Patient Placement Specialist
- Parkview Health
- Fort Wayne, IN, USA
Job Description
Summary
Summary
The Patient Placement Specialist is responsible for managing daily patient flow and serves as the central coordination point for all admissions across Parkview Health and its affiliates. Conducts an initial high-level assessment of all incoming admission requests and rapidly initiates emergent transfers when indicated. Accurately identifies the appropriate specialty or service line based on patient condition and facilitates timely physician-to-physician communication to ensure safe clinical handoffs and continuity of care. Working collaboratively with the Point of Entry Case Manager, the Patient Placement Specialist ensures that all patients have verified admission orders and appropriate status reviews. Continuously monitors and forecasts bed availability by evaluating current, predicted, and anticipated transfers and discharges. Patient placement decisions are prioritized according to acuity, bed capacity, staffing resources, and required clinical services.
Engages with internal and external interdisciplinary teams to optimize patient flow and ensure uninterrupted access to care across the Parkview Health system. Coordinates all in-house transfers and oversees patient movement, supporting ICU capacity management, operating room throughput, and emergency department decompression to promote overall system efficiency.
Responsible for assessing clinical care needs across all patient care areas, prioritizing requests to maintain patient safety at all times. This role also provides oversight and direction to the Bed Coordinator.
Education
BSN from accredited program required. Acceptable accrediting agencies are Commission on Collegiate Education in Nursing (CCNE), Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing (ACEN) or Commission for Nursing Education Accreditation (CNEA).
Licensure/Certification
Must have current valid RN licensure in the state of Indiana.
Experience
Must have at least five to ten years of medical or surgical nursing experience. Critical Care experience preferred. Experience with bed tracking, scheduling, and ED software preferred. Experience in precertification, utilization, or case management desirable.
Be your best. Be a Parkview nurse.
You wanted to help others, so you chose a career in nursing. Now choose the health system that can help you be your best — Parkview. We’re the healthcare leader in northeast Indiana, with 10 hospitals, Magnet status and everything you need to launch or grow a great career in nursing. Our team, comprised of over 13,000 co-workers, is dedicated to improving the health and inspiring the well-being of individuals and families in communities throughout northeast Indiana and northwest Ohio.
Great compensation and benefits.
At Parkview, we provide a Total Rewards program that includes great compensation and benefits, a work/life balance and learning opportunities to enhance your career and personal life.
- Compensation – Great compensation package, sign-on bonus (Up to $40,000 for critical needs areas), relocation bonus
- Benefits – Competitive benefit discounts and plan flexibility through Signature Care PPO network, Parkview Employee Assistance Program, Parkview Workplace Wellness
Tuition Assistance – If you want to go back to school, whether for personal or professional reasons, Parkview wants to help. We offer tuition assistance to any eligible co-worker after just six months of continuous employment with Parkview.
Student Loan Payback Program – Have large student loans to pay back? As a Parkview nurse, you’re eligible to receive student loan payback dollars from Parkview.
Nursing Residency Program - At Parkview we offer an environment focused on personal and professional growth, while supporting our nurses as they transition from student to professional nurse. Our Nurse Residency Program is designed to give you the confidence and skills you need to grow a successful career, providing excellent care to every person, every day.
Creative employment opportunities.
Parkview Travel Program – We understand there are many seasons in life, and your career should reflect your desire to grow when and where it’s right for you. That’s why our Travel RN program offers assignments lasting three to nine months, giving you the opportunity to expand your career while also providing the flexibility you desire.
Parkview RN Hotel Program – We know the thought of relocating to a new community can be a hard decision. Parkview offers lodging assistance to RNs who live over 50 mile from their Parkview hospital location – allowing you to see what it’s like to be part of our team before relocating to northeast Indiana.
A culture that just feels right.
At Parkview, we are known for our quality of care, innovation and collaboration among all care team members. Our culture can be seen and felt when walking through our front door and continues into the clinical care areas and administrative offices. Our nurses and leadership display shared values, friendliness, genuine compassion and a dedication to providing excellent care to every person, every day. But this caring continues beyond our doors as well. As a mission-driven, not-for-profit health system, Parkview also gives back to the community. Each year, we sponsor numerous outreach initiatives to address the health priorities of our region. Because at Parkview, we believe in better – not just for patients, but for the entire community.