Bed Placement Coordinator - Per Diem

Trinity Health•Darby, PA

19h•Remote

About The Position

Mercy Fitzgerald, a member of Trinity Health Mid Atlantic, is seeking a per diem remote Bed Placement Coordinator. The role coordinates patient placement, patient flow, and transfer center operations in collaboration with nursing, physician, and operational leaders. It helps optimize patient throughput, support timely access to care, and ensure safe and efficient use of organizational resources and bed capacity across the Regional Ministry. The position works rotating evening and night shifts in 12-hour shifts. Weekend and holiday work may be required. The role is remote, but the employee must be able to commute to Mercy Fitzgerald Hospital for onsite training.

Requirements

High school diploma or equivalent.
Current State EMS licensure and at least three years of experience, or five years of bed planning, transfer center, patient placement, or patient flow experience in an acute-care setting.
Basic Life Support (BLS) certification.
Ability to work rotating evening and night shifts in 12-hour shifts, and weekends and holidays as needed.
Must be able to commute to Mercy Fitzgerald Hospital for onsite training.

Nice To Haves

Experience in a Level I Trauma Center.
Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) certification; otherwise, it is required within a designated timeframe.

Responsibilities

Coordinate patient placement, bed assignments, admissions, transfers, and discharges to support safe, timely, and efficient patient flow.
Monitor real-time bed capacity, patient census, discharge activity, and staffing availability; identify placement opportunities and capacity constraints, escalating concerns as needed.
Facilitate interfacility transfer requests by obtaining and documenting required clinical, demographic, insurance, and financial information, and coordinating communications among stakeholders.
Use established patient placement guidelines, level-of-care criteria, operational procedures, and clinical documentation to support appropriate placement decisions and resource utilization.
Collaborate with nursing, physicians, Care Management, Admitting, Emergency Services, Surgical Services, Environmental Services, and other departments to coordinate patient movement and remove throughput barriers.
Communicate bed status, placement decisions, capacity issues, transfer activity, and throughput concerns to operational and clinical leaders.
Prioritize bed turnover activities with Environmental Services and clinical teams to maximize bed availability and patient access.
Maintain accurate, timely documentation in Epic and other designated systems, preserving the integrity of patient placement, transfer, and bed management records.
Monitor patient flow, bed utilization, transfer metrics, and operational performance; assist with data collection, reporting, and process improvement initiatives.
Maintain required certifications, complete mandatory education, and communicate professionally and with a customer focus while supporting quality, safety, and relationship-based care.