Patient Placement Nurse Capacity Management

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Organization:

SMCSValley Administration

Position Overview:

Responsible for coordinating and optimizing patient flow in acute care facilities to ensure appropriate use of resources and timely patient care. This role involves collaborating with multidisciplinary teams to manage bed assignments admissions transfers and discharges balancing patient needs with health system capacity. The nurse works closely with hospital leadership physicians and other staff to assess realtime capacity data predict future capacity challenges and implement strategies to mitigate overcrowding. Strong clinical judgment problemsolving and communication skills are essential for ensuring smooth operations and delivering highquality patient care.

Job Description:

JOB ACCOUNTABILITIES:

PATIENT PLACEMENT SERVICES:

• Leads the command center in the coordination of patient movement and capacity management based on appropriate level of care and patient aggregation from healthsystem emergency departments perioperative/procedural services direct admissions patient transfers within the hospital and transfers from other hospitals identified by the transfer center for healthsystem admission.
• Interacts with physicians nursing staff and administrators of system hospitals on the placement of patient populations in each acute care hospital and respective nursing units by assessing patient diagnosis acuity and location applicable risk factors and unit criteria/bed availability.
• Leverages capacity dashboards and other realtime indicators to monitor realtime patient flow and capacity data to ensure efficient use of hospital resources. In addition predicts future patient placement pressure points and participates in the of surgecapacity protocols.
• Communicates regularly with acute care hospitals to anticipate and respond to changes in patient volume.
• Facilitates market multidisciplinary capacity management huddles to review and expedite patient movement across all hospital campuses.
• Collaborates with physicians nursing staff and administrators within the health system to resolve bed availability issues.
• Develops strategies to address capacity constraints and minimize wait times including proactively level loading patients with a working knowledge of each service line and level of care across the health system.
• Liaises with nursing and providers to facilitate patient discharges interfacility and intrahospital transfer processes.
• Ensures that patient care remains uninterrupted and aligns with hospital policies
• Coordinates accurate current/uptodate census and patient bed availability information for all system hospitals.
• Tracks the location of staffed beds available allowing efficient patient placement for delivery of appropriate patient care.

CLERICAL:

• Performs general clerical tasks such as answering phones retrieving entering and revising patient electronic health records (EHR).
• Prepares and completes accurate documentation related to patient placement.

SAFETY:

• Maintains a clean neat and safe working environment.

EDUCATION:

• Graduate of accredited school of nursing.

CERTIFICATION & LICENSURE:

• RNRegistered Nurse of California California Department of Consumer Affairs

TYPICAL EXPERIENCE:

• 2 years recent relevant experience

SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE:

To perform this job successfully an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.

• Demonstrates expertise and resourcefulness in level of care requirements advanced nursing assessments capacity management service line capabilities and acceptance pathways by care site.
• Demonstrates expertise in development implementation and evaluation of specific transfer and bed management program.
• Demonstrates a high degree of critical thinking problem solving and negotiating skills.
• Demonstrates ability to communicate effectively with all interdisciplinary team members referrals agencies patients families and other services.
• Demonstrates excellent customer service and professional administrative skills.
• Regular attendance to perform work on site during regularly scheduled business hours or scheduled shifts is required
• Welldeveloped time management and organizational skills including the ability to prioritize assignments and work within standardized operating procedures and scientific methods to achieve and meet deadline.
• Work independently as well as be part of the team including accomplishing multiple tasks in an environment with interruptions.

Job Shift:

Nights

Schedule:

Part Time

Shift Hours:

12

Days of the Week:

Variable

Weekend Requirements:

Every other Weekend Rotating Weekends

Benefits:

Yes

Unions:

No

Position Status:

NonExempt

Weekly Hours:

24

Employee Status:

Regular

Sutter Health is an equal opportunity employer EOE/M/F/Disability/Veterans.

Pay Range is $83.26 to $109.07 / hour

The salary range for this role may vary above or below the posted range as determined by location. This range has not been adjusted for any specific geographic differential applicable by area where the position may be filled. Compensation takes into account several factors including but not limited to a candidates experience education skills licensure and certifications department equity training and organizational needs. Base pay is just one piece of the total rewards program offered by Sutter Health. Eligible roles also qualify for a comprehensive benefits package.