Patient Placement Coordinator

CHI Health St. Elizabeth, founded by the Sisters of St. Francis of Perpetual Adoration in 1889, is a full-service, 260-bed, nonprofit regional medical center in Lincoln, Neb. St. Elizabeth specializes in the treatment areas of newborn and pediatric care, women’s health, burn and wound, cardiology, oncology, emergency medicine, orthopedics and neuroscience.

As a Patient Placement Coordinator, you will provide critical support and meticulous coordination, ensuring the efficient and appropriate placement of patients across our healthcare facilities to optimize patient flow and resource utilization.

Every day you will expertly assess patient needs based on clinical criteria, communicate with admissions and unit staff, manage bed availability, and meticulously facilitate transfers, ensuring timely access to the right level of care.

To be successful, you will demonstrate outstanding organizational skills, strong communication abilities, and a proactive, problem-solving demeanor, contributing significantly to operational efficiency and patient safety.

• Performs duties according to department specific expectations.
• Identify the care and resources required for accessing hospital services for surgical, procedural, non-invasive diagnostic, invasive diagnostic, admitted, and clinical procedure patients.
• Provides timely, accurate and complete medical record documentation and data collection initiating the electronic medical record and patient assessment clinical documentation.
• Establishes positive working relationships with physicians and their office staff with a focus on customer service and ease of access to hospital services.
• Provides patient information, preparation and education for impending surgery, tests, procedures, admissions through the patient interview. Identifies patient/care giver learning needs and initiates and provides for age appropriate education.
• Effectively functions as a concierge for patients, families, physicians, office staff and the patient care team. Promptly investigates and resolves problems or concerns, or refers them to a higher authority.

Required

• Certified Clinical Medical Assistant, upon hire or
• Certified Medical Assistant AAMA, upon hire or
• Certified Medical Assistant NHA, upon hire or
• National Certified Medical Assistant NCCT, upon hire or
• National Registered/Certified Medical Assistant NAHP, upon hire or
• Registered Medical Assistant AMT, upon hire or
• Registered Medical Assistant, upon hire or
• Cert Med Asst - MMCI, upon hire or
• Certified Nursing Assistant: NE, upon hire

Preferred

• Clinical experience