GENERAL SUMMARY:
Coordinates and facilitates patient admissions and transfers to other facilities within the market, other markets, and other healthcare facilities according to patient acuity, bed availability, and required services.
Responsibilities:
Collaborates with the nursing staff and multidisciplinary team members to place patients in appropriate levels of care to achieve desired outcomes. Coordinates as liaison between physician requestors for consultants and specialty consultants. |
Assists in the care management process including pre-registration and insurance verification. Stays informed of patient changes and communicates the impact to admitting physicians.
Reviews medical reports from referring hospitals or physician offices and relays information to the receiving nursing unit as needed.|
Develops and maintains relationships with referral sources and admission decision makers.|
Maintains standards for documentation and communications with physician/service referrals for legal, medical, statistical, and process improvement purposes.
EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:
Bachelor of Science in Nursing required.
3-5 (years of RN clinical experience required.
Experience in an acute care setting preferred.
Ability to effectively communicate clinical information and interact effectively with physicians and staff to achieve quality outcomes required.
Demonstrated ability to work in high-stress, high-acuity setting, adaptable to rapidly changing work environment and to direct and control multiple critical communication events simultaneously required.
CERTIFICATIONS/LICENSURES REQUIRED:
- Current license to practice in the State of Michigan as a Registered Nurse
Additional Information
Organization: Corporate Services
Department: Ascension System Command Cente
Shift: Variable
Union Code: Not Applicable
Additional Details
This posting represents the major duties, responsibilities, and authorities of this job, and is not intended to be a complete list of all tasks and functions. It should be understood, therefore, that incumbents may be asked to perform job-related duties beyond those explicitly described above.
Overview
Henry Ford Health partners with millions of people on their health journey, across Michigan and around the world. We offer a full continuum of services - from primary and preventative care to complex and specialty care, health insurance, a full suite of home health offerings, virtual care, pharmacy, eye care and other health care retail. With former Ascension southeast Michigan and Flint region locations now part of our team, Henry Ford's care is available in 13 hospitals and hundreds of ambulatory care locations. Based in Detroit, Henry Ford is one of the nation's most respected academic medical centers and is leading the Future of Health: Detroit, a $3 billion investment anchored by a reimagined Henry Ford academic healthcare campus. Learn more at henryford.com/careers .
Benefits
The health and overall well-being of our team members is our priority. That's why we offer support in the various components of our team's well-being: physical, emotional, social, financial and spiritual. Our Total Rewards program includes competitive health plan options, with three consumer-driven health plans (CDHPs), a PPO plan and an HMO plan. Our team members enjoy a number of additional benefits, ranging from dental and eye care coverage to tuition assistance, family forming benefits, discounts to dozens of businesses and more. Employees classified as contingent status are not eligible for benefits.
Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer
Equal Employment Opportunity / Affirmative Action Employer Henry Ford Health is committed to the hiring, advancement and fair treatment of all individuals without regard to race, color, creed, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability, veteran status, size, height, weight, marital status, family status, gender identity, sexual orientation, and genetic information, or any other protected status in accordance with applicable federal and state laws.
