Patient Flow Coordinator NW7/WW7 Fulltime
About The Position
The Unit Based Patient Flow Coordinator (PFC) is responsible for collaborating with Discharge Lounge, Floor RN and Clinical Leadership regarding managing, planning, organizing and facilitating the daily activities related to patient flow on the designated unit. The PFC will work with stakeholders to ensure the optimum, effective, efficient and safe flow of patients while promoting a patient-centered and team environment. The PFC will be directly supervised by the assigned personnel in units and managed overall by Discharge Lounge Nurse Manager. They will also have accountability and oversight from the directors of the organization for collaboration and duties as assigned in system-wide activities. The Patient Flow Coordinator serves as the unit based team leader in ensuring optimal patient flow, teamwork and utilization of resources to meet patient-care needs. This role requires rounding on the designated unit, intake area and discharge areas to facilitate optimized flow, patient care and safety. Additionally, the PFC will assist Units and Clinical Leadership with: Team member training and mentoring Workflow planning and prioritization Patient Flow and Capacity Management Process and quality improvement Clinical Resource for the designated nursing departments Provision of assessments, discharges and discharge instructions when needed to facilitate patient flow
Requirements
- Graduate from an accredited school of nursing.
- Six months of continuous nursing experience. Experience must reflect general knowledge in hospital and practice skills, current trends and new developments.
- Strong communication, leadership, team building, project-management and organization skills
- Strong problem-solving, analytical and decision-making skill with ability to conceptualize solutions to challenging situations and implement practical plans
- Current license to practice as a Registered Nurse in State of Tennessee.
- BLS completed prior to going to the unit/department and maintained going forward
- Tennessee licensure or multistate licensure from a compact state must be obtained within three months of hire for non-Tennessee residents.
Nice To Haves
- Advanced understanding of patient-flow and capacity management concepts
- Specialty certification related to designated service line: Orthopedics, Med-Surg, Bariatrics, Neuro
Responsibilities
- Managing, planning, organizing and facilitating the daily activities related to patient flow on the designated unit
- Work with stakeholders to ensure the optimum, effective, efficient and safe flow of patients
- Promoting a patient-centered and team environment
- Team member training and mentoring
- Workflow planning and prioritization
- Patient Flow and Capacity Management
- Process and quality improvement
- Clinical Resource for the designated nursing departments
- Provision of assessments, discharges and discharge instructions when needed to facilitate patient flow
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Education Level
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