Capacity Management Nurse
4 weeks ago
About the Role:
The Capacity Management RN is a vital member of our team at Hackensack Meridian Health, responsible for ensuring the efficient and effective management of patient capacity. This role requires a strong clinical background, excellent communication skills, and the ability to work collaboratively with various stakeholders.
Key Responsibilities:
- Coordinate patient placement, access case management, and patient flow to provide appropriate, effective, and efficient patient care.
- Empower patients by removing barriers and bottlenecks related to patient placement and flow.
- Notify and communicate with Nurse Managers, Administrative Supervisors, Physicians, Medical Directors on Call, and Administrator on Call as needed.
- Develop and implement the Capacity Management plan for the day, ensuring seamless communication and implementation with patient placement staff, patient care areas, physicians, senior leadership, and operations departments.
- Review patient conditions, independently or in conjunction with case management staff, to ensure appropriate placement for required services.
- Track bed availability, maintaining accurate logs and records.
- Collaborate with Plant Ops and Environmental Services on daily Room of the Day (ROD) and Daily Census Bed Reports.
- Conduct walking rounds on all nursing units to identify and discuss barriers to discharge, build relationships with staff, and educate staff on the role of the Capacity RN.
- Act as a resource to patient placement staff, providing guidance on the type of patient each unit can accept and the type of equipment or medications that can be used or given on each unit.
- Make recommendations to the Director for Capacity Management for closing or downsizing units and manage the transfer of patients from the ETC/PACU or direct admits when an overflow unit is opened.
- Regularly communicate with and provide status reports to the Director for Capacity Management regarding impending need for divert, operating room holds, or cath lab delays.
Requirements:
- NJ State Professional Registered Nurse License
- Bachelor's degree in Nursing from an accredited nursing program and three years of professional nursing experience
- Knowledge of nursing principles, practices, and techniques
- Knowledge of state and agency laws and regulations governing general professional nursing practices
- Skill in both verbal and written communication
- Skill in applying professional nursing methods and techniques
- Skill in maintaining effective working relationships
- Master's degree in nursing or other related field preferred
- Previous experience in Capacity Management preferred
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