Nursing Administrative Supervisor

Patient Flow Administrator

To be fully engaged in providing superior quality, competitive value and outstanding service by serving as a resource to all associates as the administrative representative for hospital-wide management and decision-making in the absence of administrative personnel, assuming a leadership role in emergent and / or disaster situations. The Patient Flow Administrator enhances communication and interaction of the various units and ensures appropriate, safe and timely problem-solving interventions on all shifts in order to provide continuity of service and optimum patient-centered care.

Primary Responsibilities :

• Maintains professionalism and positive customer relations in all circumstances possessing integrity, focus, commitment, flexibility, diplomacy, and team spirit as a representative of administration.
• Ensures patient and staff safety including utilization of appropriate infection control precautions.
• Demonstrates knowledge and working expertise to ensure compliance with all relevant policies, standards and regulations including but not limited to medical staff by-laws, risk management, and administrative (i.e., substance abuse, employee / visitor / patient injuries, disaster situations, infection control, etc.) as appropriate.
• Effectively utilizes hospital computer systems (Teletracking, SCM, Hospital IQ) to identify opportunities for improving throughput and promoting efficient patient centered care.
• Oversees ADT procedures of the facility to ensure accurate, safe, and timely patient placement utilizing the hospital's bed tracking system.
• Makes hospital rounds to evaluate needs for patient placement and acts as central contact for decisions related to bed management during the shift of assignment.
• Identifies system issues within the organization based on data and assists in the development and implementation of policies and procedures, which address operational efficiencies in the hospital.
• Assesses the overall status of the hospital and effectively collaborates with charge nurses, nurse managers, nursing directors, and other departments to appropriately allocate available staff for the current and oncoming shift after review of staffing and patient care needs and develops overcapacity plans as needed.
• Intervenes and provides follow-up and written communication on risk-related issues in collaboration with directors, managers and charge nurses as appropriate.
• Leads the development, implementation, and continual improvement of patient flow by escalating barriers and actively participating on committees and in quality improvement activities, striving to achieve organization benchmarks for throughput.
• Establishes and directs plan for placement on all admission and transfers concurrently and prospectively; performs as clinical liaison in support of the Transfer Center (HRMC).
• Creates bed capacity for incoming patients by facilitating TableTop and Escalation Rounds to identify patients appropriate for discharge and escalates discharge barriers appropriately

Minimum Qualifications :

Physical Requirements - Medium :

About Health First :

At Health First, diversity and inclusion are essential for our continued growth and evolution. Working together, we strive to build and nurture a culture that recognizes, encourages, and respects the diverse voices of our associates. We know through experience that different ideas, perspectives, and backgrounds create a stronger and more collaborative work environment that delivers better results. As an organization, it fuels our innovation and connects us closer to our associates, customers, and the communities we serve.

Schedule : Part-Time

Paygrade : 42