Night Shift Patient Transfer Coordinator

Mount Sinai; United States; On-site; USD 69,000 - 81,000; Full time

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Job summary

Mount Sinai is seeking a Patient Transfer Center Coordinator for the HSO Patient Transfer Center at MSH on the night shift (7 PM–7 AM). The role coordinates inter-hospital transfers into the Mount Sinai Health System, ensuring patients meet clinical, financial and regulatory criteria for transfer.

Responsibilities include serving as the referral contact, collecting essential patient data, expediting admission, coordinating with ambulance services and bed management, and maintaining detailed

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) or Paramedic training is required.
• Associates degree preferred.
• Minimum of 3 years acute care experience.
• NYS Paramedic Certification, BCLS, ACLS and PALS are required.

Responsibilities

• Serves as the point of contact for referrals and initiates patient transfers into Mount Sinai Health System.
• Receives transfer requests from physicians, affiliates, and families with demographic, insurance and clinical data.
• Registers patients accurately and expediently in the referral system.
• Coordinates inpatient referrals to appropriate medical services as needed.
• Consults with accepting Mount Sinai physicians to determine clinical appropriateness for transfer.
• Communicates with patient financial services, insurers, physicians, case managers, social workers and others to expedite approval of transfers.
• Allocates bed availability through Admitting and Bed Management collaboration.
• Arranges appropriate ambulance dispatch (BLS, ALS, Critical Care) based on patient acuity.
• Updates referral and accepting hospitals with transfer timing and admission details.
• Maintains daily, weekly and monthly statistics for administration.

Education

High School Diploma

EMT/Paramedic Training

NYS Paramedic Certification

BCLS

ACLS

PALS

Associates Degree preferred

Job description

Mount Sinai is seeking a Patient Transfer Center Coordinator for the HSO Patient Transfer Center at MSH on the night shift (7 PM–7 AM). The role coordinates inter-hospital transfers into the Mount Sinai Health System, ensuring patients meet clinical, financial and regulatory criteria for transfer.

Responsibilities include serving as the referral contact, collecting essential patient data, expediting admission, coordinating with ambulance services and bed management, and maintaining detailed