Bed Management Coordinator
Required skills
- High School Diploma
- equivalent
Role summary
The Bed Management Coordinator is responsible for coordinating intra-department and intra-hospital patient transfers and bed assignments. This role involves managing communication between departments, reviewing physician orders impacting bed placement, collecting data for bed management alerts, and collating information for daily bed meetings. The coordinator also escalates issues to a registered nurse and handles information related to expirations. A High School Diploma or equivalent and 1-3 years of relevant experience are required.
Coordinates intra-department and intra-hospital transfers, ensuring continuity of all necessary communication between departments.
Job Responsibility
1.Assigns and facilitates patient bed assignments according to hospital patient aggregation.
2.Accepts phone calls from attending physician offices for direct admissions
Reviews specific orders that may impact bed placement (i.e.: one-on-one
constant observation, telemetry needs, pending lab specimens, admit orders for medicine teams).
3.Collects data for Zone alerts (admissions, discharges, bed demands/availability status of surge units, etc.).
4.Collates data from Teletracking to provide information needed for daily bed meeting template.
5.Escalates bed management problems to a registered nurse.
6.Obtains and records necessary information regarding expirations to ensure accuracy and timely preparation of death certificates.
7.Performs related duties as required. All responsibilities noted here are
considered essential functions of the job under the Americans with Disabilities Act. Duties not mentioned here, but considered related are not essential functions.
Job Qualification
•High School Diploma or equivalent required.
•1-3 years of relevant experience, required.
*Additional Salary Detail
The salary range and/or hourly rate listed is a good faith determination of potential base compensation that may be offered to a successful applicant for this position at the time of this job advertisement and may be modified in the future.When determining a team member's base salary and/or rate, several factors may be considered as applicable (e.g., location, specialty, service line, years of relevant experience, education, credentials, negotiated contracts, budget and internal equity).
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