Bed Management Coordinator-Patient Logistics

Northwell Health; New York (NY); On-site; USD 45,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Northwell Health is seeking a Bed Management Coordinator to support intra-department and intra-hospital transfers, ensuring continuity of communication between departments. You will play a key role in coordinating bed placements and facilitating admissions to maintain smooth patient flow.

Responsibilities include handling calls from physician offices for direct admissions, reviewing orders, collecting data for bed alerts, and preparing information for daily bed meetings.

Qualifications

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

Responsibilities

• Assigns and coordinates patient bed assignments.
• Handles calls from physician offices for direct admissions and reviews orders.
• Collects data for bed alerts and surge unit status.
• Collates data from Teletracking for daily bed meeting template.
• Escalates bed management issues to a registered nurse.
• Obtains and records information to ensure accuracy for death certificates.
• Performs related duties as required; essential functions under the ADA.

Skills

Bed management

Communication

Education

High School Diploma

Tools

Teletracking

Job description

Job Description

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

Job Responsibility

• 1.Assigns and facilitates patient bed assignments according to hospital patient aggregation.
• 2.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).
• 3.Collects data for Zone alerts (admissions, discharges, bed demands/availability status of surge units, etc.).
• 4.Collates data from Teletracking to provide information needed for daily bed meeting template.
• 5.Escalates bed management problems to a registered nurse.
• 6.Obtains and records necessary information regarding expirations to ensure accuracy and timely preparation of death certificates.
• 7.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).