What are the responsibilities and job description for the Patient Flow RN position at St Luke's Health?
Overview
Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center is an 881-bed quaternary care academic medical center that is a joint venture between Baylor College of Medicine and CHI St. Luke’s Health. Located in the Texas Medical Center the hospital is the home of the Texas Heart® Institute a cardiovascular research and education institution founded in 1962 by Denton A. Cooley MD. The hospital was the first facility in Texas and the Southwest designated a Magnet® hospital for Nursing Excellence by the American Nurses Credentialing Center receiving the award five consecutive times. Baylor St. Luke’s also has three community emergency centers offering adult and pediatric care for the Greater Houston area.
Responsibilities
JOB SUMMARY / PURPOSE:
Oversees the patient care units, evaluation of continuous quality improvement, and compliance with hospital policies
and procedures and governmental regulations.
ESSENTIAL KEY JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:
1. Assess bed demand, status, and flow of patients through the hospital to include changes in level of care, Transfer
Center, Emergency Department, Minor Emergency Centers, Day Surgery, Cath Lab, direct admits, and any other point of
entry into the hospital
Qualifications
Required Education and Experience:
Pay Range
$33.60 - $48.73 /hour
Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center is an 881-bed quaternary care academic medical center that is a joint venture between Baylor College of Medicine and CHI St. Luke’s Health. Located in the Texas Medical Center the hospital is the home of the Texas Heart® Institute a cardiovascular research and education institution founded in 1962 by Denton A. Cooley MD. The hospital was the first facility in Texas and the Southwest designated a Magnet® hospital for Nursing Excellence by the American Nurses Credentialing Center receiving the award five consecutive times. Baylor St. Luke’s also has three community emergency centers offering adult and pediatric care for the Greater Houston area.
Responsibilities
JOB SUMMARY / PURPOSE:
Oversees the patient care units, evaluation of continuous quality improvement, and compliance with hospital policies
and procedures and governmental regulations.
ESSENTIAL KEY JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:
1. Assess bed demand, status, and flow of patients through the hospital to include changes in level of care, Transfer
Center, Emergency Department, Minor Emergency Centers, Day Surgery, Cath Lab, direct admits, and any other point of
entry into the hospital
2. Facilitate timely discharges through the collaboration with physicians, nurses, and Centers for Integrated Care
3. Intervene appropriately in decision making on patient placement, transfers and discharges based on patient care
needs and level of care criteria
needs and level of care criteria
4. Obtain clinical reports from transferring floor or referring hospital to determine if the patient meets the level of care
requested
requested
5. Familiarity with government regulations, TMF, HCFA, to ensure compliance for level of care
6. Identify level of care, based on established governmental, non‐governmental and hospital guidelines for emergent
and non‐emergent admissions
and non‐emergent admissions
Qualifications
Required Education and Experience:
- Associate’s Degree
- Registered Nurse (RN)
- Three (3) Years of experience
Pay Range
$33.60 - $48.73 /hour
Salary : $34 - $49
