Hospital Throughput & Flow Coordinator

Catholic Health; West Islip (NY); On-site; USD 85,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Good Samaritan University Hospital, part of Catholic Health, seeks a Patient Flow and Throughput Coordinator to manage real-time patient movement from admission to discharge. This non-clinical role connects physicians, nursing, case management, EVS, transport, radiology, labs, and admitting to resolve barriers to timely progression.

You will monitor census, optimize bed turnover, and provide cross-functional support and data interpretation to drive efficiency across the hospital.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a healthcare-related field required; Master's preferred.
• Minimum three years of hospital or healthcare operations experience.
• Strong Microsoft Excel and data-management skills.
• Experience with an electronic health record (Epic, Cerner, Meditech, or comparable) preferred.
• Knowledge of acute-care hospital operations.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Monitor census including expected admissions, discharges, pending discharges, ED boarding, transfers, PACU capacity, EVS, transport volume, ICU/step-down capacity, and operational constraints.
• Monitor patients exceeding expected length of stay and support reduction of avoidable/excess days.
• Coordinate with bed management, nursing, EVS, transport, and admitting to accelerate safe bed turnover.
• Communicates and works effectively across multiple hospital departments and interdisciplinary teams.
• Provide operational decision support, problem-solving and barrier removal, cross-functional communication, conflict resolution and escalation for departments.
• Interpret data and manage dashboard.

Skills

Hospital operations

Data analysis

Communication skills

Excel proficiency

Education

Bachelor's degree in healthcare field

Master's degree preferred

Tools

Epic EHR

Cerner EHR

Meditech

Job description

Good Samaritan University Hospital, part of Catholic Health, seeks a Patient Flow and Throughput Coordinator to manage real-time patient movement from admission to discharge. This non-clinical role connects physicians, nursing, case management, EVS, transport, radiology, labs, and admitting to resolve barriers to timely progression.

You will monitor census, optimize bed turnover, and provide cross-functional support and data interpretation to drive efficiency across the hospital.