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Role Description
- This role involves coordinating and facilitating patient admissions and transfers to other facilities according to patient acuity, bed availability, and required services.
- Collaborate with the nursing staff and multidisciplinary team members to place patients in appropriate levels of care to achieve desired outcomes.
- Coordinate as liaison between physician requestors for consultants and specialty consultants.
- Assist in the care management process including pre-registration and insurance verification.
- Stay informed of patient changes and communicates the impact to admitting physicians.
- Review medical reports from referring hospitals or physician offices and relays information to the receiving nursing unit as needed.
- Develop and maintain relationships with referral sources and admission decision makers.
- Maintain standards for documentation and communications with physician/service referrals for legal, medical, statistical, and process improvement purposes.
- Qualifications
- Registered Nurse obtained prior to hire date or job transfer date required.
- BLS Provider preferred. American Heart Association or American Red Cross accepted.
- Diploma from an accredited school/college of nursing OR Required professional licensure at time of hire.
- Requirements
- Must live within 1 hour of Indianapolis.
- 36 hour work commitment per 6 week schedule.
- At minimum, 12 of the 36 required hours must be on a weekend.
- 1 summer and 1 winter holiday required.
- Benefits
- Paid time off (PTO)
- Various health insurance options & wellness plans
- Retirement benefits including employer match plans
- Long-term & short-term disability
- Employee assistance programs (EAP)
- Parental leave & adoption assistance
- Tuition reimbursement
- Ways to give back to your community
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