Patient Placement Supervisor - Long Beach Memorial Medical Group

Location: Long Beach

Department: Cap Utilization Management

Status: Full Time

Shift: Day

Pay Range: $61.91 / hour - $92.86 / hour

At MemorialCare Health System, we believe in providing extraordinary healthcare to our communities and an exceptional working environment for our employees. Memorial Care stands for excellence in Healthcare. Across our family of medical centers, we support each one of our bright, talented employees in reaching the highest levels of professional development, contribution, collaboration and accountability. Whatever your role and whatever expertise you bring, we are dedicated to helping you achieve your full potential in an environment of respect, innovation and teamwork.

Position Summary

Clinically focused leadership position responsible for directing all capacity management and patient flow activities by triaging patients and making bed assignments including direct admissions, emergency department, post anesthesia care, internal transfers, and discharges. Functions as the in-house decision maker for decisions related to patient throughput therefore strong leadership, conflict resolution, and critical thinking skills are essential. Responsible for ensuring bed availability algins with anticipated demand, and patients are placed in the appropriate level of care from the point of admission, based on diagnosis, acuity, physician orders, and patient throughput needs.

Essential Functions and Responsibilities of the Job

*Placement in the pay range is based on multiple factors including, but not limited to, relevant years of experience and qualifications. In addition to base pay, there may be additional compensation available for this role, including but not limited to, shift differentials, extra shift incentives, and bonus opportunities. Health and wellness is our passion at MemorialCare-that includes taking good care of employees and their dependents. We offer high quality health insurance plan options, so you can select the best choice for your family. And there's more...Check out our MemorialCare Benefits for more information about our Benefits and Rewards.Qualifications/Work Experience:

• Three years of active nursing practice experience: Required
• Recent patient throughput/flow, house supervision, and/or nursing management experience
• Proven leadership, facilitative, and anticipatory/critical thinking skills
• Excellent communication, mediation, and conflict resolution skills
• Strong acumen for systems thinking and problem solving

• Bachelors of Nursing: Required
• Current California Registered Nurse (RN) license: Required
• Current Basic Life Support (BLS) for Healthcare Providers: Required