RN-Transfer Referral Center

Responsible for performing aspects of the Patient Flow Management process ensuring that transfers, patient placement and related activities occur in a timely, safe and accurate fashion. This includes providing clinical assessment for patients being placed through the Transfer Referral Center.

Position Summary/Essential Duties:

1. Coordination of incoming patient transfer requests with receiving facility, physicians, and necessary transport resources

2. Demonstrates technical skills in care delivery that result in safe practice and positive care outcomes

3. Demonstrates clear communication and effective collaboration to optimize patient care and clinical operations

4. Displays leadership that influences optimal clinical and operational outcomes

5. Delivering exceptional customer service while facilitating communication across multiple disciplines

6. Possess and obtain working knowledge of external and inter-facility protocols and standards of practice

7. Work with all Center for Patient Flow Management (CPFM) staff in a team orientated, collaborative approach

8. Responsible for promoting a Best Place to Work Culture and positive and professional work environment

9. Radio communication and coordination with multiple agencies, including Air Medical programs and UH Critical Care Transport

10. Dispatch of UH Critical Care Transport ambulances

11. Other duties as assigned

A Brief Overview

Provides safe efficient age specific nursing care to patients/families using the nursing process in order to assist them to attain, maintain, regain, and sustain optimal health status.

What You Will Do

• Implements the nursing process by delivering effective relationship based nursing care.
• Demonstrates technical skills in care delivery that result in safe practice and positive care outcomes.
• Demonstrates clear communication and effective collaboration to optimize patient care and clinical operations.
• Develops self and contributes to the professional practice of nursing.
• Displays leadership that influences optimal clinical and operational outcomes.

Additional Responsibilities

• Performs other duties as assigned.
• Complies with all policies and standards.
• For specific duties and responsibilities, refer to documentation provided by the department during orientation.
• Must abide by all requirements to safely and securely maintain Protected Health Information (PHI) for our patients. Annual training, the UH Code of Conduct and UH policies and procedures are in place to address appropriate use of PHI in the workplace.