Registered Nurse Coordinator- Patient Throughput

Overview

Description As a Registered Nurse Coordinator
- Patient Throughput, your voice to influence patient care is valued and empowered at every turn—whether through open, collaborative relationships with your direct manager or more formal opportunities through hospital councils and national nursing initiatives. You’ll help shape decisions that elevate both patient outcomes and the future of nursing. Nurses are at the forefront of our commitment to the care and improvement of human life.

At HCA Healthcare, there are many ways for nurses to have a voice through professional practice councils, advisory councils, vital voices surveys, and units of distinction. We learn from our multi-generational nursing family. We partner with our Nurses at HCA Florida Fort Walton-Destin Hospital.

• Facilitates patient throughput with an on-going focus on quality and efficiency.
• Screens admissions for appropriateness of level of care and bed assignments.
• Evaluates, monitors, and improves the patient flow program effectiveness.
• Navigates or resolves medical necessity, admission status, and bed assignment issues.
• Prioritizes bed requests, coordinates bed reservations, and assigns bed reservation holds.
• Acts as a liaison between physicians, patient/family, hospital staff, and outside agencies.
• Monitors facility and departmental triggers and facility capacity/occupancy.
• Facilitates bed management meetings.
• Assists Senior Executive Leadership in tracking and trending barriers to patient flow.
• Adheres to established corporate and facility policy and procedure and standards of care.
• Maintains current and accurate information in EXPANSE (and/or other) system.
• Serves as local resource for end-user and new Bed Management/House Supervisor staff.
• Applies understanding of EMTALA regulations to decisions regarding ER and interfacility transfer patients.

• Appropriate experience for designated area.
• Associate Degree in Nursing, Nursing Diploma, or Bachelor of Science in Nursing required from an accredited institution
• Basic Cardiac Life Support must be obtained within 30 days of employment start date
• (RN) Registered Nurse
• Associate Degree, or Bachelors Degree, or Registered Nurse Diploma
• Currently licensed as a registered professional nurse in the state(s) of practice and/or has an active compact license, in accordance with law and regulation.
• American Red Cross or American Heart Association Basic Life Support Course (BLS or BCLS) within 30 days of hire

• Comprehensive benefits for medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, behavioral health and telemedicine services
• Wellbeing support, including free counseling and referral services
• Time away from work programs for paid time off, paid family leave, long- and short-term disability coverage and leaves of absence
• Savings and retirement resources, including a 401(k) Plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay (based on years of service), Employee Stock Purchase Plan, flexible spending accounts, preferred banking partnerships, retirement readiness tools, rollover support and financial wellbeing counseling
• Education support through tuition assistance, student loan assistance, certification support, dependent scholarships and a partnership with Galen College of Nursing
• Additional benefits for fertility and family building, adoption assistance, life insurance, supplemental health protection plans, auto and home insurance, legal counseling, identity theft protection and consumer discounts

Note:
Eligibility for benefits may vary by location.

Nurses play a pivotal role and are the backbone of healthcare delivery. At HCA Healthcare, we are dedicated to ensuring nurses have necessary tools and resources to provide world-class patient care, advocating for the profession and helping to shape the future of nursing.

Sammie Mosier, DHA, MA, BSN, NE-BC
Senior Vice President and Chief Nursing Executive, HCA Healthcare

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