Transfer Center Specialist Full time, days
Transfer Center Specialist Full time, days
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Job Description
Transfer Center Specialist
Bring your passion to Texas Health so we are Better Together
Work location: Texas Health Transfer Center 612 E. Lamar Blvd. Arlington TX 76011
Work hours: Full time days (7a-7p) rotating days weekends and holidays
Transfer Center highlights:
- Unique department where you get to use your clinical knowledge to help facilitate placing patients at appropriate psych facilities.
- Great team dynamics on the unit that provide a great support.
- Self-scheduling that allows you to maintain a work/life balance.
- The department prides itself in high performing staff with excellent critical thinking skills.
Heres What You Need
- Highschool diploma or equivalent and 2 years in a transfer center or patient access department required or
- Graduate of an accredited LVN program required or
- Graduate of an accreted paramedic program required
- No experience required if LVN or Paramedic
- 2 years related experience in critical care emergency services or patient access services preferred
- LVN (if LVN) upon hire required
What You Will Do
The Patient Logistic Centers Specialist is responsible for the coordination of resources needed to transfer a patient throughout the THR system. This role involves collaboration with various departments including internal and external departments such as providers charge nurses admissions and clinical teams and central bed placement to facilitate timely and appropriate patient placements. The Patient Logistic Centers Specialist is responsible for coordinating and managing logistic center needs across various departments across the enterprise.
Bed Management: Assess incoming patient information to determine appropriate bed placement based on medical needs bed availability and hospital resources. Monitor bed board. Collaborates with entity administrative supervisor Patient Logistics Patient Access Nursing staff and physicians to ensure proper patient placement. Facilitate doc to doc.
Assumes responsibility for professional growth. Obtains required annual continuing education. If applicable keeps professional license up to date. Stays up to date with departmental changes by attending monthly staff meetings and reading emails. Completes learning lessons Performance Evaluation (self eval and meets with leader) or licensure requirements (if applicable) before their due date. With approval by leadership contributes to departmental or organizational projects. Complete assigned monthly audits.
Live the Promise Behaviors
Utilize department digital platforms effectively: Telephone systems tracking systems electronic communication systems imaging platforms faxes and electronic medical records.
Create AM/PM Daily Sheet: Perform pre-authorizations and insurance verification for in-network transferring patients. Other duties as assigned. Promote the use of image retrieval systems to coordinate patients radiologic studies while in the transfer process.
Monitor Daily: Teams all emergent and non-emergent cases pending cases for cancellation phones fax server email platform Pending requests Accepted requests Ground/Air Dashboard
LVNs may answer the phone to facilitate a non-emergent transfer request.
Additional perks of being a Texas Health Transfer Center Specialist
Benefits include 401k PTO medical dental Paid Parental Leave flex spending tuition reimbursement student Loan forgiveness as well as several other benefits.
Delivery of high quality of patient care through nursing education nursing research and innovations in nursing practice.
Strong Unit Based Council (UBC).
A supportive team environment with outstanding opportunities for growth.
Learn more about our culture benefits and recent awards.
Do you still have questions or concerns Feel free to email your questions to .
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Required Experience:
IC
Employment Type
Full-Time
