Clinical Logistics Coordinator - Bed Placement

Inova Center for Personalized Health – High Reliability Operations Center “HROC” is looking for a dedicated Clinical Logistics Coordinator - Bed Placement to join the team. This role will be full-time nights; 7:00 p.m. – 7:00 a.m., 3-12-hr shifts (self-scheduling once off orientation). No on-call; with rotations of every other weekend. Please note department operates 24/7.

Inova is consistently ranked a national healthcare leader in safety, quality and patient experience. We are also proud to be consistently recognized as a top employer in both the D.C. metro area and the nation. 

Featured Benefits:

• Committed to Team Member Health: offering medical, dental and vision coverage, and a robust team member wellness program.
• Retirement: Inova matches the first 5% of eligible contributions – starting on your first day.
• Tuition and Student Loan Assistance: offering up to $5,250 per year in education assistance and up to $10,000 for student loans.
• Mental Health Support: offering all Inova team members, their spouses/partners, and their children 25 mental health coaching or therapy sessions, per person, per year, at no cost.
• Work/Life Balance: offering paid time off, paid parental leave, flexible work schedules, and remote and hybrid career opportunities.

Clinical Logistics Coordinator - Bed Placement Job Responsibilities:

• Assigns patients to the right care site while promoting positive outcomes related to patient bed placement.
• Coordinates with the Inova Transfer Center and care sites to balance patient volumes across care sites.
• Obtains information on patient admissions originating from the ED, PACU, direct admissions and transfers from other facilities while determining the appropriateness of admission
• Collaborates with care-site-based team members on challenging admissions to find appropriate patient placement.
• Facilitates daily capacity/flow meetings with all care sites, leads efforts to problem solve during high census periods, and helps develop action plans and implements interventions aimed at reducing patients boarding and / or waiting on admission to specialty care sites
• Collaborates and directs patient flow coordinators effectively in prioritizing appropriate bed placement of all patient types upon notification of admission or transfer.
• Monitors EPIC bed planning and bed board modules at all times and proactively uses the information to plan bed availability based on current census, OR cases, discharges and historical data.
• Orients new team members to patient flow initiatives, demand capacity flow and creates awareness of the importance of patient flow within the organization.
• Maintains awareness of staffing levels in key departments that may impact patient flow such as EVS, transport and nursing.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Clinical Logistics Coordinator - Bed Placement Additional Requirements:

• Work schedule: full-time nights; 7:00 p.m. – 7:00 a.m., 3-12-hr shifts (self-scheduling once off orientation). No on-call; with rotations of every other weekend. Please note department operates 24/7.
• Education: Bachelors Degree in Nursing
• Experience: 3 years nursing experience in acute care setting
• Certification: Basic Life Support from the American Heart Association. Licensed in the Commonwealth of Virginia as a Registered Nurse.

Clinical Logistics Coordinator - Bed Placement Preferred Qualifications: 

• Experience: adult med/surg, critical care, and/or emergency department ED background

We are Inova, Northern Virginia’s leading nonprofit healthcare provider. Every day, our 25,000+ team members provide world-class healthcare to the communities we serve. Our people are the reason we're a national leader in healthcare safety, quality and patient experience. And from best-in-class facilities to professional development opportunities, we support them at every step. At Inova, we're constantly striving to be ever better — to shape a more compassionate future for healthcare. 

Inova Health System is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, color, disability, gender identity or expression, marital status, national or ethnic origin, political affiliation, p