Throughput Facilitator

Carle Health•Urbana, IL

18d•$23 - $38

About The Position

The Throughput Facilitator plays a pivotal role to decrease barriers, improve patient access and enhance quality of care using clinical expertise, leadership, organizational awareness, and critical thinking skills. The Throughput Facilitator collaborates and provides support to other healthcare providers, patients, physicians, and care programs with a particular focus on removing barriers and support the department level operations. Find it here. Discover the job, the career, the purpose you were meant for. The supportive and inclusive team where you can thrive. The place where growth meets balance – and opportunities meet flexibility. Find it all at Carle Health. Based in Urbana, IL, Carle Health is a healthcare system with nearly 16,600 team members in its eight hospitals, physician groups and a variety of healthcare businesses. Carle BroMenn Medical Center, Carle Foundation Hospital, Carle Health Methodist Hospital, Carle Health Proctor Hospital, Carle Health Pekin Hospital, and Carle Hoopeston Regional Health Center hold Magnet® designations, the nation’s highest honor for nursing care. The system includes Methodist College and Carle Illinois College of Medicine, the world’s first engineering-based medical school, and Health Alliance™. We offer opportunities in several communities throughout central Illinois with potential for growth and life-long careers at Carle Health. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and do not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, sex, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, status as a veteran, and basis of disability or any other federal, state or local protected class. Carle Health participates in E-Verify and may provide the Social Security Administration and, if necessary, the Department of Homeland Security with information from each new employee's Form I-9 to confirm work authorization. | For more information: [email protected].

Requirements

Healthcare

Responsibilities

Collaborate with operations and acute care leadership to identify and implement process improvement strategies.
Reduce patient LOS by leveraging GMLOS to identify cases for potential discharge delay mitigation.
Trend, monitor, and report on care delays.
Support institutional quality initiatives and contribute to enhanced patient safety.
Define activity triggers and develop mechanisms for real-time feedback to operational, physician, and administrative teams to preempt over-capacity situations.
Detect and address deviations from standardized patient care pathways.
Resolve bottlenecks and inconsistencies in service level agreements.
Optimize interdepartmental communication and the prioritization of requests with support services and clinical departments.
Utilize data and analytical tools within the electronic medical record (EMR) to streamline patient flow and improve process efficiency.
Develop real time feedback opportunities from providers and charge nurses on cases noted to have delays with a focus on procedure timing and consultant response.