Registered Nurse

Description:

The Bed Management Coordinator will have the complex responsibility for all patient bed assignments throughout the organization to meet patient care needs and maximize bed resources. This includes patients needing admission from internal and external sources: Transfer Center, Emergency Department, direct admits, post-ops and electives.

The Bed Management Coordinator will help optimize capacity management, reduce ED diversion and ED boarding hours, and work alongside inpatient leadership teams and the Senior Management Team.

• Ensures admissions are appropriate.
• Evaluates all bed requests using approved criteria for level of care and bed assignments.
• Assists in implementing pre-admission, admission, and transfer protocols.
• Regular timely reporting of bed and resource utilization to senior management.

•Ensures the application of best practice including the generation of action plans to continuously improve the effectiveness of the bed management function.

• Works closely with the Case Management/Care Coordination team to expedite the discharge process.
• Takes ultimate responsibility for the effectiveness of service delivery.
• Create a culture of accountability, openness to change, respect for the individual and teamwork that supports the ethos of the Hospital.
• Work with all the clinical specialties and referral services to accommodate patients who also require elective admission.
• Understand all points of access into the Hospital for patients and be able to deal with competing interests.
• Liaise effectively with consultants and their support staff, emergency department staff, nursing management and other staff as appropriate to ensure effective guidance and protocol application to all admissions, discharges, and transfers across the Hospital.
• Liaise with senior management to develop service plans and report frequently on progress against them.