Registered Nurse -Bed Management - 24 hours - Days

Henry Ford Health • Detroit, MI

6h • Onsite

About The Position

The Bed Management Nurse works in Henry Ford Health’s System Capacity Command Center (SC3), coordinating and optimizing patient flow across acute adult and pediatric facilities. The role supports seamless care progression and patient placement, partnering with medical and nursing staff and serving as a liaison among multidisciplinary teams to address clinical and operational issues. The nurse uses systems that support patient flow, admission, transfer, and discharge processes and handles sensitive, confidential matters with discretion and independent judgment. SC3 is located at One Ford Place in Detroit’s New Center, in a collaborative environment focused on patient- and family-centered care, clinical and operational innovation, efficiency, and improved outcomes.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in nursing.
• Three years of clinical experience, or direct capacity management experience involving systems that support patient flow, transfer, clinical expediting, and admission processes.
• Ability to prioritize, meet deadlines, and produce detailed and accurate work.
• Excellent clinical knowledge and assessment skills to evaluate and prioritize patient placement.
• Ability to assess and handle highly sensitive and confidential matters with considerable discretion and independent judgment.
• Demonstrated positive work ethic and strong teamwork and problem-solving skills with coworkers.
• Licensed as a Registered Nurse in the State of Michigan.

Nice To Haves

• Experience facilitating patient placement, transfer, or clinical expediting.
• Experience with systems that support patient flow, admission, transfer, care progression, and discharge processes.
• Understanding of Henry Ford Health policies and procedures.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate patient flow across acute adult and pediatric facilities to optimize throughput.
• Facilitate patient placement, transfers, and care progression in partnership with medical and nursing staff.
• Act as a liaison between multidisciplinary teams to resolve clinical and operational issues.
• Use systems to support patient flow, admission, transfer, and discharge processes.
• Prioritize and manage highly sensitive and confidential matters with discretion and independent judgment.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time