Bed Management Coordinator

Northwell Health • Mount Kisco, FL

1d • Onsite

About The Position

The Bed Management Coordinator is responsible for coordinating intra-department and intra-hospital transfers, ensuring seamless communication between departments. Key duties include assigning and facilitating patient bed assignments based on hospital patient aggregation, handling phone calls for direct admissions from physician offices, and reviewing orders that may affect bed placement, such as constant observation, telemetry needs, pending lab specimens, and admit orders for medicine teams. The role also involves collecting data for Zone alerts, collating information from Teletracking for daily bed meetings, escalating bed management issues to a registered nurse, and accurately recording information for death certificates to ensure timely preparation of death certificates.

Requirements

• High School Diploma or equivalent required.
• 1-3 years of relevant experience, required.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with epic systems strongly preferred.
• Experience in Admission/Discharge & Transfers, Capacity management, Census Management, Patient Flow management, and Bed Turnover strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Assigns and facilitates patient bed assignments according to hospital patient aggregation.
• Accepts phone calls from attending physician offices for direct admissions Reviews specific orders that may impact bed placement (i.e.: one-on-one constant observation, telemetry needs, pending lab specimens, admit orders for medicine teams).
• Collects data for Zone alerts (admissions, discharges, bed demands/availability status of surge units, etc.).
• Collates data from Teletracking to provide information needed for daily bed meeting template.
• Escalates bed management problems to a registered nurse.
• Obtains and records necessary information regarding expirations to ensure accuracy and timely preparation of death certificates.
• Performs related duties as required.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: High school or GED
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees