Patient Placement Coordinator

Methodist Healthcare; San Antonio (TX); On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits

Wellbeing support

Time away from work

Retirement resources

Tuition assistance

Job summary

Methodist Healthcare is seeking an RN Patient Placement Coordinator to optimize patient flow and bed assignment across the Methodist Healthcare System. You will coordinate admissions, transfers, and physician communications to ensure timely, safe patient placement.

The role requires RN license in Texas and direct patient care experience, with BSN consideration per hiring policies. Strong collaboration with nursing leadership and admitting teams will be essential.

Qualifications

• RN direct patient care experience is required.
• Graduate from an accredited nursing program (Diploma/ASN/BSN).
• If RN was hired without BSN, must enroll within 2 years and complete within 5 years.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate patient placement and bed assignments across Methodist Healthcare facilities.
• Monitor and project bed availability and manage admissions from ED, reservations, walk-ins, and transfers.
• Communicate with physicians and office staff for admission requests and transfer coordination.

Skills

RN direct care

Bed management

Interdepartmental comms

Education

RN Diploma/ASN/BSN

BSN within 5 years if needed

Job description

Experience the HCA Healthcare difference where colleagues are trusted, valued members of our healthcare team. Grow your career with an organization committed to delivering respectful, compassionate care, and where the unique and intrinsic worth of each individual is recognized.

Job Summary and Qualifications

The RN Patient Placement Coordinator is responsible for patient flow within the Methodist Healthcare System (MRS). Assigns patients to an appropriate hospital bed, monitors the demand for beds as needs become known through reservations, walk-ins, transfers, or Emergency Department admissions. Provides administrative authority of accepting transfer patients to all MHS facilities. Functions in conjunction with the Nursing Administrators, Admitting Departments, Clerical Staff and Nursing Unit staff. Participates in capacity management conference calls and necessary triage and evaluation of patients to prioritize bed assignments. Monitors and projects bed availability based on known, predicted, or expected transfers/discharges. Receives and coordinates all communication from Physicians and their office staff for admission requests.

What qualifications you will need:

Graduate of an accredited diploma, associates, or baccalaureate degree nursing program * RNs hired as of 01/01/2013 that do not have a BSN upon hire must do ALL of the following: 1) Enroll in a BSN or higher degree nursing program within two years of hire date and submit documentation to facility CNO (or designated representative) 2) Complete the BSN or higher degree nursing program within five years of hire date

Effective 01/01/2013: Three (3) years of prior RN direct patient care experience is needed.

Employees hired prior to 01/01/2013 must have two (2) years prior RN direct care experience. Employee completes initial and ongoing training and competencies as defined by service line, facility and department/unit which are specific to the needs of the patient population served (if applicable).

Preferred: Recent clinical ICU or telemetry experience

Minimum License, Certificates, or Registrations Required: RN License to practice professional registered nursing in the state of Texas.

Benefits

Methodist Hospital, offers a total rewards package that supports the health, life, career and retirement of our colleagues. The available plans and programs include:

• Comprehensive benefitsfor medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, behavioral health and telemedicine services
• Wellbeing support,including free counseling and referral services
• Time away from workprograms for paid time off, paid family leave, long- and short-term disability coverage and leaves of absence
• Savings and retirement resources, including a 401(k) Plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay (based on years of service), Employee Stock Purchase Plan, flexible spending accounts, preferred banking partnerships, retirement readiness tools, rollover support and financial wellbeing counseling
• Education supportthrough tuition assistance, student loan assistance, certification support, dependent scholarships and a partnership with Galen College of Nursing
• Additional benefitsfor fertility and family building, adoption assistance, life insurance, supplemental health protection plans, auto and home insurance, legal counseling, identity theft protection and consumer discounts

Learn more about Employee Benefits

Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location.

HCA Healthcare (Corporate), based in Nashville, Tennessee, supports a variety of corporate roles from business operations to administrative positions. Like our colleagues in any HCA Healthcare hospital, our corporate campus employees enjoy unparalleled resources and opportunities to reach their potential as healthcare leaders and innovators. From market rate compensation to continuing education and career advancement opportunities, every person has a solid foundation for success. Nashville is also home to our Executive Development Program, where exceptional employees are groomed to take on CNO- and COO-level roles in our hospitals. This selective program focuses on ethics, leadership and the financial and clinical knowledge required of professionals at this level of the industry.

HCA Healthcare has been recognized as one of the World’s Most Ethical Companies® by the Ethisphere Institute more than ten times. In recent years, HCA Healthcare spent an estimated 3.7 billion in cost for the delivery of charitable care, uninsured discounts, and other uncompensated expenses.

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We promptly review all applications. Highly qualified candidates will be directly contacted by a member of our team.

We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.