Registered Nurse (RN) - Transfer Center Coord in Glendale, AZ

Description The Transfer Center RN Clinical Coordinator coordinates a patient-centered admission process for patients transferring into the Abrazo Community Health Network/Carondelet System ensuring placement in an appropriate level of care bed and financial screening per EMTALA regulations. The RN Clinical Coordinator employs critical thinking skills to expedite admissions into ACHN/Carondelet while demonstrating ACHN/Carondelet’s Mission, Vision, Values and Service Standards in all interactions with referring facilities, physicians, employees, and guests. Responsibilities • Facilitates patient centric critical and emergent transfers into multiple hospitals comprising the Abrazo Community Health Network (ACHN) and Carondelet System utilizing service line specific transfer protocols. • Systematically employs critical thinking triage skills to assist sending facilities to transfer their patients to a higher level of care focusing on EMTALA guidelines. • Collaborates with multiple members of the sending and receiving healthcare teams to ensure a timely admission into the right bed in the right level of care with the correctly identified admission status. • Facilitates patient outbound calls while vetting appropriateness Qualifications • Special Skills • Organizational and leadership skills • Ability to decipher specific messages with background noise • Effective communication skills – phone etiquette, written and verbal – with all levels of staff, physicians, patients and families • Experienced at multi-tasking • Ability to present self in positive and professional manner, exhibiting confidence, tact, and enthusiasm • Must be sensitive to diverse cultural and bilingual issues • Adept at interpreting and analyzing qualitative and quantitative data • Ability to quickly triage, critically think in high pressure situations and prioritize. • Minimum Requirements • Experience: Minimum of 5 years continuous clinical experience in a critical/acute care setting with adult neuro/trauma/cardiovascular/critical care or emergency room nursing preferred. Ability to manage initial assessment data and prioritize patient care with appropriate decision making. • Education: Graduation from accredited nursing program • Certifications: Registered Nurse with current state licensure Current BLS certification required; • Preferred Requirements • Experience: 8 years of critical care, emergency room, or house supervisor experience • Education: BSN preferred • Certifications: ACLS training preferred. #LI-AL2