Registered Nurse Coordinator (RN) - Transfer Center

Overview

Join our dedicated healthcare team where compassion meets innovation! As a Registered Nurse with us, you'll have the opportunity to make a meaningful impact in patients' lives while enjoying a supportive work environment that fosters professional growth and work-life balance. Ready to be a vital part of our mission? Apply today and bring your passion for nursing to a place where it truly matters!

At Abrazo Community Health Network, we understand that our greatest asset is our dedicated team of professionals. That's why we offer more than a job - we provide a comprehensive benefit package that prioritizes your health, professional development, and work-life balance. The available plans and programs include:

• Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance
• 401(k) retirement savings plan with employer match
• Generous paid time off
• Career development and continuing education opportunities
• Health savings accounts, healthcare & dependent flexible spending accounts
• Employee Assistance program, Employee discount program
• Voluntary benefits include pet insurance, legal insurance, accident and critical illness insurance, long term care, elder & childcare, auto & home insurance

Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location and is determined by employment status

Job Summary

Position Summary

The Transfer Center RN Clinical Coordinator coordinates a patient-centered admission process for patients transferring into the Abrazo Community Health Network/Carondelet System ensuring placement in an appropriate level of care bed and financial screening per EMTALA regulations .The RN Clinical Coordinator employs critical thinking skills to expedite admissions into ACHN/Carondelet while demonstrating ACHN/Carondelet's Mission, Vision, Values and Service Standards in all interactions with referring facilities, physicians, employees and guests.

Responsibilities

• Facilitates patient centric critical and emergent transfers into multiple hospitals comprising the Abrazo Community Health Network (ACHN) and Carondelet System utilizing service line specific transfer protocols.
• Systematically employs critical thinking triage skills to assist sending facilities to transfer their patients to a higher level of care focusing on EMTALA guidelines.
• Collaborates with multiple members of the sending and receiving healthcare teams to ensure a timely admission into the right bed in the right level of care with the correctly identified admission status.
• Escalates situations falling outside of transfer protocol parameters and presents succinct SBAR to physicians and/or AOC.
• Accurately documents all transfer and admission data.
• Coordinates air or ground transportation according to patient acuity level and availability.
• Maintains competence in all telephone, computer, image sharing, telemedicine, and other systems utilized in the transfer center.
• Facilitates patient outbound calls while vetting appropriateness
• Other related job tasks or responsibilities as assigned

Qualifications

• Special Skills:

• Organizational and leadership skills

• Ability to decipher specific messages with background noise

• Effective communication skills - phone etiquette, written and verbal - with all levels of staff, physicians, patients and families

• Experienced at multi -tasking

• Ability to present self in positive and professional manner, exhibiting confidence, tact, and enthusiasm

• Must be sensitive to diverse cultural and bilingual issues

• Adept at interpreting and analyzing qualitative and quantitative data

• Ability to quickly triage, critically think in high pressure situations and prioritize

• Minimum Requirements

• Education:

• Graduation from accredited nursing program

• EMTALA Training through Tenet Health stream within 30 days of hire.

• Experience:

• Minimum of 5 years continuous clinical experience in a critical/acute care setting with adult neuro/trauma/cardiovascular/critical care or emergency room nursing preferred.

• Ability to manage initial assessment data and prioritize patient care with appropriate decision making.

• Licensure/Certifications:

• Registered Nurse with current state licensure.

• Current BLS certification required

• Preferred Requirements

• Education: BSN preferred

• Experience: 8 years of critical care, emergency room, or house supervisor experience

• Certification/Registration: ACLS training preferred.

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Organization Description

Tenet's hospital operations segment includes 52 acute care and specialty hospitals in nine states, as well as other facilities such as primary and specialty care clinics, diagnostic imaging centers, micro-hospitals and off-campus emergency departments. Our hospitals are well known for delivering excellent medical care and offering a complete range of services tailored to the needs of each community we serve. From preventative and diagnostic services to expertise in some of the world's leading technologies, we work with multidisciplinary teams of physicians and healthcare professionals dedicated to the good health and well-being of our neighbors. Tenet also offers opportunities to work at the corporate level in Dallas, TX and in the markets we serve. Corporate and executive positions support the mission of the enterprise.

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