Admissions Registered Nurse Jobs

Facilitates patient admission, discharge, intra-hospital and inter-facility transfer processes through clinical triage. Utilizes the electronic bed board to assign patients beds to the appropriate clinical unit.

Job Responsibility

• Addresses and resolves issues arising from increased census and decreased bed availability.
• Performs related duties as required. All responsibilities noted here are considered essential functions of the job under the Americans with Disabilities Act. Duties not mentioned here, but considered related are not essential functions.
• Liaises with Case Management to facilitate patient discharge, inter-facility and intra-hospital transfer process.
• Intervenes in conflicts as needed.
• Promotes optimum utilization of hospital beds by conducting rounds and communicating with admitting staff, Emergency Department and patient care units regarding bed availability, current census and admission needs.
• Helps facilitate patient transfer to inpatient bed and ensures hand off communication to accepting nurse.
• Promotes patient, family and physician satisfaction regarding bed assignments.
• Prioritizes and assigns beds based on appropriate level of care and patient aggregation from the Emergency Department, Perioperative Services, MD offices and patient transfers from other hospital.

Job Qualification

• Graduate from an accredited School of Nursing required.
• Current License to practice as a Registered Professional Nurse in New York State required, plus specialized certifications as needed.

• Additional Salary Detail

The salary range and/or hourly rate listed is a good faith determination of potential base compensation that may be offered to a successful applicant for this position at the time of this job advertisement and may be modified in the future.When determining a team member's base salary and/or rate, several factors may be considered as applicable (e.g., location, specialty, service line, years of relevant experience, education, credentials, negotiated contracts, budget and internal equity).