Registered Nurse Coordinator (RN) - Transfer Center

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?

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 include pet insurance, legal insurance, accident and critical illness insurance, long term care, elder & childcare, auto & home insurance

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

Position Summary

The Transfer Center RN Clinical Coordinator coordinates a patient-centred 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.

• Facilitates patient centric critical and emergent transfers into multiple hospitals comprising the Abrazo Community Health Network (ACHN) and Carondelet System utilizing service line specific transfer protocols.
• Systematically employs critical thinking triage skills to assist sending facilities to transfer their patients to a higher level of care focusing on EMTALA guidelines.
• Collaborates 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.
• Escalates situations falling outside of transfer protocol parameters and presents succinct SBAR to physicians and/or AOC.
• Accurately documents all transfer and admission data.
• Coordinates air or ground transportation according to patient acuity level and availability.
• Maintains competence in all telephone, computer, image sharing, telemedicine, and other systems utilized in the transfer center.
• Facilitates patient outbound calls while vetting appropriateness.
• Other related job tasks or responsibilities as assigned.

• 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 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:
  • Education:
    • Graduation from accredited nursing program
    • EMTALA Training through Tenet Health stream within 30 days of hire.
  • Experience:
    • Minimum of 5 years continuous clinical experience in a critical/acute care setting with adultneuro/trauma/cardiovascular/critical care or emergency room nursing preferred.
    • Ability to manage initial assessment data and prioritize patient care with appropriate decision making.
  • Licensure/
    
    Certifications:
    • Registered Nurse with current state licensure.
    • Current BLS certification required
• Preferred Requirements:
  • Education:
    
    BSN preferred
  • Experience:
    
    8 years of critical care, emergency room, or house supervisor experience
  • Certification/Registration: ACLS…