RN - Patient Placement Coordinator - Inpatient Capacity Manager

3 weeks ago


Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States Geisinger Health System Full time
Job Summary:

Geisinger Health System is seeking a skilled RN to fill the role of Patient Placement Coordinator - Inpatient Capacity Manager. This position plays a critical role in coordinating patient flow and inpatient capacity management, ensuring compliance with directives, policies, and applicable laws and regulations.

Key Responsibilities:

• Coordinates patient flow and inpatient capacity management in coordination with physicians and procedural units and inpatient nursing units.
• Ensures compliance with the directives, policies, applicable laws and regulations.
• Serves as a strong role model in professional practice as evidenced by strong relationships with staff and members of other departments, effective communications, appropriate resource utilization, sound planning skills, and personal commitment to providing the highest quality of patient care to every patient, every day.
• Supervises assigned personnel within Patient Placement.
• Assists with the orientation and integration of new employees.
• Fosters a sense of pride in employees and promotes good morale.
• Communicates pertinent information regarding patient flow activities and operations to appropriate personnel, activating established triggers for escalation as defined by Capacity Management Plan.
• Accountable for placement of all patients for all inpatient units utilizing defined unit specific admission criteria.
• Participates in the formulation of nursing policies and goals as well as policies affecting other departments.
• Communicates and interprets policies, procedures, and regulations to patients, visitors, and staff members.
• Communicates significant issues on individual units to oncoming management personnel.
• Prioritizes resources based on system-wide assessment of bed availability.
• Monitors occupancy trends and proactively plans for next-day elective admissions, identifying trends while planning to meet expected demand for beds.
• Carries out defined responsibilities in the disaster plan, cardiac arrest protocol, bomb threat, code orange, and patient elopement procedures.
• Supports Team Leaders and nursing staff in the advancement of their management skills.
• Provides feedback for professional practice issues.
• Serves as an administrative representative.
• Communicates pertinent information to the administrator on call regarding capacity issues.

Requirements:

• Minimum of 3 years RN work experience is required.
• Geisinger cares about not only its patients and members but also about you and your family.
• We offer a competitive compensation and benefits package to ensure that you and your loved ones can maintain good health, achieve financial stability, and excel both personally and professionally.
• We believe in creating a diverse and inclusive environment where all employees can be their authentic selves.
• We are proud to be an affirmative action, equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.

Benefits:

• Full benefits (health, dental, and vision) starting on day one.
• Three medical plan choices, including an expanded network for out-of-area employees and dependents.
• Pre-tax savings plans with healthcare and dependent care flexible spending accounts (FSA) and a health savings account (HSA).
• Company-paid life insurance, short-term disability, and long-term disability coverage.
• 401(k) plan that includes automatic Geisinger contributions.
• Generous paid time off (PTO) plan that allows you to accrue time quickly.
• Up to $5,000 in tuition reimbursement per calendar year.
• MyHealth Rewards wellness program to improve your health while earning a financial incentive.
• Family-friendly support, including adoption and fertility assistance, parental leave pay, military leave pay, and a free membership with discounted backup care for your loved ones.
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP): Referrals for childcare, eldercare, and pet care, access to free legal guidance, mental health visits, work-life support, digital self-help tools, and more.
• Voluntary benefits, including accident, critical illness, hospital indemnity insurance, identity theft protection, universal life, and pet and legal insurance.

Education:

• Graduate from Specialty Training Program-Nursing (Required).

Experience:

• Minimum of 3 years-Nursing (Required), Minimum of 1 year-Managerial/Supervisory (Preferred).

Certification(s) and License(s):

• Basic Life Support Certification - Default Issuing Body, Licensed Registered Nurse (Pennsylvania) - RN_State of Pennsylvania.

Skills:

• Clinical Skills, Communication, Computer Literacy, Health Information Documentation, Interpersonal Communication, Patient Assessment And Care, Teamwork.

Our Purpose & Values:

• Everything we do is about caring for our patients, our members, our students, our Geisinger family, and our communities.

KINDNESS:

• We strive to treat everyone as we would hope to be treated ourselves.

EXCELLENCE:

• We treasure colleagues who humbly strive for excellence.

LEARNING:

• We share our knowledge with the best and brightest to better prepare the caregivers for tomorrow.

INNOVATION:

• We constantly seek new and better ways to care for our patients, our members, our community, and the nation.

Safety:

• We provide a safe environment for our patients and members and the Geisinger family.

We offer healthcare benefits for full-time and part-time positions from day one, including vision, dental, and domestic partners. Perhaps just as important, we encourage an atmosphere of collaboration, cooperation, and collegiality. We know that a diverse workforce with unique experiences and backgrounds makes our team stronger. Our patients, members, and community come from a wide variety of backgrounds, and it takes a diverse workforce to make better health easier for all.

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