Registered Nurse Coordinator (RN) - Transfer Center

Conifer Health Solutions • Phoenix, AZ

1d • Onsite

About The Position

The Transfer Center RN Clinical Coordinator coordinates a patient-centered admission process for patients transferring into the Abrazo Community Health Network/Carondelet System ensuring placement in an appropriate level of care bed and financial screening per EMTALA regulations. The RN Clinical Coordinator employs critical thinking skills to expedite admissions into ACHN/Carondelet while demonstrating ACHN/Carondelet’s Mission, Vision, Values and Service Standards in all interactions with referring facilities, physicians, employees and guests.

Requirements

• Graduation from accredited nursing program
• EMTALA Training through Tenet Health stream within 30 days of hire.
• Minimum of 5 years continuous clinical experience in a critical/acute care setting with adult neuro/trauma/cardiovascular/critical care or emergency room nursing preferred.
• Ability to manage initial assessment data and prioritize patient care with appropriate decision making.
• Registered Nurse with current state licensure.
• Current BLS certification required

Nice To Haves

• BSN preferred
• 8 years of critical care, emergency room, or house supervisor experience
• ACLS training preferred.

Responsibilities

• Facilitates patient centric critical and emergent transfers into multiple hospitals comprising the Abrazo Community Health Network (ACHN) and Carondelet System utilizing service line specific transfer protocols.
• Systematically employs critical thinking triage skills to assist sending facilities to transfer their patients to a higher level of care focusing on EMTALA guidelines.
• Collaborates with multiple members of the sending and receiving healthcare teams to ensure a timely admission into the right bed in the right level of care with the correctly identified admission status.
• Escalates situations falling outside of transfer protocol parameters and presents succinct SBAR to physicians and/or AOC.
• Accurately documents all transfer and admission data.
• Coordinates air or ground transportation according to patient acuity level and availability.
• Maintains competence in all telephone, computer, image sharing, telemedicine, and other systems utilized in the transfer center.
• Facilitates patient outbound calls while vetting appropriateness
• Other related job tasks or responsibilities as assigned

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: Associate degree