Patient Placement Coordinator

CommonSpirit Health•Phoenix, AZ

22h•Onsite

About The Position

As our Patient Placement Coordinator, you will be responsible for tracking patient placement needs and availability, expertly assigning beds across all hospital departments to optimize patient flow. Every day, you will coordinate bed assignments based on existing policies, collaborating closely with nursing and medical staff. You will continuously monitor admissions, transfers, and discharges to maximize bed utilization and resolve bottlenecks. Additionally, you will communicate bed changes to all involved departments and maintain accurate automated systems, leveraging your knowledge of medical terminology to facilitate appropriate preliminary bed assignments for discussion with clinical teams. To be successful in this role, you will demonstrate exceptional organizational skills, a strong ability to manage real-time data, and effective coordination with diverse clinical teams. Independently determines safe and appropriate patient bed assignments based on patient admission criteria and documented diagnosis. Prioritizes bed placement using age specific requirements, diagnosis and condition of patient. Ensures compliance with regulatory guidelines for admissions of patients as well as internal transfer of patients. Accurately processes admissions, transfer and discharges in the clinical information system. Monitors patient admissions and makes changes to patient status as appropriate requiring multiple system updating.

Requirements

High School Diploma or GED
One (1) year as a Coordinator, Patient Access or Patient Placement in a hospital or healthcare setting
Exceptional organizational skills
Strong ability to manage real-time data
Effective coordination with diverse clinical teams
Knowledge of medical terminology

Responsibilities

Tracking patient placement needs and availability
Expertly assigning beds across all hospital departments to optimize patient flow
Coordinating bed assignments based on existing policies
Collaborating closely with nursing and medical staff
Continuously monitoring admissions, transfers, and discharges to maximize bed utilization and resolve bottlenecks
Communicating bed changes to all involved departments
Maintaining accurate automated systems
Facilitating appropriate preliminary bed assignments for discussion with clinical teams
Independently determining safe and appropriate patient bed assignments based on patient admission criteria and documented diagnosis
Prioritizing bed placement using age specific requirements, diagnosis and condition of patient
Ensuring compliance with regulatory guidelines for admissions of patients as well as internal transfer of patients
Accurately processing admissions, transfer and discharges in the clinical information system
Monitoring patient admissions and making changes to patient status as appropriate requiring multiple system updating