BJC HealthCare: Patient Placement Registered Nurse, Rn

Company: BJC HealthCare
Location: Saint Louis
Posted on: January 15, 2021

Job Description:

Job DescriptionAdditional Job Information * 36 Hours per Week * Every Third Weekend * Nights Job ID: 1210829 Employment Status: Full-Time More Information: BJC HealthCare is one of the largest nonprofit health care organizations in the United States, delivering services to residents primarily in the greater St. Louis, southern Illinois and mid-Missouri regions. BJC serves patients and their families in urban, suburban and rural communities through its 15 hospitals and multiple community health locations. Services include inpatient and outpatient care, primary care, community health and wellness, workplace health, home health, community mental health, rehabilitation, long-term care and hospice. Overview Role Purpose Assists in the placement of all admissions and transfers in accordance with established guidelines. Facilitates patient placement to appropriate service and HSO. Assigns patients to appropriate beds using facility patient placement guidelines. Responsibilities * Uses critical thinking skills and clinical judgment in directing patients to the most appropriate level of care and unit assignment and ensures accurate and complete communication with all areas across the system. * Manages all patient placement and progression functions in a responsive manner responding to all callers with the aid of the electronic health record, approved clinical protocols, and established patient care protocols and healthcare information. * Works with all hospital (BJC and Non BJC) teams and key stakeholders on leading and facilitating efficient, timely placement of patients across the system. * Uses available tracking systems to maintain ongoing surveillance of available staffed beds. Monitors progress with bed assignments and arrivals of patients to assigned units; monitors for timelinessof transfers and discharges. * Alerts department leadership of delays with patient flow for individual patients and departments experiencing delays. Minimum Requirements Degree * Nursing Diploma/Associate"s Experience * 5-10 years Supervisor Experience * About BJC HealthCare

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