Patient Placement Coordinator
Location: Galveston, Texas
Description: Healthcare Systems Staffing is at present looking to employ Patient Placement Coordinator right now, this job will be reside in Texas. For detail informations about this job opportunity please give attention to these descriptions.
The Patient Placement Coordinator collects and analyzes data on patient admissions, transfers and bed availability in specified clinical areas to improve patient care and maximize bed utilization.
ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:
- Identify and assign beds for all admissions from various access points to include: the Emergency Department, Day Surgery, Ambulatory Clinics, pre-admission and same day admissions, from home, transfer from ICU as well as interfaculty hospital direct admissions through the Transfer Center.
- Responsible for facilitating patient assignments and communicates regularly with the Clinical Operations Administrator (COA) all bed placement need issues so that they can address promptly.
- Perform data entry of patient accounts, including but not limited to, correct admission source, admit reason, correct treating service/team, correct admitting and attending faculty and resident as well as correct admission status.
- Enters admission status orders into the EPIC electronic medical record.
- Answers calls and provides high level customer service in all interaction with inter nal and external customers.
- Maintains patient confidentiality regarding access to patient and other clinical information via email, computer and fax.
- Addresses concerns of patients and provides service recovery and escalates issues to appropriate chain of command as needed.
- Enters bed request and bed assignment information into the ED EPIC Track Board for prompt communication of bed placements.
- Monitors census and bed clean status in the Bed Track system and coordinates request for STAT cleans as required.
- Provides department Director, Assistant Director or designee updates regarding placement needs.
- Is able to cross function to facilitate interfacility transfers in the absence of the Transfer Coordinator to ensure interfaciltiy transfer referrals as well as transfers from the Emergency Department are in compliance with EMTALA regulations.
MARGINAL OR PERIODIC JOB FUNCTIONS:
- Performs related duties as required.
- Reads all announcements and email communications relevant to job duties.
- Prioritizes and completes all work in an accurate, effective and efficient manner.
- Participate in team meetings/activities and support the philosophy and goals of the team/department.
- Successfully completes annual required training.
REQUIRED EDUCATION / EXPERIENCE:
- Associate’s degree or equivalent and two years related experience.
EQUIPMENT:
Standard office equipment.
WORKING ENVIRONMENT/LOCATION OF POSITION:
- Standard hospital, clinical, and/or office environments.
- Must be able to work in a high stress environment and manage multiple competing work priorities.
- Must be flexible to accommoda te a 24/7 work schedule.
OTHER:
Specific job requirements or physical location of some positions allocated to this classification, may render this position security sensitive, and thereby subject to the provisions of Section 51.215, Texas Education Code.
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This job will be opened on: Thu, 10 May 2018 23:47:41 GMT