Patient Placement RN
Company: SSM Health
Location: Madison
Posted on: January 25, 2023
Job Description:
It's more than a career, it's a calling.WI-SSM Health West
BeltlineWorker Type:RegularJob 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
EXPERIENCE
- Five years registered nurse experience in an acute care
hospital settingPHYSICAL 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.Licenses / Certifications:Registered Nurse (RN) -
State of Work Location or Compact Multi-State LicenseWork
Shift:Night Shift (United States of America)Job
Type:EmployeeDepartment:8092000069 Patient Placement WIScheduled
Weekly Hours:20SSM Health complies with applicable Federal civil
rights laws and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color,
national origin, age, disability or sex.Learn more here
Keywords: SSM Health, Madison , Patient Placement RN, Healthcare , Madison, Wisconsin
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