Registered Nurse; RN - Transfer Center Coord

Overview

Join our dedicated healthcare team where compassion meets innovation! As a Registered Nurse with us, you'll have the opportunity to make a meaningful impact in patients' lives while enjoying a supportive work environment that fosters professional growth and work‑life balance. Ready to be a vital part of our mission? Apply today and bring your passion for nursing to a place where it truly matters!

At Abrazo Community Health Network, we understand that our greatest asset is our dedicated team of professionals. That’s why we offer more than a job – we provide a comprehensive benefit package that prioritizes your health, professional development, and work‑life balance. The available plans and programs include:

• Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance
• 401(k) retirement savings plan with employer match
• Generous paid time off
• Career development and continuing education opportunities
• Health savings accounts, healthcare & dependent flexible spending accounts
• Employee assistance program, employee discount program
• Voluntary benefits including pet insurance, legal insurance, accident and critical illness insurance, long‑term care, elder & childcare, auto & home insurance

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Eligibility for benefits may vary by location and is determined by employment status.

The Transfer Center RN Clinical Coordinator coordinates a patient‑centered admission process for patients transferring into the Abrazo Community Health Network/Carondelet System, ensuring placement in an appropriate level of care bed and financial screening per EMTALA regulations. The RN Clinical Coordinator employs critical thinking skills to expedite admissions into ACHN/Carondelet while demonstrating ACHN/Carondelet’s mission, vision, values and service standards in all interactions with referring facilities, physicians, employees, and guests.

• Facilitate patient‑centric critical and emergent transfers into multiple hospitals comprising the ACHN and Carondelet System using service line‑specific transfer protocols.
• Systematically employ critical thinking triage skills to assist sending facilities in transferring their patients to a higher level of care, focusing on EMTALA guidelines.
• Collaborate with multiple members of the sending and receiving healthcare teams to ensure a timely admission into the right bed in the right level of care with the correctly identified admission status.
• Facilitate patient outbound calls while vetting appropriateness.

• Special Skills
  • Organizational and leadership skills
  • Ability to decipher specific messages with background noise
  • Effective communication skills – phone etiquette, written and verbal – with all levels of staff, physicians, patients, and families
  • Experienced at multi‑tasking
  • Ability to present self in a positive and professional manner, exhibiting confidence, tact, and enthusiasm
  • Must be sensitive to diverse cultural and bilingual issues
  • Adept at interpreting and analyzing qualitative and quantitative data
  • Ability to quickly triage, critically think in high‑pressure situations, and prioritize
• Minimum Requirements
  • Experience:
    
    Minimum of 5 years continuous clinical experience in a critical/acute care setting with adult neuro/trauma/cardiovascular/critical care or emergency room nursing preferred. Ability to manage initial assessment data and prioritize patient care with appropriate decision making.
  • Education:
    
    Graduation from an accredited nursing program.
  • Certifications:
    
    Registered Nurse with current state licensure;
    Current BLS certification required.
• Preferred Requirements
  • Experience:
    
    8 years of critical care, emergency room, or house supervisor experience.
  • Education:
    
    BSN preferred.
  • Certifications:
    
    ACLS training preferred.

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