Part-Time Remote Bed Placement and Throughput Coordinator

St. Mary Medical Center, Langhorne, PA; Darby (Delaware County); Remote; USD 30,000 - 47,000; Part time

Job summary

Mercy Fitzgerald, part of Trinity Health Mid Atlantic, seeks a remote Bed Planning Coordinator to join our team. The role focuses on bed assignments, patient flow, and transfer center operations across the regional network, working evenings on a part-time schedule.

You will monitor real-time bed capacity, coordinate interfacility transfers, document in Epic, and collaborate with nursing, physicians, and care teams to improve throughput and access to care. Training is onsite as needed.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent required.
• Current State EMS licensure with a minimum of three (3) years of experience, OR
• Five (5) years of bed planning, transfer center, patient placement, or patient flow experience in an acute-care setting required.
• Experience in a Level I Trauma Center preferred.
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification required.
• Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) certification preferred or required within designated timeframe.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate patient placement, bed assignments, admissions, transfers, and discharges to support safe, timely, and efficient patient flow across the organization.
• Monitor real-time bed capacity, patient census, discharge activity, and staffing availability to identify placement opportunities and capacity constraints; elevate concerns through established processes as needed.
• Facilitate interfacility transfer requests by obtaining and documenting required clinical, demographic, insurance, and financial information; coordinate communication between referring providers, accepting providers, nursing units, and other stakeholders.
• Utilize established patient placement guidelines, level-of-care criteria, operational procedures, and clinical documentation to support appropriate patient placement decisions and resource utilization.
• Collaborate with nursing, physicians, Care Management, Admitting, Emergency Services, Surgical Services, Environmental Services, and other departments to coordinate patient movement and remove barriers to throughput.
• Communicate bed status, patient placement decisions, capacity issues, transfer activity, and throughput concerns to operational and clinical leaders to support timely decision-making.
• Prioritize bed turnover activities in collaboration with Environmental Services and clinical teams to maximize bed availability and optimize patient access.
• Maintain accurate and timely documentation in Epic and other designated systems, ensuring the integrity of patient placement, transfer, and bed management records.
• Participate in monitoring patient flow, bed utilization, transfer metrics, and operational performance; assist with data collection, reporting, and process improvement initiatives designed to improve efficiency and patient access.
• Maintain required certifications, complete mandatory education, and demonstrate professional, customer-focused communication while supporting Trinity Health's commitment to quality, safety, and relationship-based care.

Skills

Bed planning

Transfer coordination

Patient throughput

Cross-team collaboration

Education

High school diploma

State EMS licensure

BLS certification

ACLS certification

Tools

Epic

Job description

Mercy Fitzgerald, part of Trinity Health Mid Atlantic, seeks a remote Bed Planning Coordinator to join our team. The role focuses on bed assignments, patient flow, and transfer center operations across the regional network, working evenings on a part-time schedule.

You will monitor real-time bed capacity, coordinate interfacility transfers, document in Epic, and collaborate with nursing, physicians, and care teams to improve throughput and access to care. Training is onsite as needed.