Patient Flow Specialist

Schedule: 2, 12 hour shifts per week; Night Shift

Location: Bloomington Hospital

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for coordinating all consult, admission, transfer and/or pre-op activities.
• Responsible for traffic control of new patients to the facility by facilitating communication between providers.
• Additional duties may include (not limited to):
  • Ensure that the team and call schedules are coordinated and communicated to all appropriate parties
  • Coordinate weekend assignments and admission order
  • Answer patient call line assisting patients and families with post discharge needs
  • Assign new business to appropriate teams from overnight business and add assigned teams in Cerner
  • Calculate daily census.

Qualifications:

• High School diploma or equivalent is required.
• Prior experience working in an admitting, bed management, patient placement/throughput setting, including demographic and financial requirements of payers preferred.
• Requires the ability to work autonomously and collaboratively with business partners.
• Requires strong interpersonal skills to collaborate with all levels of staff; including physicians, hospital administration, patients, and nursing staff in a professional manner.