Charge RN​/Emergency Dept Flow Coord, Nights

Charge RN/Emergency Dept Flow Coord, Nights, Sign-on Bonus Available

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• Sign on Bonus up to $10K Available

• Sign on Bonus up to $10K Available

• 11-bed Emergency Department (freestanding), coordinates/admits to Main Campus Hospital, approximately 15,000 patient visits per year
• Patient Population: adult, pediatric
• Resources: XR, CT, Lab, Pharmacy in-house
• Department Staff: RNs, Paramedics
• Required
  
  Certifications:
  
  BLS, ACLS, PALS, NIHSS
• Preferred
  
  Certifications:
  
  TNCC, ENPC, CEN, CPEN

The Emergency Department (ED) Patient Flow Coordinator position is responsible for the overall movement of patients through the ED in a safe and efficient manner. This position will coordinate all patient care activities and be a liaison with the ED medical staff to ensure that care can be delivered in an efficient and safe manner. The Patient Flow Coordinator appropriately delegates the workload and is a role model for teamwork, leadership and professionalism in the ED.

• Has the authority to direct all of the team members regarding prioritization and patient flow.
• Becomes a single point person for the MDs, minimizing their interruptions and facilitating communication with all other providers.
• Coordinates with Mission Control role on the proper placement of patients within the department.
• Monitors room availability and turnover.
• Assures that orders, collections, and procedures are coordinated.
• Notifies the MD and other providers when a patient is ready for a disposition.
• Is a liaison with other departments and checks on delays in all sub-processes, including lab, imaging, pharmacy and consults.
• Coordinates admission and transfers.
• Monitors tracking board, oversees use of tracking board by caregivers and keeps data current.
• Maintains the ED Pods and encourages members of the pods to abide by pod guidelines.
• Sets priorities for patient placement by setting priorities for ED admits, obtaining patient arrival time for direct admits and communicating with Bed Control on ongoing bases as unit situation changes.
• Serves as a resource for float staff working in the ED.
• Assist with triaging and prioritizing incoming EMS patients.

• Assures proper placement of patients in units by attending Bed Court with accurate information including current admits in ED, potential admissions, staffing needs/status, and number of holding patients.
• Reassigns staff patients to maintain balance within pods and ensure continuity of care.
• Provides clinical care as needed, according to departmental protocol.
• Implements ED protocols for increased patient census such as “Diversion” or “Saturation”.
• In partnership with Team Lead (TL) role, assigns lunches to staff members in the ED to ensure that staff has time to eat.

• Reports status of patient processes and team performance to QA/ED Committee and contribute to problem resolution and modification of processes as necessary.
• Is accountable for defined quality measures including patient wait times in the ED.
• Hold staff nurses and MDs accountable for defined quality measures for patient wait times.

• Demonstrated appropriate clinical knowledge to evaluate and prioritize patient flow issues.
• Demonstrated excellent leadership, communication, and problem‑solving skills, ability to set priorities, works and a team member and delegation abilities.
• Ability to maintain composure under pressure.
• Excellent interpersonal skills necessary to interact, motivate, and communicate with a wide range of staff and hospital personnel in a professional manner; guest relation's skills must be strong, genuine, and noticeable.
• Knowledgeable in assessment, planning, treatment, and evaluation of patients experiencing stroke or stroke‑like symptoms.
• Provides appropriate stroke related education and Stroke Education Booklet to patients and/or family/caregiver with discussion on risk factor reduction.
• Knowledgeable in stroke performance measures and relationship to patient outcomes.
• Communicates with the…