Registered Nurse - Patient Progression - F/T Evenings

Hackensack Meridian Health•Brick, NJ

11d•Onsite

About The Position

The Patient Progression RN is responsible for all activities related to Capacity Management including, but not limited to, coordinating the patient placement, and the patient flow required to provide appropriate, effective, and efficient patient care. The Patient Progression RN is empowered to remove barriers and bottlenecks related to patient placement and flow. Notifies and communicates with Nurse Managers, Administrative Supervisors, Physicians, Medical Directors on Call, and Administrator on Call when appropriate.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Nursing from an accredited nursing program and three years of professional nursing experience.
Knowledge of nursing principles, practices, and techniques.
Knowledge of state and agency laws and regulations governing general professional nursing practices.
Skill in both verbal and written communication.
Skill in applying professional nursing methods and techniques.
Skill in maintaining effective working relationships.
NJ State Professional Registered Nurse

Nice To Haves

National Certification desirable.
Previous experience in Capacity Management/Patient Progression.
Telemetry Certification.

Responsibilities

Uses clinical expertise to coordinate the placement of elective and emergent admissions as well as transfers from other facilities in accordance with clinical standards and guidelines ensuring that all patients are admitted or transferred to the most appropriate available bed.
Clinically knowledgeable of disease entities, epidemiological issues, and circumstances that have implications for the placement of patients.
Assures communication and implementation of the Patient Progression plan for the day as defined at the daily bed meeting to the patient placement staff and all patient care areas, physicians, senior leadership and operations departments as needed.
Communicates daily Patient Progression plan to the evening staff and Nursing Supervisors to assure continued implementation and focus on the day's plan.
Reviews patients' conditions as necessary, independently, or in conjunction with case management staff, ED, Nursing Supervisor, or charge nurse to ensure appropriate placement for required services.
Tracks bed availability, maintaining appropriate logs/records.
Works directly with Plant Ops and Environmental Services on room renovation or repairs.
Direct oversight of the Daily Census Bed Reports (3 times a day).
Walking rounds on all nursing units to identify and discuss barriers to discharge, build relationships with staff and educate staff to the role of the Patient Progression RN.
Monitors bed availability on all nursing units as well as pending discharges assessing the ability to meet the needs of the cath lab, ED, PACU, and direct admissions.
Acts as a resource to patient placement staff as to the type of patient that each unit can accept and the type of equipment or medications that can be used or given on each unit, using policies and procedures as a guide.
Makes recommendations to the Manager of Patient Progression for closing or downsizing units and manages the transfer of patients from the ED/PACU or direct admits when an overflow unit is opened assuring that patients are admitted in a controlled manner.
Regularly communicates with and provides status reports to Manager of Patient Progression regarding impending need for divert, operating room holds, or cath lab delays. Calls additional bed meetings as needed.
Knowledge of ED volume of patients and type.
Communicate with infection control department.
Assess for hall appropriate or discharge lounge appropriate patients.
Assist with telemetry transports out of the ED and/or inter-unit as needed.
Planning inter-unit transfers in a predictive way to improve throughput (weekend participation in Ocean View).
Tracking potential discharges.
Escalating up any barriers to discharge or transfer.
Other duties and/or projects as assigned.
Adheres to HMH Organizational competencies and standards of behavior.