Hospice Care, Referrals Registered Nurse

Job description

Job Description Facilitates patient admission, discharge, intra-hospital and inter-facility transfer processes through clinical triage. Utilizes the electronic bed board to assign patients beds to the appropriate clinical unit. Job Responsibility: - Prioritizes and assigns beds based on appropriate level of care and patient aggregation from the Emergency Department, Perioperative Services, MD offices and patient transfers from other hospital. - Helps facilitate patient transfer to inpatient bed and ensures hand off communication to accepting nurse. - Promotes optimum utilization of hospital beds by conducting rounds and communicating with admitting staff, Emergency Department and patient care units regarding bed availability, current census and admission needs. - Addresses and resolves issues arising from increased census and decreased bed availability. - Promotes patient, family and physician satisfaction regarding bed assignments. - Intervenes in conflicts as needed. - Liaises with Case Management to facilitate patient discharge, inter-facility, and intra-hospital transfer process. - Performs related duties as required. All responsibilities noted here are considered essential fun...