Registered Nurse ED Flow Throughput Coordinator

HCA Healthcare; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 80,000 - 105,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits for medical, Rx

Wellbeing support with free counseling

Time away from work including PTO and

401(k) with 100% match on 3% to 9%

Job summary

HCA Houston Healthcare Kingwood seeks an RN Coordinator for ED Flow/Throughput to optimize patient movement through the Emergency Department with clinical leadership and coordination. You will align staffing, patient placement, and resources to ensure organized, safe, and efficient care.

In this role you will also partner with physicians and care teams, provide escalation support, and drive safety and quality initiatives to improve patient outcomes in a high-demand environment.

Qualifications

• ACLS/BCLS/PALS certifications required or obtained within stated timelines.
• RN licensure is required for practice in the state.
• Associate degree or higher in nursing is required.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate patient placement, triage, EMS handoffs, and transfers.
• Align staffing plans with patient volume and department needs.
• Monitor delays in care transitions and collaborate on solutions.
• Support safety initiatives, experience programs, and quality outcomes.
• Partner with physicians and care teams to remove barriers.
• Provide clinical guidance and escalation support as needed.

Skills

Advanced Cardiac Life Support

Basic Cardiac Life Support

Nonviolent Crisis Intervention

PALS Pediatric Advanced Life Support

2 years experience

Education

RN Registered Nurse

Associate Degree

Job description

As a RN Coord ED Flow Throughput, your voice to influence patient care is valued and empowered at every turn -whether through open, collaborative relationships with your direct manager or more formal opportunities through hospital councils and national nursing initiatives. You'll help shape decisions that elevate both patient outcomes and the future of nursing.

Job Summary and Qualifications

Every patient deserves attentive, timely, and well-coordinated care. As the RN Coordinator for ED Flow/Throughput, you will play a key role in ensuring patients move through the Emergency Department with clarity, clinical support, and thoughtful coordination. By aligning staffing, patient placement, and clinical resources, you’ll help teams deliver care that is organized, safe, and patient-centered. And in moments of urgency and complexity, your leadership will keep caregivers connected, supported, and focused on their mission to care for and improve human life.

Your role will include:

• Coordinating patient placement, triage processes, EMS handoffs, and inpatient transfers

• Aligning staffing plans with patient volume, acuity, and department needs

• Monitoring delays in care transitions and collaborating on solutions

• Supporting safety priorities, experience initiatives, and quality outcomes

• Partnering with physicians, nurses, and care teams to remove barriers

• Providing clinical guidance, escalation support, and patient care when needed

What qualifications you will need:

• Advanced Cardiac Life Spt must be obtained within 30 days of employment start date

• Basic Cardiac Life Support must be obtained within 30 days of employment start date

• Nonviolent Crisis Intervention must be obtained within 60 days of employment start date

• PALS Pediatric Adv Life Supt must be obtained within 30 days of employment start date

• (RN) Registered Nurse

• Associate Degree

No Travel Required

2 years experience Required Years of Experience

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits for medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, behavioral health and telemedicine services

• Wellbeing support, including free counseling and referral services

• Time away from work programs 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 support through tuition assistance, student loan assistance, certification support, dependent scholarships and a partnership with Galen College of Nursing

• Additional benefits for 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 (https://careers.hcahealthcare.com/pages/employee-benefits-and-rewards)

Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location.

As a full-service, 420+ bed acute care hospital , HCA Houston Healthcare Kingwood (https://careers.hcahealthcare.com/pages/hca-houston-healthcare-kingwood) has provided the northeast Houston community with high-quality, cost-effective healthcare for over 25 years. We are dedicated to providing comprehensive, quality care, close to home. Our Women's Center offers high-risk OB care, a Level III NICU , and pediatric services. We have an advanced Brain & Spine Center, which includes a DNV Comprehensive Stroke Center and the Sleep Center of Excellence. Our Orthopedic Center offers total joint replacement surgery using advanced technology. Other services include innovative and customized cardiovascular services, including open heart and vascular surgery and state-of-the-art imaging and endoscopy services for more accurate diagnosis and treatment plans. We are also a Certified Level I Stroke Center and an Accredited Chest Pain Center. We are members of HCA Houston Healthcare, the most comprehensive family of hospitals in the region and part of the leading provider of healthcare in the country, HCA Healthcare. Together we are stronger, smarter and more accessible in providing the patient-centered care you need close to home.

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.

"The great hospitals will always put the patient and the patient's family first, and the really great institutions will provide care with warmth, compassion, and dignity for the individual."- Dr. Thomas Frist, Sr. HCA Healthcare Co-Founder

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We are interviewing candidates for our RN Coord ED Flow Throughput opening.

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.