Registered Nurse (RN)-Patient Flow Coordinator, Bed Management, PRN, Nights

Prisma Health•Greenville, SC

About The Position

The Patient Flow Coordinator applies standardized processes, nursing autonomy, remote triage, and patient acuity to ensure patients are admitted to the appropriate unit or facility with correct orders. The role uses critical thinking to prioritize patient needs and coordinate admissions, transfers, and discharges. It monitors patient throughput turnaround times, forecasts and facilitates bed availability using automated and manual information, and supports initiatives that promote safe, timely care transitions and efficient patient flow. The coordinator communicates clearly, serves as a clinical resource for staff by understanding individual department capabilities, and delegates tasks while ensuring they are completed. The role collaborates with physicians, clinical providers, emergency departments, inpatient units, Administrators on Duty, environmental services, and other interdisciplinary care team members. The nurse evaluates their practice against professional standards, applicable statutes and policies, maintains competency through education and professional activities, keeps licensure current, and completes required education. Other duties may be assigned. This is a non-management position reporting to a supervisor, manager, director, or executive. The position is based at Greenville Memorial Hospital in the Upstate Patient Flow Operations department. The stated work shift is night.

Requirements

Associate degree in Nursing.
Two years of acute care nursing experience.
Current RN compact/multistate license recognized by the NCSBN Compact State, or a license to practice as an RN in the state where the team member is working.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor’s degree in nursing preferred.
ICU or ED nursing experience preferred.

Responsibilities

Apply standardized processes, nursing autonomy, remote triage, and patient acuity to ensure patients are admitted to the appropriate unit or facility with correct orders.
Use critical thinking and standardized processes to prioritize patient needs during admissions, transfers, and discharges.
Monitor patient throughput turnaround times to facilitate timely movement and improve patient flow.
Use automated and manual information to forecast and facilitate bed availability.
Support initiatives that enhance patient throughput and promote safe, timely care transitions.
Communicate clearly and concisely.
Serve as a resource for staff by maintaining clinical knowledge and understanding of department capabilities.
Delegate tasks appropriately and ensure assigned tasks are completed.
Collaborate with physicians, clinical providers, emergency departments, inpatient units, Administrators on Duty, environmental services, and other interdisciplinary care team members to improve care transitions.
Evaluate nursing practice against professional standards, statutes, policies, procedures, rules, regulations, and current knowledge.
Maintain competency through education and professional activities, maintain professional licensure, and complete mandatory education on time.
Reflect on strengths and opportunities for improvement.
Perform other duties as assigned.