Operations Logistics Coordinator PRN

Banner Health•Ottawa, OH

9d•Onsite

About The Position

The Operations Logistics Coordinator is a vital role within the hospital. In this position you can expect to collaborate closely with staff on the patient care units, helping with patient placement, transfers, and discharges throughout the facility. The ideal candidate will have health care experience and a familiarity with medical terminology as this is a vital position to our patient satisfaction. This is a PRN Varied Shift position where you will be covering shifts as needed to help fill the department need. Banner Wyoming Medical Center is located in the heart of Casper Wyoming. As the state's largest inpatient facility, Wyoming Medical Center is known and highly regarded for its cardiac and stroke services. With 249 beds and a level 2 trauma center, Wyoming Medical Center is proud to serve the entire state of Wyoming.

Requirements

High school diploma/GED or equivalent working knowledge.
Skills and abilities typically gained with 0-2 years of experience in a healthcare office or hospital operations setting, and/or educational background.
Medical terminology gained by either college credits of experience in a health care setting.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
Organizational skills.
Critical thinking skills.
Ability to work under tight time constraints and meet deadlines while working on a variety of projects under high demands.
Proficient with commonly used office software and equipment including but not limited to all Microsoft applications, hospital EMR and bed placement software.

Nice To Haves

Associate Degree preferred.
Additional related education and/or experience preferred.

Responsibilities

Acts in conjunction with the house supervisor to manage daily throughput and support the command center for the hospital through surge management.
Coordinates with internal personnel of the hospital such as staffing representative, unit leaders & procedural area leaders to manage patient movement.
Coordinates with external personal responsible for transferring patient into the hospital from outside agencies to ensure timely acceptance.
Maintains list of anticipated needs and projects the eb and flow of the hospital to plan throughput and manage resources.
Responds to the electronic orders for patient’s placement within the hospital by entering bed assignments into bed placement software timely and correctly.
Files and archives completed, and cancelled orders per hospital processes.
Completes multiple steps for the placement of each patient including electronic and verbal communications with the necessary stakeholders and updating multiple computer applications.
Receives, verifies, and provides ongoing follow-up requests and referrals/orders.
Gathers all information for correct patient assignments and verifies accuracy of that information.
Seeks clarification when inaccuracies occur.
Follows through with resolving inaccuracies, communicates resolution in real time.
Unresolved issues are escalated to appropriate nursing leadership for intervention.
Prioritizes the safe transition of patients throughout the placement process.
Completes and distributes any ad hoc reports which are necessary for patient throughput management and communication.
Collects and logs any data which may be requested, and other duties as assigned.
Facility based position with possible multi facility-wide impact on patient throughput, resource utilization and the patient experience.
Coordinates with multiple stakeholders, manages conflicting priorities in an environment which may be fast paced and demand attention to detail.
Efficiently balances requests for patient beds with available resources which may be limited and under tight deadlines.
Provides excellent customer service to other Banner employees and providers of patient care and by maintaining excellent communication with impacted patient units.