Registered Nurse 2 - Specialty, Transfer Center, Full Time

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The Transfer Center/Bed Control Registered Nurse (RN) 2 delivers patient-family centered care in a culturally competent manner utilizing evidence-based standards of quality, safety, and service while ensuring population-specific patient care is maintained.

Up to $25,000 Sign on Bonus

Work Location: UHealth

Their detailed role/job description is as follows:

Bed Control: Oversees Bed Placement and reviews all Admission orders from all areas of admission entry point throughout the whole UHealth system (i.e., ED, OR, IR, intra-facility transfers/admissions, Internal, Cath Lab, Direct Admissions, etc.)

• Ensures appropriate unit/bed assignment of patients based on a detailed review of admitting order sets, medications/interventions/infection isolation ordered, and Level of Care (LOC) requested; match patient acuity and care needed to the Nursing skill set provided on each particular floor/unit.   

• Reviews transfer orders for LOC changes to expedite/ensure appropriate floor/unit assignments while communicating with the Interdisciplinary Team.

Transfer Center:

• Coordinates with accepting Specialist on all Inpatient, Emergent (ED) and/or International Transfers to ensure throughput of patient care; The Transfer Center RN ensures collaborative efforts are maintained with members of the Interdisciplinary Team from the initiation of the transfer request ongoing until the patient arrives at a UHealth facility i.e., UHT, Sylvester or Bascom Palmer; providing internal and external customer service and maintaining a working knowledge of all hospital policies, procedures, and professional standards.

• Oversees all transfer requests from Referring Facilities seeking Inpatient (including Jackson Memorial Hospital Inpatient transfers to Bascom Palmer), Emergent (ED) and/or International Transfers.

This list of duties and responsibilities is not intended to be all-inclusive and may be expanded to include other duties or responsibilities as necessary.

CORE QUALIFICATIONS                                                                                                         

Education:

Bachelor of Science in nursing required

Certification and Licensing:

Registered Nurse License; Basic Life Support Certification (BLS)

Experience:

Minimum 2 years of nursing experience

Knowledge, Skills and Attitudes:

• Knowledge of medical terminology

• Knowledge of nursing care methods and procedures

• In-depth knowledge of health and safety guidelines and procedures (i.e. sanitation, decontamination etc.)

• Excellent patient experience skills

• Ability to recognize, analyze, and solve a variety of problems.

• Ability to maintain effective interpersonal relationships

• Ability to communicate effectively in both oral and written form

The University of Miami offers competitive salaries and a comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, tuition remission and more.

UHealth-University of Miami Health System, South Florida's only university-based health system, provides leading-edge patient care powered by the ground breaking research and medical education at the Miller School of Medicine. As an academic medical center, we are proud to serve South Florida, Latin America and the Caribbean. Our physicians represent more than 100 specialties and sub-specialties, and have more than one million patient encounters each year. Our tradition of excellence has earned worldwide recognition for outstanding teaching, research and patient care. We're the challenge you've been looking for.

Patient safety is a top priority. As a result, during the Influenza ("the flu") season (September through April), the University Of Miami Miller School Of Medicine requires all employees who provide ongoing services to patients, work in a location (all Hospitals and clinics) where patient care is provided, or work in patient care or clinical care areas, to have an annual influenza vaccination. Failure to meet this requirement will result in rescinding or termination of employment.

The University of Miami is an Equal Opportunity Employer