Job description
Overview
Virginia Mason Franciscan Health brings together two award-winning health systems in Washington state CHI Franciscan and Virginia Mason. As one integrated health system with the most patient access points in western Washington, our team includes 18,000 staff and nearly 5,000 employed physicians and affiliated providers. At Virginia Mason Franciscan Health, you will find the safest and highest quality of care provided by our expert, compassionate medical care team at 11 hospitals and nearly 300 sites throughout the greater Puget Sound region. While you’re busy impacting the healthcare industry, we’ll take care of you with benefits that include health/dental/vision, FSA, matching retirement plans, paid vacation, adoption assistance, annual bonus eligibility, and more!
Responsibilities
Virginia Mason Franciscan’s Mission Control Center are winners of the 2020 Leaders in Health Care Gold Award for Innovation in Healthcare Delivery. Inspired by NASA, Virginia Mason Franciscan’s Mission Control Center is the first system in Washington state and only the fifth globally to use artificial intelligence and advanced analytics to coordinate patient care across the entire health system. Built in collaboration with GE Healthcare, the technology can stream real-time data on things such as forecasted demand, transfer between medical facilities, care progression and discharge planning.
The RN Patient Placement position will be a strong asset and key member of our newly developed Mission Control team based in Gig Harbor, WA. Some of this role’s main responsibilities are bed control and patient placement, serving as a liaison between on-site bed management, our Transfer Center, and other supporting staff, as well as continuous communication with transferring hospitals and referring providers on factors impacting the patient placement process. Registered Nurses with 5 years of recent inpatient work experience as well as knowledge and/or experience with bed control are highly desired for this opportunity. Please see more details below.
Job Summary:
This role is responsible for overseeing patient placement operations to assure that all aspects of patient access, placement, and flow are carried out in a timely manner in accordance with the organizational policies and procedures and applicable nursing care standards and regulatory requirements. The position is performed through continual monitoring of the Mission Control Wall of Analytics (WOA) made up of tiles that process/display real-time data from multiple source systems, including patient location, acuity, risk factors, turnaround times and real-time scheduling data. The duties include mentoring/guiding staff on the assigned shift to plan, prioritize, organize, direct and control all admissions and transfers between nursing units, external hospitals, Behavioral Health, Emergency department, PACU, procedural areas as well as direct admissions from provider offices/clinics.
Qualifications
Education/Work Experience Requirements:
Current licensure as a Registered Nurse through the Washington State Board of Nursing.
Virginia Mason Franciscan Health brings together two award-winning health systems in Washington state CHI Franciscan and Virginia Mason. As one integrated health system with the most patient access points in western Washington, our team includes 18,000 staff and nearly 5,000 employed physicians and affiliated providers. At Virginia Mason Franciscan Health, you will find the safest and highest quality of care provided by our expert, compassionate medical care team at 11 hospitals and nearly 300 sites throughout the greater Puget Sound region. While you’re busy impacting the healthcare industry, we’ll take care of you with benefits that include health/dental/vision, FSA, matching retirement plans, paid vacation, adoption assistance, annual bonus eligibility, and more!
Responsibilities
Virginia Mason Franciscan’s Mission Control Center are winners of the 2020 Leaders in Health Care Gold Award for Innovation in Healthcare Delivery. Inspired by NASA, Virginia Mason Franciscan’s Mission Control Center is the first system in Washington state and only the fifth globally to use artificial intelligence and advanced analytics to coordinate patient care across the entire health system. Built in collaboration with GE Healthcare, the technology can stream real-time data on things such as forecasted demand, transfer between medical facilities, care progression and discharge planning.
The RN Patient Placement position will be a strong asset and key member of our newly developed Mission Control team based in Gig Harbor, WA. Some of this role’s main responsibilities are bed control and patient placement, serving as a liaison between on-site bed management, our Transfer Center, and other supporting staff, as well as continuous communication with transferring hospitals and referring providers on factors impacting the patient placement process. Registered Nurses with 5 years of recent inpatient work experience as well as knowledge and/or experience with bed control are highly desired for this opportunity. Please see more details below.
Job Summary:
This role is responsible for overseeing patient placement operations to assure that all aspects of patient access, placement, and flow are carried out in a timely manner in accordance with the organizational policies and procedures and applicable nursing care standards and regulatory requirements. The position is performed through continual monitoring of the Mission Control Wall of Analytics (WOA) made up of tiles that process/display real-time data from multiple source systems, including patient location, acuity, risk factors, turnaround times and real-time scheduling data. The duties include mentoring/guiding staff on the assigned shift to plan, prioritize, organize, direct and control all admissions and transfers between nursing units, external hospitals, Behavioral Health, Emergency department, PACU, procedural areas as well as direct admissions from provider offices/clinics.
Essential Job Functions:
- Manages, in collaboration with Mission Control Patient Placement Reps, all patient placement decisions in based on patient diagnosis, acuity and location, applicable risk factors and unit criteria/bed availability.
- Works with staffing and/or nursing teams to adjust staffing and implement bed management plans in conjunction with the Nursing Supervisor and/or Nurse Manager. Serves as a liaison between on-site bed management staff, Mission Control team members and the Transfer Center RN on all issues pertaining to patient placement.
- Maintains ongoing communication with referring providers and transferring hospitals regarding bed availability/status and/or access delays
- Mentors and provides guidance to Patient Placement Reps and assures adequate staffing levels to meet Mission Control needs.
- Works collaboratively with Mission Control Center team and other stakeholders to address, moderate and/or resolve real-time and predictive future patient placement flow and related issues.
- Initiates interventions, within scope of practice, to accelerate patient flow or other mitigate barriers to optimal throughput.
- Performs related duties as required.
Qualifications
Education/Work Experience Requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree in nursing or other healthcare-related discipline, graduation from an accredited school of nursing, and five years of related clinical quality/performance improvement work experience in a health care setting that demonstrates the attainment of the requisite job knowledge, skills and abilities.
- Equivalent related work experience may be substituted for the Bachelor’s degree requirement.
- Master’s degree in a discipline related to the requirements of the position is preferred.
Licensure/Certification:
Current licensure as a Registered Nurse through the Washington State Board of Nursing.
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