Bed Management Coordinator

Northwell Health; City of Glen Cove (NY); On-site; USD 28,000 - 41,000; Full time

Job summary

Northwell Health is seeking a Per Diem (On-Call) Bed Management Coordinator in Glen Cove, NY. The role coordinates intra-department and intra-hospital transfers, ensuring critical communication between departments to maintain patient flow.

Responsibilities include bed assignments, handling direct admissions via physician offices, data collection for surge planning, and escalation of bed-related problems to nursing leadership. Requires a High School Diploma and 1–3 years of relevant experience.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or equivalent is required.
• 1–3 years of relevant experience is required.

Responsibilities

• Assigns and facilitates patient bed assignments per hospital needs.
• Accepts calls from attending physicians for direct admissions and reviews orders affecting bed placement.
• Collects data for zone alerts and bed demand/availability for surge planning.
• Compiles data from Teletracking to inform daily bed meeting templates.
• Escalates bed management issues to a registered nurse.
• Performs related duties as required per ADA.

Skills

Coordination

Communication

Customer service

Education

High School Diploma or equivalent

Job description

Job Description

Per Diem (On-Call)

Coordinates intra-department and intra-hospital transfers, ensuring continuity of all necessary communication between departments.

Job Responsibility

• Assigns and facilitates patient bed assignments according to hospital patient aggregation.
• Accepts phone calls from attending physician offices for direct admissions Reviews specific orders that may impact bed placement (i.e.: one-on-one constant observation, telemetry needs, pending lab specimens, admit orders for medicine teams).
• Collects data for Zone alerts (admissions, discharges, bed demands/availability status of surge units, etc.).
• Collates data from Teletracking to provide information needed for daily bed meeting template.
• Escalates bed management problems to a registered nurse.
• Performs related duties as required. All responsibilities noted here are considered essential functions of the job under the Americans with Disabilities Act. Duties not mentioned here, but considered related are not essential functions.

Job Qualification

• High School Diploma or equivalent required.
• 1-3 years of relevant experience, required.

*Additional Salary Detail

The salary range and/or hourly rate listed is a good faith determination of potential base compensation that may be offered to a successful applicant for this position at the time of this job advertisement and may be modified in the future.When determining a team member's base salary and/or rate, several factors may be considered as applicable (e.g., location, specialty, service line, years of relevant experience, education, credentials, negotiated contracts, budget and internal equity).