RN Coord ED Flow Throughput

TriStar Summit Medical Center; Nashville (TN); On-site; USD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision coverage

Wellbeing support

Paid time off

401(k) with match

Tuition assistance

Fertility and family building aid

Life insurance

Employee discounts

Job summary

TriStar Summit Medical Center in Nashville seeks an RN Coordinator for ED Flow/Throughput to ensure efficient patient movement through the Emergency Department. You will align staffing, patient placement, and clinical resources while maintaining safety and high-quality care.

Your leadership will support nurses and care teams, offering clinical guidance, escalation assistance, and collaboration with physicians to remove barriers to timely care and positive patient outcomes.

Qualifications

• RN licensure required.
• Associate degree in nursing or higher.
• Trauma Nursing Core Course (TNCC) within 30 days of employment start date.
• BCLS/CPR, ACLS, and PALS certifications within 30 days of start date.

Responsibilities

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

Skills

Coordination

Staffing planning

Patient flow management

Leadership

Clinical guidance

Education

RN license (State RN)

Associate Degree

TNCC

BCLS Instructor

ACLS Instructor

PALS Instructor

Job description

Ready for a role that supports your unique calling in patient care and fits your life? At TriStar Summit Medical Center, you’ll find clear pathways to advance backed by our unmatched nationwide transfer policy that lets you grow your career when the time is right for you. With mentorship opportunities, clinical education courses, professional certification support, and educational assistance, you will have all the resources you need to build the career of a lifetime.

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:

• Trauma Nursing Core Course must be obtained within 30 days of employment start date
• (RN) Registered Nurse
• Associate Degree
• Basic Cardiac Life Support, or BCLS Instructor, or CPR must be obtained within 30 days of employment start date
• Advanced Cardiac Life Spt, or ACLS Instructor must be obtained within 30 days of employment start date
• PALS Pediatric Adv Life Supt, or PALS Instructor must be obtained within 30 days of employment start date

No Travel Required

Benefits

No experience Required Years of Experience

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

• 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

Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location.

TriStar Summit is a 230+ bed comprehensive facility. We serve Davidson, Wilson and surrounding counties. We include a Level III Trauma Center. We offer a full array of acute care services. These include cardiology, oncology, orthopaedics/spine, rehabilitation and women’s services. We are an Accredited Chest Pain Center with PCI. We are a Primary Stroke Center. TriStar Summit is a leading provider of emergency heart and stroke care.

"Nurses are essential to the delivery of healthcare and serve as its foundation. At HCA Healthcare, we are committed to equipping nurses with the tools and resources they need to deliver exceptional patient care, championing the profession, and supporting the advancement of nursing’s future."

Erica Rossitto, MBA/HCM, BSN, RN, NEA-BC

Senior Vice President and Chief Nurse Executive

HCA Healthcare

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.