Work location: Columbia, MO

Shift: PRN, Variable shifts to cover vacation, illness, request off, retirement

Location: Logistics Center, Columbia MO

Department: Patient Logistics

Salary Range: $33.75 per hour PRN

MU Healthcare is looking for a compassionate and skilled professional to join our dynamic team as an Admission and Placement Specialist. We need someone who can strategically manage patient bed placements and transfers, using their clinical expertise and critical thinking skills to ensure efficient and timely care. The ideal candidate will possess excellent communication abilities to collaborate with our dedicated team of House Managers and nursing units, ensuring seamless patient movement and placement.

Essential Functions:

• Utilize clinical expertise, process incoming requests for transfers, direct admissions and consultations, assist with transport arrangements, recommend level of care, facilitate nurse report, and enter documentation into electronic systems.

• Apply clinical knowledge and strategic critical thinking skills for efficient bed management to triage and assign beds to internal and incoming patients based on clinical picture and bed availability.

• Maintain open communication with MUHC facility House Managers and ER/ nursing units regarding patient admission and movement to expedite appropriate placement of patients in a timely manner.

• Facilitate communication during system downtime by completing admission/referral forms, notification of clinical units of expected patient movement/bed assignments, and post-downtime system data entry.

• Participate in process improvement initiatives.

• May complete unit/department-specific duties as outlined in department documents.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Missouri Board of Nursing RN or Nurse Licensure Compact multi-state RN. When primary state of residency changes, compact state RNs must apply under new state of residency within thirty (30) days.

• One (1) year of acute care and/or operating room RN experience

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• RN experience in ER or critical care environments.

• Additional license/certification requirements as determined by the hiring department.

Physical Demands: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met with or without reasonable accommodation. The performance of these physical demands is an essential function of the job. The employee may be required ambulate, remain in a stationary position and position self to reach and/or move objects above the shoulders and below the knees. The employee may be required to move objects up to 10 lbs.

Equal Opportunity Employer

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All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, ancestry, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, disability, or protected veteran status, or any other status protected by applicable state or federal law.