Job Description

RN-Transfer Center at Ascension summary:

As an RN-Transfer Center nurse at St. Francis Hospital, you coordinate and facilitate patient admissions and transfers between healthcare facilities based on patient acuity and bed availability. You collaborate with nursing staff, physicians, and multidisciplinary teams to ensure proper patient placement and care management, including pre-registration and insurance verification. You also maintain documentation standards and communication with referral sources to support process improvements and patient outcomes.

Details

• Department : Bed Board Transport
• Schedule: 1030-2300 with rotating weekends
• Hospital:  St. Francis Hospital
• Location: 929 N Saint Francis St. 

  Wichita ,   Kansas  67214-3821

• Partially Remote

Benefits

Paid time off (PTO)
Various health insurance options & wellness plans
Retirement benefits including employer match plans
Long-term & short-term disability
Employee assistance programs (EAP)
Parental leave & adoption assistance
Tuition reimbursement
Ways to give back to your community

Benefit options and eligibility vary by position. Compensation varies based on factors including, but not limited to, experience, skills, education, performance, location and salary range at the time of the offer.

Responsibilities

As an RN - Transfer Center, you will coordinate and facilitate patient admissions and transfers to other facilities within the market, other markets, and other healthcare facilities according to patient acuity, bed availability, and required services.

• Collaborate with the nursing staff and multidisciplinary team members to place patients in appropriate levels of care to achieve desired outcomes.
• Coordinate as liaison between physician requestors for consultants and specialty consultants.
• Assist in the care management process including pre-registration and insurance verification.
• Stay informed of patient changes and communicates the impact to admitting physicians.
• Review medical reports from referring hospitals or physician offices and relays information to the receiving nursing unit as needed.
• Develop and maintain relationships with referral sources and admission decision makers.
• Maintain standards for documentation and communications with physician/service referrals for legal, medical, statistical, and process improvement purposes.

Requirements

Licensure / Certification / Registration:

• Registered Nurse obtained prior to hire date or job transfer date required.
• BLS Provider preferred. American Heart Association or American Red Cross accepted.

Education:

• Diploma from an accredited school/college of nursing OR Required professional licensure at time of hire.

Additional Preferences

• BSN with active, Kansas RN license
• 3-5 Preferred Emergency Room, ICU or House Supervisor Experience

Why Join Our Team

Ascension associates are key to our commitment of transforming healthcare and providing care to all, especially those most in need. Join us and help us drive impact through reimagining how we can deliver a people-centered healthcare experience and creating the solutions to do it. Explore career opportunities across our ministry locations and within our corporate headquarters.

Ascension is a leading non-profit, faith-based national health system made up of over 134,000 associates and 2,600 sites of care, including more than 140 hospitals and 40 senior living communities in 19 states.

Our Mission, Vision and Values encompass everything we do at Ascension. Every associate is empowered to give back, volunteer and make a positive impact in their community. Ascension careers are more than jobs; they are opportunities to enhance your life and the lives of the people around you.

Equal Employment Opportunity Employer

Ascension provides Equal Employment Opportunities (EEO) to all associates and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex/gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, childbirth, and related medical conditions, lactation, breastfeeding, national origin, citizenship, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, all as defined by applicable law, and any other legally protected status or characteristic in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws.

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As a military friendly organization, Ascension promotes career flexibility and offers many benefits to help support the well-being of our military families, spouses, veterans and reservists. Our associates are empowered to apply their military experience and unique perspective to their civilian career with Ascension.

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Keywords:

Registered Nurse, Patient Transfer Coordination, Bed Management, Care Management, Healthcare Admissions, Insurance Verification, Patient Care Collaboration, Multidisciplinary Team, Hospital Nursing, Medical Documentation

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