Patient Logistics RN

Dignity Health • Phoenix, AZ

7d • $43 - $64

About The Position

The Patient Logistics RN oversees, coordinates, and facilitates comprehensive care delivery across clinical areas during designated shifts. The role serves as a communication link between the care team and referring stakeholders and coordinates bed placement activities across multiple hospitals at the Division level. The RN participates in activities, meetings, and calls to facilitate and prioritize bed assignments from all points of entry to the acute hospital setting and may assume delegated nursing administrative responsibilities as directed.

The position requires expertise in bed management and patient logistics, along with leadership, organizational, and communication skills to coordinate care delivery and facilitate bed assignments across multiple hospital sites.

Requirements

• Three years of clinical experience.
• Bachelor of Nursing degree.
• Strong leadership, organizational, and communication skills.
• Expertise in bed management and patient logistics.
• Ability to coordinate care delivery and facilitate bed assignments across multiple hospital sites.

Responsibilities

• Receives bed placement requests, evaluates available hospital beds, and initiates, promotes, or participates in interdisciplinary collaboration regarding patient placement.
• Keeps current on bed demand, availability, and status to help ensure patients are placed in the appropriate bed at the right time.
• Develops contingency patient placement plans with operational charge staff to support uninterrupted daily patient operations.
• Continually re-evaluates placement requests as needed to ensure timely, appropriate bed assignments and optimal turnaround.
• Monitors staffing and patient information to maintain real-time awareness of patient demand, including patient location, acuity, risk factors, and turnaround times.
• Communicates with appropriate stakeholders about bed availability and access delays, and facilitates ongoing communication across work units regarding patient flow and bed placement status or issues.
• Identifies anticipated patient admissions, transfers, and discharges and assesses potential bed availability across the organization.
• Maintains communication with Emergency Departments, requesting units, and the Transfer Center to identify changing bed priorities and needs.
• Gathers clinical information to clarify acuity and other relevant factors affecting bed or hospital placement in accordance with the patient's needs.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time