Registered Nurse - Patient Flow Coordinator

Duties and responsibilities of RN-Patient Flow Coordinator include:

• Demonstrate proficiency in practice based on conscious and deliberate planning. Self-directed in goal setting for managing complex client situations.
• Expedites, prioritizes, synchronizes, and mediates clinical issues in real time for admissions, transfers, and discharges.
• Manages deviations from patient care pathways; resolves bottlenecks and variation in service level agreements.
• Provides leadership and works with the Off -Tour Nursing Supervisor and Leadership to address patient flow issues.
• Collaborates with Off-Tour Nursing Supervisor and Nursing leadership to identify process improvement strategies, reduce patient length of stay (LOS), trend delays, support quality initiatives and enhance patient safety.
• Defines patient activity triggers and feedback mechanisms to inform operational team members, physician leaders, and administrative team to mitigate over capacity situations.
• Develops and coordinates seamless transitioning of patients throughout the ED, inpatient and outpatient care process with a focus on Admissions processes and discharge planning needs.
• Participates in interdisciplinary team rounds/huddles and discharge planning to ensure timely and efficient patient movement with anticipated discharges.
• Assesses patient flow needs, capacity, availability, and acuity skill level of personnel, working in collaboration with Nurse Managers in assigning responsibilities to meet needs that may impede patient flow.
• Utilizes flow tools/systems (BMS, EDIS) and the electronic medical records documentation systems to support, manage and evaluate flow of patients throughout facility.
• Educates staff and acts as a resource person in the admission, transfer and discharge processes.
• The RN may be required to support other areas within Nursing Service as directed by Nursing Leadership based on facility needs.
• Must demonstrate flexibility in scheduled days/hours to ensure facility coverage, to include transfer coordination.

VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package:

Pay: Competitive salary, regular salary increases, potential for performance awards
Paid Time Off: 50 days of paid time off per year (26 days of annual leave, 13 days of sick leave, 11 paid Federal holidays per year)
Retirement: Traditional federal pension (5 years vesting) and federal 401K with up to 5% in contributions by VA
Insurance: Federal health/vision/dental/term life/long-term care (many federal insurance programs can be carried into retirement)
Licensure: 1 full and unrestricted license from any US State or territory
Work Schedule: 2:30p-11:00pm with possibility of compressed tours.
Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Available for well-qualified applicants.

Starting at $71,823 Per Year (VN 00)