Patient Logistics Coordinator - Bed Management - Full Time

Trinity Health

Des Moines, IA

JOB DETAILS
SKILLS
Bed Management, Business Strategy, Communication Skills, Data Quality, Diversity, Documentation, Employee Retention, Hospital, Leadership, Logistics, Market Trend Analysis, Medical Diagnosis, Medical Records, Metrics, Organizational Skills, Patient Admissions, Process Improvement, Strategic Planning, Vendor/Supplier Diversity
LOCATION
Des Moines, IA
POSTED
Today

Employment Type:

Full time

Shift:

Day Shift

Description:

Position Summary

Provide coordination and support for Mercy Patient Logistics teams to facilitate patient admissions, discharges,intra-hospital and inter-facility transfer processes. Assisting the departments to ensure appropriate placement of patients based on diagnosis and physician preference with consideration of bed availability at both acute and rural facilities. Responsible for monitoring census capacity and alerting the leadership team upon trending thresholds in various markets. Responsible for maintaining accurate bed availability information by analyzing information received on the electronic bed board and from clinical staff to coordinate patient assignments and transfers. This role is intended to help keep the flow of the Transfer Center going by having additional support for the team to obtain the information they need that at times can cause delay in the transfer process. Coordinators can help offset the high peak times by taking on the task that can ease the transfer process. This job description covers the most significant duties performed but does not exclude other occasional work assignments not mentioned.

Hours

Full Time; 40 hours/week

Minimum Qualifications

  • Directs the daily flow of communication and collaboration between all active team members to ensure the highest level of service is being achieved.

  • Leads process improvement initiatives, including but not limited to, workflow development and business strategies.

  • Organizes key metrics into standard leader reporting.

  • Understands the overall strategy for Mercy One Patient Logistics (Mercy Connect Transfer Center and Patient Flow) and various service lines.

  • Develops strategies, in collaboration with the Mercy Transfer Team, to maintain and support team satisfaction.

  • Coordinates and communicates accurate, current/up-to-date census and patient bed availability information

  • Assists with transfer center calls and communication priorities for transfer center team.

  • Supports and maintains flow of incoming calls between the transfer center team.

  • Demonstrates knowledge and skills to log calls and communicate with customers in electronic documentation system

Colleagues of MercyOne Health System enjoy competitive compensation with a full benefits package and opportunity for growth throughout the system!

Visit MercyOne Careers ( to learn more about the benefits, culture, and career development opportunities available to you at MercyOne Health System's circle of care.

Our Commitment

Rooted in our Mission and Core Values, we honor the dignity of every person and recognize the unique perspectives, experiences, and talents each colleague brings. By finding common ground and embracing our differences, we grow stronger together and deliver more compassionate, person-centered care. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other status protected by federal, state, or local law.

Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

Trinity Health is a family of 115,000 colleagues and nearly 26,000 physicians and clinicians across 25 states. Because we serve diverse populations, our colleagues are trained to recognize the cultural beliefs, values, traditions, language preferences, and health practices of the communities that we serve and to apply that knowledge to produce positive health outcomes. We also recognize that each of us has a different way of thinking and perceiving our world and that these differences often lead to innovative solutions.

Our dedication to diversity includes a unified workforce (through training and education, recruitment, retention, and development), commitment and accountability, communication, community partnerships, and supplier diversity.

EOE including disability/veteran

About the Company

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Trinity Health

Trinity Health is one of the largest not-for-profit, faith-based health care systems in the nation. It is a family of 121,000 colleagues and nearly 36,500 physicians and clinicians caring for diverse communities across 27 states. Nationally recognized for care and experience, the Trinity Health system includes 101 hospitals, 126 continuing care locations, the second largest PACE program in the country, 136 urgent care locations and many other health and well-being services. In fiscal year 2023, the Livonia, Michigan-based health system invested $1.5 billion in its communities in the form of charity care and other community benefit programs.
COMPANY SIZE
10,000 employees or more
INDUSTRY
Healthcare Services
WEBSITE
https://jobs.trinity-health.org/search-results