Bed Board Associate, Logistics

Bed Board Associate

Location:

355 Grand Street, Jersey City, NJ 07302

Shift: Evening;
Status:
Hourly (Per Diem)

Pay Range: $20.60 - $25.84 per hour

Job Overview:
The Bed Board Associate is responsible for placing patients in the appropriate bed, maintaining the accuracy of the bed board system, tracking bed assignments through the bed tracking system, and ensuring timely and appropriate movement of patients within the hospital. The associate works closely with clinical staff to obtain correct and timely orders and ensures accuracy of patient level of care.

The Bed Board Associate also verifies and reconciles the hospital census and facilitates continuous patient throughput.

• Complete appropriate bed assignments based on patient’s sex, diagnosis, level of care and clinical needs.
• Review patient accounts to ensure all information is accurate and all required paperwork is completed.
• Utilize Bed Tracking System to indicate status of the bed, including tracking of clean and unclean beds and isolation rooms.
• Escalate delays in cleaning services and/or bed status updates that impact bed use and assignment.
• Update patient’s level of care, accommodation status, admission/discharge date and time in the Health Information System.
• Complete account updates and assignments for admissions, transfers and discharges timely and accurately.
• Ensure transferred patients are financially screened and authorizations obtained prior to transfer.
• Secure completed transfer agreement form prior to transfer including all required signatures.
• Maintain accuracy of Bed Board System and complete daily reconciliation to ensure appropriate bed assignments and accurate patient accommodation types.
• Maintain excellent communication with physicians, clinical teams and environmental services to ensure timely patient placements and discharges.
• Attend daily bed management huddles; provide status and escalated issues.
• Work with Case Management to review issues such as level of care, insurance corrections, add missing or added information.
• Take initiative within work responsibilities, providing feedback or suggesting improvements that can make a difference for quality, safety or service excellence.
• Maintain a high level of accuracy and quality in accordance to the department’s established goals.
• Exceed productivity goals established for the position and department.
• Attend all required training sessions and obtain passing scores.
• Demonstrate competent decision‑making skills without management interaction.
• Maintain confidentiality and integrity of patient information following HIPAA Guidelines.
• Always serve as patient advocate, provide accurate and timely information to patients, family and visitors.
• Demonstrate ability to work with others effectively both in and outside the department.
• Willingness to be flexible with unplanned assignments as required and apply principles of education sessions, reads and understands the provisions of the corporate compliance handbook.
• Strive to meet the highest standards of ethical conduct.
• Know that reporting suspected misconduct to the supervisor or corporate compliance officer is required.
• Perform all job duties in a professional and courteous manner, demonstrating positive, appropriate interaction skills with all internal, external customers and co‑workers.
• Other duties as.

• High School Diploma required.

Preferred:

• One (1) year experience as a Patient Placement Coordinator and/or Patient Access Position.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Previous hospital experience in an acute care facility.
• Experience with bed placement processes and systems.
• Exceptional organizational skills.
• Medical terminology knowledge and computer skills.

• Evening/ Flexible/As needed
• Per Diem

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

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