RN Patient Navigator Part Time Days
Company: Piedmont Medical Center
Location: Fort Lawn
Posted on: April 17, 2024
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Job Description:
This position is mostly working weekends with occasional
coverage during the week. Hours are 8:00AM-4:00PM or
9:00AM-5:00PM
RN Patient Navigator Clinical Obs Part Time Days Position
Summary
The Patient Care Services Manager serves as the hospital lead for
managing daily patient throughput. The primary goals of this
position are to improve hospital throughput; increase inpatient bed
utilization; monitor appropriate utilization for all levels of
care; reduce patient or bed turnaround delays; monitor and reduce
LOS/avoidable hospital days; facilitate TEMPO and discharge by
Noon. Directs and oversees the process that ensures delivery of
patient care in accordance with established hospital, State,
Federal and Joint Commission, ANA policies, procedures,
regulations, ethics, and standards.
THE RN PATIENT NAVIGATOR CLINICAL OBS PART TIME DAYS CANDIDATE WILL
POSSESS THE FOLLOWING EDUCATION, LICENSE/CERTIFICATIONS, AND
EXPERIENCE.
Qualifications
Individual must possess the ability to:
The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge,
skill, and/or ability required. In accordance with The Americans
with Disabilities Act (ADA), it is possible that requirements may
be modified to reasonably accommodate disabled individuals.
However, no accommodations will be made which may pose serious
health or safety risks to the employee or others or which impose
undue hardships on the organization.
POSITION ACCOUNTABILITIES AND PERFORMANCE CRITERIA
1. Serves as the primary hospital throughput Leader for inpatient
beds and patient flow, identifying and remedying delays within
various patient care services departments (e.g., Inpatient, ED,
Surgical and procedural, Imaging, Special Diagnostics, etc.).
Monitors daily patient discharge disposition for immediate entry
into PBAR and reconciling to Case Managers final patient
disposition for accuracy.
Uses bed tracking technology, rounding and communications with
staff to maintain an understanding of house-wide bed supply and
demand.
Assures patient discharges entered immediately into PBAR. Works
with admission portals (e.g., Emergency Department, External
Transfer, and Direct Admissions) and inpatient floors to plan for
daily scheduled and unscheduled bed demand.
Maintains communication with admission portals regarding bed
availability and house status.
Triages observation admissions to ensure appropriate use of
inpatient and flexible care areas.
Partners with caregivers to pull patients from the admission
portals to the inpatient floors and reduce wait times for inpatient
beds.
Assures no admit holding in the ED and patients are admitted to the
units and entered into PBAR prior to Midnight.
Works with the physician leadership to prioritize admissions and
place patients directly to the most appropriate and available
inpatient bed.
Makes timely decisions regarding patient placement and escalates to
the physician leadership as needed.
Maintains continuous communication with the Nursing Supervisors.
Works with Nursing Supervisors to assure the teletracking system is
updated timely and consistently.
Provides leadership in critical thinking, conflict management, and
problem solving.
Recommends alternative approaches to maximize patient outcome
potential.
Anticipates, recognizes and manages emergent/unsafe situations and
initiates interventions.
Assesses quality of patient care practices and care through data
and provides feedback to
Education/Other Qualifications:
Minimum Education: Bachelor's Degree in Nursing, related field or
equivalent competencies/job experience
Preferred: Master's Degree in Nursing, Business Administration,
Case Management, Finance or related field.
Minimum Experience: Minimum of 5 years experience in nursing
leadership, hospital operations, case management, Finance or
related field, clinical related specialty; one year supervisory or
management experience, working knowledge of Quality Improvement
process and Joint Commission standards.
Required Certifications/Registrations/Licenses: A valid Permanent
Multi-State RN License from the state in which you reside is
required. Should you hold a RN license from another Compact state,
you are required to apply for and obtain a Multi-State RN License
from the state in which you reside within 30 days.
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Employment practices will not be influenced or affected by an
applicant's or employee's race, color, religion, sex (including
pregnancy), national origin, age, disability, genetic information,
sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status
or any other legally protected status. Tenet will make reasonable
accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities unless
doing so would result in an undue hardship.
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