Patient Placement Specialist – Telecrisis

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Patient Placement Specialist at Intermountain Health managing bed requests and coordinating patient flow. Collaborating with clinical staff to ensure efficient throughput within the hospital.

Responsibilities:

  • Serves as the primary contact for all bed requests from all portals of entry.
  • Communicates complex clinical knowledge regarding admission status and bed availability with facilities, physicians, nurses and other clinical personnel in an appropriate and timely manner.
  • Makes appropriate bed assignments in Teletracking for all routine bed requests using the patient placement matrix.
  • Prioritizes bed assignments based on urgency of request.
  • Monitors Teletracking for bed requests, bed availability, and anticipated and confirmed discharges.
  • Monitors lengthy or outstanding inpatient bed requests to cancel or update admission requests.
  • Answers phone calls and communicates and/or escalates complicated placements and phone calls to the Patient Flow nurse.
  • Works with the Patient Flow nurse to process direct admissions and out of network admits.
  • Reviews Emergency department volume and surgery schedule to track patient status changes and estimated arrivals.

Requirements:

  • Demonstrated experience working in customer service.
  • Demonstrated experience in the medical field.
  • Demonstrated strong communication, customer service and organizational skills.
  • Demonstrated ability to set priorities and problem solve, independently.
  • Demonstrated ability to handle stressful situations with resolute demeanor.
  • Demonstrated ability to function well in a team environment.
  • Demonstrated motivated and self-directed.
  • Medical terminology background (preferred).

Benefits:

  • Generous benefits package that covers a wide range of programs to foster a sustainable culture of wellness that encompasses living healthy, happy, secure, connected, and engaged.