Staffing Coordinator Network Operations - HonorHealth
PHOENIX, AZ 85020
About the Job
- The Network Operation is located at 50 E. DUNLAP, PHOENIX, Arizona 85020
- The hours are variable Days from 7:00 am- 7:30 pm with rotating weekends/holidays
Looking to be part of something more meaningful? At HonorHealth, you’ll be part of a team, creating a multi-dimensional care experience for our patients. You’ll have opportunities to make a difference. From our Ambassador Movement to our robust training and development programs, you can select where and how you want to make an impact.
HonorHealth offers a diverse benefits portfolio for our full-time and part-time team members designed to help you and your family live your best lives. Visit honorhealth.com/benefits to learn more.
Join us. Let’s go beyond expectations and transform healthcare together.
HonorHealth is one of Arizona’s largest nonprofit healthcare systems, serving a population of five million people in the greater Phoenix metropolitan area. The comprehensive network encompasses six acute-care hospitals, an extensive medical group with primary, specialty and urgent care services, a cancer care network, outpatient surgery centers, clinical research, medical education, a foundation, an accountable care organization, community services and more. With nearly 15,000 team members, 3,700 affiliated providers and close to 2,000 volunteers dedicated to providing high quality care, HonorHealth strives to go beyond the expectations of a traditional healthcare system to improve the health and well-being of communities across Arizona. Learn more at HonorHealth.com.
High School Diploma or GED Required
Experience
1 year related experience Required
Responsibilities:Job Summary
This Network Operations Coordinator supports the activities centrally supported within the Network Operations Center, and serves as the primary point of contact for the coordination of those activities. Demonstrates flexibility and initiative to diagnose issues and provide timely resolution supporting patient safety and process efficiency. Uses automated systems to optimize capacity and staffing management. Ensure staffing and scheduling needs are maintained, coordinate all aspects of patient placement, facilitate incoming and outgoing transfers and patient flow logistics. Works closely with hospital personnel at each facility to facilitate bed and service assignment. Works to optimize staffing and patient flow by monitoring and evaluating staffing activities and prioritizing admissions and transfers from multiple sources.
- Processes daily worksheets to reflect available staff on all nursing units and plans staffing needs for future shifts. In collaboration with the Administrative Representatives at each facility utilizes knowledge of different modes of patient care delivery on nursing units to appropriately schedule and assign staff to nursing units. Communicates with other hospital campus to ensure efficient usage of resources.
- Manages requests for patient transfers and direct admissions. Accurately collects the data required for the intake of patients from a variety of sources in compliance with governing regulations and policies. Coordinates provider to provider calls and accurately documents all acceptance calls. Uses critical thinking and established process flow to assess and facilitate patient movement across multiple facilities.
- Proactively collaborates with the Transfer Center, registration, nursing staff, and physicians with regard to proper bed placement. Appropriately assigns beds according to diagnosis, physician requests, and hospital policies while avoiding federal non-compliance and penalties to the hospital and physician.
- Effectively operates electronic systems and technology to optimize patient flow logistics, capacity management, and staffing and scheduling. Maintains confidentiality of information.
- May receive and record absent calls and notifies appropriate unit. Documents staff time changes on schedules via computer system.
- Demonstrates flexibility and the ability to adapt as organizational needs change throughout the shift.
- Collaborates with multi-disciplinary health care team to facilitate and ensure patient satisfaction.
