Patient Placement - Staffing Coordinator

Virginia Mason Medical Center•Seattle, WA

2d•$28 - $42

About The Position

As a Staffing & Bed Control Assistant, you are responsible for ensuring efficient staffing and patient placement across the hospital on a daily basis, adapting to changes in patient acuity and census. The position coordinates human resource functions, including recording and communicating sick leave to appropriate department managers, maintaining schedule changes, and gathering and reporting data on productive and nonproductive work hours. It also coordinates hospital patient placement by maintaining a current online database of patients and their locations, along with the availability status of beds throughout the hospital. Success in the role requires optimizing hospital resources, administering daily staffing levels aligned with patient acuity and census, tracking absences, managing schedule changes, maintaining awareness of patient locations and bed availability, collaborating with clinical teams on timely and appropriate assignments, and accurately maintaining and reporting data to support operational decisions and patient care.

Requirements

High school diploma or GED.
Working knowledge of medical terminology, insurance plans, computer applications, and organizational policies and procedures related to the admission process and staffing needs.
Ability to prioritize workflow.
Excellent communication and customer service skills.

Responsibilities

Coordinate daily staffing and patient placement across the hospital, adapting to patient acuity and census changes.
Record and communicate sick leave to appropriate department managers.
Maintain schedule changes.
Gather and report data relating to productive and nonproductive work hours.
Maintain an up-to-date online database of patients and their locations.
Track the availability status of hospital beds.
Collaborate with clinical teams to make timely and appropriate patient assignments.
Maintain and report accurate staffing and bed availability data.