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  Responsible for appropriate placements for patient admissions, coordinating and expediting admissions and transfers, and overcoming placement delays and obstacles.
• Act as a primary liaison between all services and departments, and will work in partnership with physicians to ensure appropriate patient placement for effective, efficient patient focused outcomes.
• Providing centralized one-call service for direct admissions and facility transfers.
• Monitoring bed requests for post-procedure admissions, and assigning bed and status prior to admission.
• Placing each patient and verifying he/she is in the appropriate level of care and correct patient status/type.
• Using clinical knowledge to plan and coordinate hospital-wide patient placement activities.
• Collaborating with the Staffing Coordinator to consider nursing staff capacity in planning patient placement.
• Coordinating with the Unit C3, BH C3 and ED C3 to facilitate patient placement including all admissions, transfers and discharges on a 24/7 basis.
• Ensuring a pre-cert/authorization/clear admission status order is obtained for admissions in absence of C3a.
• Obtaining clinical information and completing orders for direct admissions and facility transfers.
• Creating and tracking direct admission and hospital transfer cases and associated documentation/activities in Intake Logistics.
• Anticipating and facilitating accommodations for patient’s care needs for patients being admitted to the nursing unit (patient requiring a bariatric bed, special equipment, interpreter svc, etc.).
• Reviewing previous patient history and updating CL with key patient attributes (isolation, 30-day readmission, etc.).
• Anticipating, identifying, and addressing barriers that may impede system-wide flow, escalating issues as appropriate.
• Leveraging information to adjust resources (EVS, Transport, Ancillary Services, & Staffing) in real-time to meet milestones and achieve length of stay goals.
• Assisting Logistics C3a with priorities regarding patient flow to ancillary testing and procedure areas.
• Serving as a consultant and educator with medical staff regarding patient status, bed placement, payer requirements, and utilization of resources.
• Managing the Logistic Center staffing process for assigned shifts, as needed.
• Meeting deadlines and exceeding metrics identified for the Logistics Center through attention to detail and implementation of facility policies and Standard Operating Procedures.
• Following, analyzing and reporting patient placement issues, coordinating network SIN reporting to identify causes and trends.
• Working collaboratively to solve problems, improve processes, and integrate services within the department, with other departments and throughout the network.
• Making frequent rounds in all patient care areas and ensuring frequent communication with clinics and affiliates to communicate with staff regarding patient placement and transfers.

Bachelor’s degree or foreign equivalent in Nursing or a related healthcare field.

Must have valid New York State Registered Professional Nurse license.

1st, 2nd, 3rd shifts and weekends as business needs require.