and Responsibilities As our Patient Logistics RN, you will coordinate transfer center activities for our facilities, serving as the primary liaison for patient transfers and admissions to ensure appropriate placement. Every day you will collaborate with hospital administration, nursing leadership, medical staff, physicians, and transportation vendors to facilitate bed assignments. You will participate in all activities to prioritize patient placement, basing facility designation on diagnoses, procedures, level of care, and acuity.
To be successful in this role, you will be a Registered Nurse with strong coordination and communication skills, a deep understanding of patient throughput and bed management, and the ability to collaborate effectively with diverse stakeholders to ensure appropriate and timely patient placement. Collect objective/subjective data for effective and appropriate transfers of patients Determine facility designation based on diagnoses, planned procedure and level of care requirements Maintain constant communication with both internal and external sources of information concerning patient transfers using proper etiquette.
Utilize nursing knowledge and assessment to prioritize patient transfers based on urgency of patient’s condition, utilization of available beds. Communicate effectively with hospital staff to allow for patient flow. Responds efficiently during emergency situation for appropriate transfer of all patients Make judgments, decisions and modify patient transfer priorities based on evaluation.
Include reporting abnormal or change in patient condition to appropriate personnel in a timely manner Job Requirements Required RN with 3 years of clinical experience in hospital setting with at least one year to include emergency and/or critical care setting Registered Nurse: CA Where You'll Work Inspired by faith. Driven by innovation. Powered by humankindness.
CommonSpirit Health is building a healthier future for all through its integrated health services. As one of the nation’s largest nonprofit Catholic healthcare organizations, CommonSpirit Health delivers more than 20 million patient encounters annually through more than 2,300 clinics, care sites and 137 hospital-based locations, in addition to its home-based services and virtual care offerings. CommonSpirit has more than 157,000 employees, 45,000 nurses and 25,000 physicians and advanced practice providers across 24 states and contributes more than $4.2 billion annually in charity care, community benefits and unreimbursed government programs.
Together with our patients, physicians, partners, and communities, we are creating a more just, equitable, and innovative healthcare delivery system.