Sutter Health
Patient Placement Nurse IV, Capacity Management
Sutter Health, Sacramento, California, United States, 95894
Patient Placement Services Coordinator
Sutter Health is seeking a dedicated professional to join our team in coordinating and optimizing patient flow in acute care facilities. This role involves collaborating with multidisciplinary teams to manage bed assignments, admissions, transfers, and discharges, balancing patient needs with health system capacity. The nurse works closely with hospital leadership, physicians, and other staff to assess real-time capacity data, predict future capacity challenges, and implement strategies to mitigate overcrowding. Strong clinical judgment, problem-solving, and communication skills are essential for ensuring smooth operations and delivering high-quality patient care. Job Accountabilities: Leads the command center in the coordination of patient movement and capacity management, based on appropriate level of care and patient aggregation. Interacts with physicians, nursing staff, and administrators of system hospitals on the placement of patient populations. Leverages capacity dashboards and other real-time indicators to monitor real-time patient flow and capacity data. Communicates regularly with acute care hospitals to anticipate and respond to changes in patient volume. Facilitates market multidisciplinary capacity management huddles to review and expedite patient movement. Collaborates with physicians, nursing staff, and administrators to resolve bed availability issues. Develops strategies to address capacity constraints and minimize wait times. Liaises with nursing and providers to facilitate patient discharges, inter-facility and intra-hospital transfer processes. Coordinates accurate, current/up-to-date census and patient bed availability information. Tracks the location of staffed beds available, allowing efficient patient placement. Clerical: Performs general clerical tasks, such as answering phones, retrieving, entering, and revising patient electronic health records. Prepares and completes accurate documentation related to patient placement. Safety: Maintains a clean, neat and safe working environment. Education: Graduate of accredited school of nursing. Certification & Licensure: RN-Registered Nurse of California - California Department of Consumer Affairs. Typical Experience: ED or ICU background Critical care background with a minimum of 2 years of recent experience Patient Placement/Bed Planning/ Nursing Administrative Supervisor in hospital setting experience Skills and Knowledge: Demonstrates expertise and resourcefulness in level of care requirements, advanced nursing assessments, capacity management, service line capabilities, and acceptance pathways by care site. Demonstrates expertise in development, implementation and evaluation of specific transfer and bed management program. Demonstrates a high degree of critical thinking, problem solving and negotiating skills. Demonstrates ability to communicate effectively with all interdisciplinary team members, referrals agencies, patients, families, and other services. Demonstrates excellent customer service and professional administrative skills. Regular attendance to perform work on site during regularly scheduled business hours or scheduled shifts is required. Well-developed time management and organizational skills, including the ability to prioritize assignments and work within standardized operating procedures and scientific methods to achieve and meet deadline. Work independently, as well as be part of the team, including accomplishing multiple tasks in an environment with interruptions. Job Shift: Nights Schedule: Full Time Shift Hours: 12 Days of the Week: Variable Weekend Requirements: Every other Weekend, Rotating Weekends Benefits: Yes Unions: No Position Status: Non-Exempt Weekly Hours: 36 Employee Status: Regular Sutter Health is an equal opportunity employer. EOE/M/F/Disability/Veterans. Pay Range is $87.00 to $113.97 / hour The salary range for this role may vary above or below the posted range as determined by location. Compensation takes into account several factors including but not limited to a candidate's experience, education, skills, licensure and certifications, department equity, training and organizational needs.
Sutter Health is seeking a dedicated professional to join our team in coordinating and optimizing patient flow in acute care facilities. This role involves collaborating with multidisciplinary teams to manage bed assignments, admissions, transfers, and discharges, balancing patient needs with health system capacity. The nurse works closely with hospital leadership, physicians, and other staff to assess real-time capacity data, predict future capacity challenges, and implement strategies to mitigate overcrowding. Strong clinical judgment, problem-solving, and communication skills are essential for ensuring smooth operations and delivering high-quality patient care. Job Accountabilities: Leads the command center in the coordination of patient movement and capacity management, based on appropriate level of care and patient aggregation. Interacts with physicians, nursing staff, and administrators of system hospitals on the placement of patient populations. Leverages capacity dashboards and other real-time indicators to monitor real-time patient flow and capacity data. Communicates regularly with acute care hospitals to anticipate and respond to changes in patient volume. Facilitates market multidisciplinary capacity management huddles to review and expedite patient movement. Collaborates with physicians, nursing staff, and administrators to resolve bed availability issues. Develops strategies to address capacity constraints and minimize wait times. Liaises with nursing and providers to facilitate patient discharges, inter-facility and intra-hospital transfer processes. Coordinates accurate, current/up-to-date census and patient bed availability information. Tracks the location of staffed beds available, allowing efficient patient placement. Clerical: Performs general clerical tasks, such as answering phones, retrieving, entering, and revising patient electronic health records. Prepares and completes accurate documentation related to patient placement. Safety: Maintains a clean, neat and safe working environment. Education: Graduate of accredited school of nursing. Certification & Licensure: RN-Registered Nurse of California - California Department of Consumer Affairs. Typical Experience: ED or ICU background Critical care background with a minimum of 2 years of recent experience Patient Placement/Bed Planning/ Nursing Administrative Supervisor in hospital setting experience Skills and Knowledge: Demonstrates expertise and resourcefulness in level of care requirements, advanced nursing assessments, capacity management, service line capabilities, and acceptance pathways by care site. Demonstrates expertise in development, implementation and evaluation of specific transfer and bed management program. Demonstrates a high degree of critical thinking, problem solving and negotiating skills. Demonstrates ability to communicate effectively with all interdisciplinary team members, referrals agencies, patients, families, and other services. Demonstrates excellent customer service and professional administrative skills. Regular attendance to perform work on site during regularly scheduled business hours or scheduled shifts is required. Well-developed time management and organizational skills, including the ability to prioritize assignments and work within standardized operating procedures and scientific methods to achieve and meet deadline. Work independently, as well as be part of the team, including accomplishing multiple tasks in an environment with interruptions. Job Shift: Nights Schedule: Full Time Shift Hours: 12 Days of the Week: Variable Weekend Requirements: Every other Weekend, Rotating Weekends Benefits: Yes Unions: No Position Status: Non-Exempt Weekly Hours: 36 Employee Status: Regular Sutter Health is an equal opportunity employer. EOE/M/F/Disability/Veterans. Pay Range is $87.00 to $113.97 / hour The salary range for this role may vary above or below the posted range as determined by location. Compensation takes into account several factors including but not limited to a candidate's experience, education, skills, licensure and certifications, department equity, training and organizational needs.