

In order to be considered, applicants must upload a resume (under submission relevant materials) that clearly address how they meet the listed required and desired qualifications of…