Bed Placement Specialist FT

Trinity Health•Maywood, IL

1d•$17 - $26•Onsite

About The Position

The Bed Placement Specialist is responsible for analyzing and assigning patients to the most appropriate beds based on clinical need and other considerations, including but not limited to admission criteria, bed availability, and staffing across the region. This role involves effective communication with various healthcare professionals, maintaining the bed board, and collaborating with Clinical Placement Coordinators to ensure efficient patient throughput and bed utilization. The specialist also handles transfer requests from external facilities and ensures compliance with regulatory requirements.

Requirements

Highly effective verbal, written and interpersonal communication skills to effectively interact with peers, nurse managers, charge nurses, nursing supervisors, physicians, and other staff to proactively facilitate patient placement and throughput.
Excellent interpersonal skills to communicate effectively with internal and external health professionals.
Proficiently maintains bed board throughout the day.
Advanced analytical skills, accuracy in data processing and input into hospital based software programs.
Appropriately escalates issues as needed.
Manages incoming phone calls and other modes of communication.
Applies critical thinking to work within established algorithms and demonstrates the ability to problem solve.
Complies with EMTALA, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid, TJC, Illinois Department of Public Health, Illinois licensing requirements, and other regulatory or accreditation standards, as well as organizational quality improvement programs.
Engages in and demonstrates self-development in clerical healthcare operations.
Identifies personal and job learning needs that relate to overall organizational goals.
Sets specific goals to meet these needs in collaboration with Director.

Nice To Haves

Work consists of duties involving several related sequential steps, processes or methods. Duties require consideration of factors and conditions that are apparent and readily verifiable. (Ex. Occupational Therapy Asst, Echo Tech, LPN, Clerk, Sec.)

Responsibilities

Analyzes and assigns patients to the most appropriate beds based on clinical need and other considerations, including but not limited to admission criteria, bed availability and staffing across the region.
Escalates and recommends ICU bed requests to Clinical Placement Coordinators.
Reviews admission requests from internal and external venues to facilitate external transfers.
Maintains bed board throughout the day and monitors the electronic bed tracking board for clean available beds, escalating cleaning needs to facilitate patient throughput.
Manages incoming phone calls and other modes of communication.
Collaborates with Clinical Placement Coordinators to coordinate throughput and bed assignments for complex acute care patients throughout the medical center.
Provides support to all patient care units through the facilitation and coordination of patient throughput and bed utilization across the region.
Applies critical thinking to work within established algorithms and demonstrates the ability to problem solve.
Coordinates complex patient assignments and transfer center requests to prioritize high priority transfers.
Triages transfer requests from external health care facilities to Clinical Placement Coordinators.
Assumes additional routine placement responsibilities as needed to facilitate timely patient transfer by Clinical Placement Coordinators.
Notifies targeted units of all transfer requests in EPIC.
Assists with changes of bed assignment when targeted reports back with an unacceptable bed assignment within 15 minutes of the original notification.
Responds to inquiries regarding patient room assignments, bed availability and admission procedures.
Provides bed status report to various hospital management and administration.
Complies with EMTALA, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid, TJC, Illinois Department of Public Health, Illinois licensing requirements, and other regulatory or accreditation standards, as well as organizational quality improvement programs.
Engages in and demonstrates self-development in clerical healthcare operations.
Identifies personal and job learning needs that relate to overall organizational goals.
Sets specific goals to meet these needs in collaboration with Director.