Transfer Center Nurse Specialist

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Presbyterian is seeking a Transfer Center Nurse Specialist

The Transfer Center Coordinator is responsible to coordinate/inpatient bed assignments for critical care patients at Presbyterian. The Transfer Center Coordinator coordinates, prioritizes, and optimizes patient flow activities throughout the hospital network, as well as coordinates and facilitates the patients entry into Presbyterian from other health care facilities.

Some key responsibilities include:

• Transfer Center Patients

• Coordinates and facilitates the transfer of patients from other health care facilities to Presbyterian Hospital using Transfer center process flows.

• Collects clinical information to determine patient s level of care

• Collaborates with Presbyterian on-call physicians to arrange acceptance by the attending physician specialist (uses intranet paging system)

• Communicates with referring hospital to coordinate transportation arrangements and provide an assigned bed

• Bed Assignment

• Ensures safe and timely placement of patients based on admission status, physician requested level of care, patient s clinical information and nursing units admission discharge criteria.

• Collects clinical information from patients, patients families, nurses, physicians and/or physicians offices to determine level of care for patient placement into an inpatient bed

• Registration

• Responsible for accurate and timely completion of patient registration and account data into the Hospital Computer System.

• Maintains 90% (or better) compliance accuracy rate with critical elements in account Registrations
  (a) Verification of demographic, guarantor and Insurance information

• Uses the account documentation process in the hospital s registration system to document missing information
  Complies with all Revenue Cycle Education Policies

Qualifications:

• 1 year RN experience to OR a minimum 1 year experience in a transfer center setting.

• Associates degree in Nursing required.

• State of New Mexico or Compact State Nursing License Academic Preparation:

• Degree from accredited academic nursing program preferred

All benefits-eligible Presbyterian employees receive a comprehensive benefits package that includes medical, dental, vision, short-term and long-term disability, group term life insurance and other optional voluntary benefits.

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About Presbyterian Healthcare Services
Presbyterian exists to improve the health of patients, members, and the communities we serve. We are locally owned, not-for-profit healthcare system of nine hospitals, a statewide health plan and a growing multi-specialty medical group. Founded in New Mexico in 1908, we are the state's largest private employer with nearly 14,000 employees - including more than 1600 providers and nearly 4,700 nurses.

Our health plan serves more than 580,000 members statewide and offers Medicare Advantage, Medicaid (Centennial Care) and Commercial health plans.

AA/EOE/VET/DISABLED. PHS is a drug-free and tobacco-free employer with smoke free campuses.

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