Patient Placement Nurse, Capacity Management

Sutter Health•Sacramento, CA

9d•$91 - $127•Onsite

About The Position

Responsible for coordinating and optimizing patient flow in acute care facilities to ensure appropriate use of resources and timely patient care. This role involves collaborating with multidisciplinary teams to manage bed assignments, admissions, transfers, and discharges, balancing patient needs with health system capacity. The nurse works closely with hospital leadership, physicians, and other staff to assess real-time capacity data, predict future capacity challenges, and implement strategies to mitigate overcrowding. Strong clinical judgment, problem-solving, and communication skills are essential for ensuring smooth operations and delivering high-quality patient care.

Requirements

Graduate of accredited school of nursing.
RN-Registered Nurse of California - California Department of Consumer Affairs.
2 years recent relevant experience.
Expertise and resourcefulness in level of care requirements.
Expertise in advanced nursing assessments.
Expertise in bed capacity management.
Expertise in service line capabilities and acceptance pathways by care site.
High degree of critical thinking, problem solving and negotiating skills.
Excellent customer service and professional administrative skills.
Well-developed time management and organizational skills.
Ability to prioritize assignments and work within standardized operating procedures and scientific methods to achieve and meet deadlines.
Ability to work independently, as well as be part of the team.
Ability to accomplish multiple tasks in an environment with interruptions.

Nice To Haves

Critical Care experience.
Charge Nurse experience.
House Supervisor experience.
Patient Placement RN experience.

Responsibilities

Coordinating and optimizing patient flow in acute care facilities.
Ensuring appropriate use of resources and timely patient care.
Collaborating with multidisciplinary teams to manage bed assignments, admissions, transfers, and discharges.
Balancing patient needs with health system capacity.
Working closely with hospital leadership, physicians, and other staff to assess real-time capacity data.
Predicting future capacity challenges.
Implementing strategies to mitigate overcrowding.
Assessing level of care requirements.
Performing advanced nursing assessments.
Managing bed capacity.
Understanding service line capabilities and acceptance pathways by care site.
Developing, implementing, and evaluating specific transfer and bed management programs.
Communicating effectively with all interdisciplinary team members, referral agencies, patients, families, and other services.
Providing excellent customer service and professional administrative skills.
Performing work on site during regularly scheduled business hours or scheduled shifts.
Managing time and organizational skills, including the ability to prioritize assignments and work within standardized operating procedures and scientific methods to achieve and meet deadlines.
Working independently and as part of a team, including accomplishing multiple tasks in an environment with interruptions.