Admissions Registered Nurse
Northwell•Glen Cove, NY
3d
About The Position
Facilitates patient admission, discharge, intra-hospital and inter-facility transfer processes through clinical triage. Utilizes the electronic bed board to assign patients beds to the appropriate clinical unit.
Requirements
- Graduate from an accredited School of Nursing required.
- Bachelors of Nursing, required.
- Current License to practice as a Registered Professional Nurse in New York State required, plus specialized certifications as needed.
- 1 year nursing experience in rehab or acute care facility, preferred.
Nice To Haves
- Experience in clinical documentation review, preferred.
Responsibilities
- Prioritizes and assigns beds based on appropriate level of care and patient aggregation from the Emergency Department, Perioperative Services, MD offices and patient transfers from other hospital.
- Helps facilitate patient transfer to inpatient bed and ensures hand off communication to accepting nurse.
- Promotes optimum utilization of hospital beds by conducting rounds and communicating with admitting staff, Emergency Department and patient care units regarding bed availability, current census and admission needs.
- Addresses and resolves issues arising from increased census and decreased bed availability.
- Promotes patient, family and physician satisfaction regarding bed assignments.
- Intervenes in conflicts as needed.
- Liaises with Case Management to facilitate patient discharge, inter-facility and intra-hospital transfer process.
- Performs related duties as required. All responsibilities noted here are considered essential functions of the job under the Americans with Disabilities Act. Duties not mentioned here, but considered related are not essential functions.
