Job Description

Registered Nurse (RN), Patient Flow Administrator, FT, Nights at Prisma Health summary:

The Registered Nurse (RN), Patient Flow Administrator, supports initiatives to optimize patient transitions and maximize hospital capacity, ensuring timely admissions and discharges. Collaborates with Emergency Department, inpatient units, and other departments to standardize processes and improve patient throughput. Utilizes clinical knowledge and data analysis to enhance care transitions and bed turnaround times during night shifts.

Inspire health. Serve with compassion. Be the difference.

Job Summary

Supports current initiatives to maximize our capacity. This will allow for more timely transitions of care from our Emergency Department and procedural areas. Work closely with the Emergency Department, inpatient units, Patient Placement, Administrators on Duty, and Environmental Services. Hardwire standardized processes and monitor transitions of care.

Essential Functions

• All team members are expected to be knowledgeable and compliant with Prisma Health's values: Inspire health. Serve with compassion. Be the difference.

• Standardizes processes to ensure patients are admitted to the appropriate unit with the appropriate orders.

• Hardwires standardized processes for inpatient transfers and patient discharges.

• Evaluates bed turnaround times and develops action items to address opportunities.

• Supports efforts to improve patient throughput and ensure safe, timely care transitions for our patients.

• Strengthens utilization of current systems to support patient throughput.

• Collaborates with the Emergency Department, inpatient units, Administrators on Duty, and Environmental Services to improve care transitions.

• Performs other duties as assigned.

Supervisory/Management Responsibilities

• This is a non-management job that will report to a supervisor, manager, director or executive.

Minimum Requirements

• Education - Graduate of an accredited school of Nursing program and approved by the South Carolina State Board of Nursing. Bachelor's degree in nursing preferred.

• Experience - No experience required.

In Lieu Of

• NA

Required Certifications, Registrations, Licenses

• Licensed to work as a RN in the state of South Carolina.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Clinical knowledge base with the ability to analyze and interpret data

• Critical thinking and problem-solving skills

• Ability to work on teams

• Communication skills

• Ability to provide leadership to groups

• Coping skills in a stressful environment

• Ability to prioritize and handle multiple tasks

• Ability to teach and motivate others.

Work Shift

Night (United States of America)

Location

Richland

Facility

7001 Corporate

Department

70019536 Midlands Flow Improvement

Share your talent with us! Our vision is simple: to transform healthcare for the benefits of the communities we serve. The transformation of healthcare requires talented individuals in every role here at Prisma Health.

Keywords:

registered nurse, patient flow, care transitions, emergency department, inpatient units, bed turnaround, patient throughput, clinical analysis, healthcare operations, patient discharge

Job Tags

Shift work, Night shift,

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