Patient Placement Coordinator

As our Patient Placement Coordinator, you will coordinate all processes, support, communication, and documentation for placing patients in the appropriate facility care setting, meticulously upholding all regulatory requirements.

Every day you will follow patient placement criteria, accurately enter all required data into the EPIC documentation system, and continuously update key stakeholders on timelines, ensuring efficient and compliant patient flow.

To be successful in this role, you will possess exceptional organizational skills, meticulous attention to detail in data entry and documentation, a strong understanding of patient placement criteria and regulatory requirements, and excellent communication abilities to manage patient flow effectively.

• Coordinates patient bed assignment utilizing criteria and engaging RN Census Supervisor if clinical judgment is needed for placement decisions.
• Accurately follow diagnosis based clinical criteria for bed placement.
• Utilize excellent communication skills in all communications between involved hospital staff, while relaying information accurately.
• Accurately document and enter all required information into EPIC as it occurs, for creation of realtime data collection.
• Has a strong understanding of the acute care facilities and their units and care settings.
• Ability to develop and maintain relationships with stakeholders for patient placement within facilities.

Required

• High School Diploma/G.E.D.
  
• One (1) to two (2) years of direct clinical experience, or one (1) to two (2) years of full time direct administrative healthcare experience (such as Nursing Unit Secretary or Patient Access Representative)
• Working knowledge of medical terminology
  

Preferred

• Bachelor's Degree

We have reimagined our contingent staffing plan with a new Enterprise Resource Pool that offers many options for flexibility, variety, and career growth, while supporting our collective mission to deliver outstanding whole-person care to our flourishing communities. The Common Spirit Mountain Region Enterprise Resource Pool consists of both clinical and allied roles that flex or float throughout the Common Spirit Mountain Region system. Associates within the Enterprise Pool will have the opportunity to float to multiple units within one facility, a geographic group of facilities, or to all of our facilities. This pool will provide additional resources to support and supplement the workload and staffing needs across the system.