Join the Cleveland Clinic team, where you will work alongside passionate caregivers and provide patient-first healthcare. Cleveland Clinic is recognized as one of the top hospitals in the nation. At Cleveland Clinic, you will work alongside passionate and dedicated caregivers, receive endless support and appreciation, and build a rewarding career with one of the most respected healthcare organizations in the world.

As an Access Registered Nurse (RN), you will coordinate patient flow through facilitating hospital transfers and direct admissions, determine daily bed resources for all access points to the hospital (hospital transfer, direct admission, post-operative and emergency department admissions, etc.) and oversee bed management logistics.

This is a regular PRN position, with caregivers working various remote shifts between 3:00 p.m. – 3:30 a.m. or 7:00 p.m. – 7:30 a.m., with initial in-person training, weekend and holiday requirements.

A caregiver who excels in this role will:

• Serve as the primary point of contact for telephone patients with a variety of health or illness questions.

• Utilize effective and professional communication, clinical knowledge and nursing assessment skills to quickly triage patient status.

• Provide intake, assessment and triage for internal and external hospital transfers and direct admissions on request in accordance with standard operating procedures.

• Elicit information from referring providers, review patient clinical information and assess patient status for appropriate placement.

• Collaborate with health care providers and hospital leadership to optimize patient outcomes utilizing clinical expertise and incorporating nursing and management experience with critical thinking skills and business intelligence tools to achieve optimal outcomes both clinically and financially for the patients and the organization.

• Apply solid understanding of the complexities of the patient status and the process and capabilities of each system hospital to seamlessly facilitate and achieve enterprise bed placement.

• Provide oversight of all bed management functions.

• Function at any point in the patient flow process designated to ensure the safe and efficient placement of patients and effective utilization of resources.

• Demonstrate cost effective management of enterprise bed resources to enable the organization to provide quality care to patients.

Minimum qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:

• Local or nearby resident of Cleveland, Ohio

• Graduate from an accredited school of professional nursing

• Current state licensure as Registered Nurse (RN)

• Three years of recent progressive clinical experience in an acute care setting

Preferred qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:

• Bachelor’s of Science in Nursing (BSN)

• Two years of supervisory experience in a healthcare setting

• Computer proficiency in Microsoft applications, bed management databases and Epic

• ICU, ED, Critical Care and/or Bed Management experience

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Physical Requirements:

• Requires sitting for long periods of time, multitasking, manual dexterity to operate computers and normal or corrected vision.

• Requires working under stressful and emergency situations with the ability to maintain composure in any situation in order to provide superior customer service and ensure proper patient safety and placement.

• Must be able to perform multiple functions simultaneously without supervision and learn new practices promptly.

Personal Protective Equipment:

• Follows standard precautions using personal protective equipment as required.