Admission & Placement Specialist

Variable shifts to cover vacation, illness, request off, retirement
Work location: 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.

ABOUT US
MU Health Care is a growing academic health system in mid-Missouri comprised of multiple hospitals - including the region's only Level 1 Trauma Center and region's only Children's Hospital - and over 50 specialty clinics located throughout the region.
As an MU Health Care employee, you'll be part of an exceptional team committed to our mission of saving and improving lives. Our core values of inclusion, respect, service, discovery, responsibility and excellence foster a collaborative work environment where you can grow your career.
Learn more about MU Health Care. Learn more about living in Columbia, MO.REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Missouri Board of Nursing RN or Nurse Licensure Compact multi-state RN. When the primary state of residency changes, compact state RNs must apply under the new state of residency within thirty (30) days.
• Three (3) years of RN clinical 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.