Bed Management Coordinator, Full Time, Nights 7p-7a, Atlantic Health Clinical Operations Center

Atlantic Health System; Florham Park (NJ); On-site; USD 34,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

Atlantic Health System seeks a bed management professional to coordinate timely bed assignments across units, collaborating with nursing, admissions, and transfer teams to optimize patient flow.

The role utilizes EPIC ADT and central operations processes to update admissions, track bed availability, and ensure proper placement while maintaining infection control and patient isolation considerations.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate timely bed assignments with units and the centralized operations center.
• Assist with transfers and discharges per policy.
• Update admissions and bed status in the EPIC ADT system.
• Monitor bed availability and respond to downtime events.
• Ensure proper isolation status handling and patient placement.
• Collaborate with Infection Prevention and other departments as needed.

Tools

EPIC ADT Systems

Job description

Effectively works with units and the multidisciplinary team to assure timely and appropriate bed assignments.

Assists units with transfers and discharges as needed.

Update/process all hospital admissions as directed and in accordance with the admission process, unit based and departmental guidelines.

Use of EPIC ADT systems, Change patient types. Update Bed Manager or designee, Nursing supervisor, Emergency room, PACU, SDS and direct admission physician or designee and/or patient of bed availability.

Track bed assignments and bed availability.

Ensure timely assignments and prepare to implement downtime process at all times.

Appropriately place all patients paying special attention to isolation status, gender and additional circumstances and information that affect the plan for bed placement.

Consult Infection Prevention for opportunities to cohort isolation patients and questions about patients’ isolation status.

Adhere to Infection Prevention policy and procedure for placement of isolation patients.

Acts as a problem solver and facilitates transfer between floors.

Adhere to departmental procedures including the process to admit a patient. Have the ability to manage patient placements for all Atlantic Medical Centers in the Centralized Clinical Operations Center.