Transfer Center Nurse Specialist

Presbyterian Healthcare Services; Albuquerque (NM); On-site; USD 44,000 - 74,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

medical

dental

vision

short-term and long-term disability

group term life insurance

other optional voluntary benefits

Job summary

Presbyterian Healthcare Services in Albuquerque seeks a skilled Transfer Center Nurse Specialist to coordinate inpatient bed assignments for critical care patients, optimize patient flow, and facilitate admissions from other facilities. The role is full-time at Reverend Hugh Cooper Administrative Center with varied shifts.

Responsibilities include coordinating transfers, validating patient data, and collaborating with on-call physicians to arrange acceptance.

Qualifications

• 1 year RN experience, minimum 1 year in a transfer center setting.
• State of New Mexico or Compact State Nursing License.
• Degree from accredited nursing program preferred

Responsibilities

• Coordinate/inpatient bed assignments for critical care patients.
• Coordinate, prioritize, and optimize patient flow throughout the hospital network.
• Coordinate and facilitate admissions from other facilities to Presbyterian.

Skills

RN experience

Transfer center experience

Education

Associate degree in Nursing

Job description

Location Address

9521 San Mateo NE Albuquerque, NM 87113-2237

Compensation Pay Range

Minimum Offer $31.50 Maximum Offer $53.66 Now Hiring: Transfer Center Nurse Specialist

Summary

Build your Career. Make a Difference. Presbyterian is hiring a skilled Transfer Center Nurse Specialist to join our team. Type of Opportunity: Full time Job Exempt: No Job is based: Reverend Hugh Cooper Administrative Center Work Shift: Varied Days and Hours (United States of America)

Responsibilities

Presbyterian is seeking a Transfer Center Nurse Specialist

The Transfer Center Coordinator is responsible to coordinate/inpatient bed assignments for critical care patients at Presbyterian. The Transfer Center Coordinator coordinates, prioritizes, and optimizes patient flow activities throughout the hospital network, as well as coordinates and facilitates the patients entry into Presbyterian from other health care facilities.

Some Key Responsibilities Include

• Transfer Center Patients
• Coordinates and facilitates the transfer of patients from other health care facilities to Presbyterian Hospital using Transfer center process flows.
• Collects clinical information to determine patient s level of care
• Collaborates with Presbyterian on-call physicians to arrange acceptance by the attending physician specialist (uses intranet paging system)
• Communicates with referring hospital to coordinate transportation arrangements and provide an assigned bed
• Bed Assignment
• Ensures safe and timely placement of patients based on admission status, physician requested level of care, patient s clinical information and nursing units admission discharge criteria.
• Collects clinical information from patients, patients families, nurses, physicians and/or physicians offices to determine level of care for patient placement into an inpatient bed
• Registration
• Responsible for accurate and timely completion of patient registration and account data into the Hospital Computer System.
• Maintains 90% (or better) compliance accuracy rate with critical elements in account Registrations
• Verification of demographic, guarantor and Insurance information
• Uses the account documentation process in the hospital s registration system to document missing information Complies with all Revenue Cycle Education Policies

Qualifications

• 1 year RN experience to OR a minimum 1 year experience in a transfer center setting.
• Associates degree in Nursing required.
• State of New Mexico or Compact State Nursing License Academic Preparation:
• Degree from accredited academic nursing program preferred

Benefits

• medical
• dental
• vision
• short-term and long-term disability
• group term life insurance
• other optional voluntary benefits

Wellness

Presbyterian's Employee Wellness rewards program is designed to provide you with engaging opportunities to enhance your health and activate your well-being. Earn gift cards and more by taking an active role in our personal well-being by participating in wellness activities like wellness challenges, webinar, preventive screening and more.

Why work at Presbyterian?

As an organization, we are committed to improving the health of our communities. From hosting growers' markets to partnering with local communities, Presbyterian is taking active steps to improve the health of New Mexicans.

About Presbyterian Healthcare Services

Presbyterian exists to improve the health of patients, members, and the communities we serve. We are locally owned, not-for-profit healthcare system of nine hospitals, a statewide health plan and a growing multi-specialty medical group. Founded in New Mexico in 1908, we are the state's largest private employer with nearly 14,000 employees - including more than 1600 providers and nearly 4,700 nurses.

Our health plan serves more than 580,000 members statewide and offers Medicare Advantage, Medicaid (Centennial Care) and Commercial health plans.

AA/EOE/VET/DISABLED. PHS is a drug-free and tobacco-free employer with smoke free campuses.

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