Bed Management Coordinator

0090 Presbyterian System Services; United States; On-site; USD 24,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

Presbyterian Healthcare Services is hiring a Bed Management Coordinator to oversee patient throughput and bed flow in coordination with nursing leadership and admission teams. The role requires working with the EPIC system to process ADT activities across Presbyterian and Kaseman Hospitals.

The position emphasizes ensuring accurate admission statuses, efficient bed assignments, and collaboration with medical staff to optimize hospital resources. Prior experience in patient services is preferred.

Qualifications

• High school diploma required with strong computer skills.
• Successful completion of Medipac competency training or related class within 3 months.
• One to three years of experience in customer service is required.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate patient throughput and bed flow in collaboration with nursing bed coordinator and hospital staff.
• Enter admission, discharge, and transfer (ADT) data in the EPIC system for Presbyterian and Kaseman Hospitals.
• Ensure admission status accuracy and correct accommodation codes in Medipac.
• Escalate issues affecting patient flow through proper channels.
• Interact with internal and external customers to place patients and optimize hospital resources.
• Provide clerical and secretarial support as needed.

Skills

Customer service

Computer skills

Medipac

Education

High school diploma

Job description

Location Address

9521 San Mateo NE Albuquerque, NM 87113-2237

Compensation Pay Range

Minimum Offer $17.46 Maximum Offer $28.78

Now Hiring

Bed Management Coordinator

Summary

Build your Career. Make a Difference.

Type of Opportunity

Full time

Job Exempt

No

Job is based

Reverend Hugh Cooper Administrative Center

Work Shift

Varied Days and Hours (United States of America)

Responsibilities

Now hiring a Bed Management Coordinator Presbyterian is seeking a skilled Bed Management Coordinator to be responsible for patient throughput and flow coordination in collaboration with the nursing bed coordinator and/or hospital supervisor, and entry of all admission, discharge and transfer (ADT) activity in EPIC at Presbyterian and Kaseman Hospitals. The bed controller is also responsible for interacting with medical staff within the system and those referring patients to Presbyterian, ensuring patients are admitting at the appropriate admission status, ensuring accommodation codes are accurate in Medipac, and escalating issues negatively impacting patient flow through the proper channels

• Deploys programmatic development and revision of Bed Management Center at Presbyterian and Kaseman Hospitals.
• Implements the hospitals mission, philosophies, goals, standards, policies and procedures related to patient flow and throughput.
• Makes independent decisions related to placement of patients
• Identifies and resolves issues affecting patient throughput or access at Presbyterian and Kaseman Hospitals
• Interacts with internal and external customers to facilitate appropriate placement of patients and optimize access to hospital resources.
• Assists in processing and resolution of interdepartmental and internal operational issues related to bed management and patient throughput.
• Provides clerical and/or secretarial duties.
• Accesses and enters patient information from computerized system in order to direct clients and customers.
• Assists Nursing Supervisors and other clinical leadership with information to manage the hospitals Capacity Management Plan
• Functions as a customer service representative to referring facility physicians and staff, patients and families all internal customers such as physicians, nurses,
• Performs primary admission functions for Presbyterian, Kaseman, and Rio Rancho facilities including admitting, changing patient status, discharging, transferring
• Provides and/or coordinates technical support for bed management and admitting software systems
• Provides coverage for Staffing Coordinator in their absence
• Provide dispatcher oversight of daily Transport Department operations through the use of the automated transport system

Qualifications

• High school diploma, strong computer skills, successful completion of Medipac competency training, medical terminology or class within 3 months and one to three years of experience in customer service required.

All benefits-eligible Presbyterian employees receive a comprehensive benefits package that includes medical, dental, vision, short-term and long-term disability, group term life insurance and other optional voluntary benefits.

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Why work at Presbyterian? As an organization, we are committed to improving the health of our communities. From hosting growers' markets to partnering with local communities, Presbyterian is taking active steps to improve the health of New Mexicans.

About Presbyterian Healthcare Services

Presbyterian exists to improve the health of patients, members, and the communities we serve. We are locally owned, not-for-profit healthcare system of nine hospitals, a statewide health plan and a growing multi-specialty medical group. Founded in New Mexico in 1908, we are the state's largest private employer with nearly 14,000 employees - including more than 1600 providers and nearly 4,700 nurses. Our health plan serves more than 580,000 members statewide and offers Medicare Advantage, Medicaid (Centennial Care) and Commercial health plans.

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We’re Determined to Support New Mexico's Well-Being | Presbyterian Healthcare Services Here, we’re committed to a different way to make a difference.

Presbyterian's story is really the story of the remarkable people who have chosen to work here. Starting with Reverend Cooper who began our journey in 1908, the hard work of thousands of physicians, nurses, employees, board members, and volunteers brought Presbyterian from a tiny tuberculosis sanatorium to a statewide healthcare system, serving more than one in three New Mexicans. We are part of New Mexico's history and committed to its future. That is why we will continue to work just as hard and care just as deeply to serve New Mexico for years to come.