Bed Management Coordinator - P/T with Benefits Days

Overview

Our team members are the heart of what makes us better. At Hackensack Meridian Health we help our patients live better, healthier lives — and we help one another to succeed. With a culture rooted in connection and collaboration, our employees are team members. Here, competitive benefits are just the beginning. It’s also about how we support one another and how we show up for our community. Together, we keep getting better - advancing our mission to transform healthcare and serve as a leader of positive change. 

We invite you to listen to a message from our CNO who shares what it's like to be part of Team HMH at Jersey Shore University Medical Center:

Responsibilities

The Bed Management Coordinator is responsible for all activities related to Bed Management including, but not limited to, coordinating the patient placement, access case management, and the patient flow required to provide appropriate, effective, and efficient patient care. The Bed Management Coordinator is empowered to remove barriers and bottlenecks related to patient placement and flow.  Notifies and communicates with Patient Progression, Nurse Managers, Administrative Supervisors, Physicians, Physicians on Call, and Administrator on Call when appropriate.

• Uses clinical expertise to coordinate the placement of elective and emergent admissions as well as transfers from other facilities in accordance with clinical standards and guidelines ensuring that all patients are admitted or transferred to the most appropriate available bed.
• Clinically knowledgeable of disease entities, epidemiological issues, and circumstances that have implications for the placement of patients.
• Assured communication and implementation of the Bed Management plan for the day as defined at the daily bed meeting to the patient placement staff and all patient care areas, physicians, senior leadership and operations departments as needed.
• Collaborates with Patient Progression in development of the daily Bed Management plan to allow the plan to be communicated to the Administrative Supervisors and leaders on all shifts in order to assure continued implementation and focus on the day’s plan.
• Reviews patients’ conditions as necessary, independently, or in conjunction with case management staff, ED, Administrative Supervisor, or charge nurse to ensure appropriate placement for required services.
• Tracks bed availability, maintaining appropriate logs/records.
• Works directly with Plant Ops and Environmental Services on daily Room of the Day and/or Unit of the Day closures and the impacts on available capacity.
• Direct oversight of the Daily Census Bed Reports throughout the day.
• Collaborate with Patient Progression and participate as needed in walking rounds on all nursing units to identify and discuss barriers to discharge, build relationships with staff, and educate staff to the role of the Bed Management Coordinator.
• Other duties and/or projects as assigned.

Qualifications

• Current and valid New Jersey Registered Nurse license is required
• A minimum of 3 years of nursing experience required
• Previous experience in bed management preferred
• National certification preferred
• BSN in progress and/or willing to acquire within 3 years of hire required
• MSN preferred

If you feel that the above description speaks directly to your strengths and capabilities, then please apply today!