Registered Nurse - Patient Placement

It's more than a career, it's a calling

MO-SSM Health Clayton

Worker Type:

Regular

Job Highlights:

Scheduled: Onsite , 7pm-7am every 3rd weekend (Saturday and Sunday)

Join Our Team and  Make a difference every day while enjoying competitive pay, great benefits, and a supportive work environment.

We offer competitive, affordable health insurance and benefits designed to support you and your family:

• Get paid every day!
• Paid maternity & paternity coverage
• Adoption assistance
• Multiple health insurance options & wellness plans
• Retirement benefits with employer matching
• Long & short-term disability coverage
• Employee Assistance Programs (EAP)

Job Summary:

Responsible at a Region level for identifying and coordinating the appropriate placement for all patient admissions according to patient acuity, bed availability and required services.

Job Responsibilities and Requirements:

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Collaborates with the nursing staff and multidisciplinary team members to place patient in appropriate level of care to achieve desired outcomes. Organizes placement process to meet patient load influx and eliminates bed assignment delays.
• Utilizes software systems for documentation of patient movement and for initiation of processes with other departments such as case management and registration.
• Assesses documents and reports with pertinent clinical information for appropriate patient placement within departmental guidelines.
• Stays informed of changes in managed care and communicates procedural and financial impact to physician during the reservation/scheduling process. Alerts case management to any concerns.
• Incorporates knowledge of hospital and unit admission criteria, unit specialties, limitations, and patient need when determining proper patient placement. Conducts or participates in daily bed meetings where appropriate.
• Evaluates and negotiates appropriate patient placement when beds are not available for patients that can downgrade from ICU and stepdown to med/surg level of care, working in collaboration with administrative supervisors, charge nurses, case management and physicians.
• Communicates hospital capacity issues to appropriate areas, responds to phone calls quickly, managers call queue, informs Manager/Director when placement conditions are near alert or crisis status per guidelines.
• Works with physicians, patient care service staff, case managers to ensure appropriate and timely discharges. Escalates bed clean and discharge challenges when necessary.
• Communicates with the Emergency Department and Surgery staff to prevent a backup of admissions and to put into place procedures that might stop a backlog.
• Participates in projects, data collection and other activities related to improving bed management.
• As an SSM Health Nurse, I will demonstrate the professional nursing standards defined in the professional practice model. Uses the ANA Code of Ethics for Nurses to guide his/her response to the current and evolving health and nursing needs of our patients and our patient populations.
• Works in a constant state of alertness and safe manner.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

EDUCATION

• Graduate of accredited school of nursing or education equivalency for licensing

EXPERIENCE

• Five years registered nurse experience in an acute care hospital setting

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

• Frequent lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 0-25 lbs.
• Frequent sitting, standing, walking, reaching and repetitive foot/leg and hand/arm movements.
• Frequent use of vision and depth perception for distances near (20 inches or less) and far (20 feet or more) and to identify and distinguish colors.
• Frequent use of hearing and speech to share information through oral communication. Ability to hear alarms, malfunctioning machinery, etc.
• Frequent keyboard use/data entry.
• Occasional bending, stooping, kneeling, squatting, twisting and gripping.
• Occasional lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 25-50 lbs.
• Rare climbing.

REQUIRED PROFESSIONAL LICENSE AND/OR