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The Patient Flow Nurse optimizes patient movement throughout the hospital and supports efficient transitions between departments, units, and levels of care. The role aims to minimize wait times and maximize bed utilization by assessing bed availability, patient acuity, and discharge readiness, and by proactively managing admissions, transfers, and discharges. The nurse collaborates with multidisciplinary teams to resolve logistical challenges and prioritize patient movement according to clinical urgency and available resources. Success requires strong critical thinking, knowledge of hospital operations, exceptional communication, and calm, swift decision-making and mediation in dynamic situations. The nurse assesses patient information, including condition and admitting diagnosis, to determine appropriate hospital placement and ensure timely bed assignment using established admission-appropriateness criteria. The role manages communications with physicians, healthcare providers, and internal departments by phone, through the Epic electronic health record, and through systems such as Teletracking. Responsibilities also include communicating critical test results, facilitating follow-up actions, supporting after-hours emergent surgery scheduling, assisting with patient hand-offs and curbside consults, documenting information and communication, maintaining knowledge of hospital policies and procedures related to patient flow, and receiving and documenting verbal physician orders.
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Job Type
Full-time
Education Level
Associate degree

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