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[One Step Transfer]What is the Transfer Center?HCA’s North Florida Transfer Center offers a variety of patient transport services and the only transport specialty teams with the ability to provide high risk obstetrical, neonatal and critical care pediatric patient transport into the HCA, North Florida and South Atlantic Divisionhospital systems. Serving patients throughoutNorth Florida, Georgia and South Carolina, HCA North Florida Division offers comprehensive health solutions—including advanced medical care, education, and community outreach—at its 22hospitals and other freestanding facilities. At the HCA Transfer Center, we assist in transporting patients by ground, helicopter and fixed wing. We also provide daily, 24-hour access to the transport teams for Inner Facility Transfers, Physician Office Direct Admissions and Emergency Transport for injured and critically ill patients. This unique service simplifies the process of getting a patient transferred to the right hospital, to the right specialists, at the right time by utilizing the latest telecommunications technology. The Transfer Center is staffed by registered nurses and EMT/paramedics who will assist in arranging the transport logistics.Looking for a role to utilize your past ED, ICU or House Supervisor experience that goes beyond the bedside?Consider a role at the Transfer Center!What Sets Us Apart…
"I enjoy the welcoming and fast paced environment, and constant learning! There is never a dull shift and it’s truly a great team to work with!"
"Working at the Transfer Center is AMAZING! After being a nurse for over a decade, this is the best place I have ever worked. Management is fantastic. I leave on time every day, and I still get to use my critical thinking skills in a Nursing capacity. We are like a little family here, everyone works together to get things done. It’s wonderful!"
HCA provides generous compensation packages to full-time employees,
to include
Medical, Dental, Vision and Life Insurance
Flexible Spending Account Programs
Paid Time Off
401k with Corporate Matching Program
Employee Stock Purchase Program
Tuition Reimbursement Programs
Student Loan Repayment Programs
…and so much more!
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As a member of our team, you will:
Be responsible for coordinating direct admissions and hospital transfers to an appropriate HCA Division hospitals.
Coordinate ambulance transfers from the HCA Division hospitals to other facilities and post-acute care providers.
Work in a customer-centric transfer and transport call center; respond to all callers with the aid of an electronic database of service profiles, approved clinical protocols and healthcare information.
Efficiently and effectively, manage all hospital transfers. Consult with on-call physicians regarding patient care issues, needs and concerns and advise when appropriate.
Apply your nursing knowledge derived from education and experience as foundation for gathering appropriate clinical data to ensure appropriate placement, transfer facilitation, communication, and accurate documentation.
Facilitate inner facility transfers, maintaining communication with all parties including but not limited to attending/accepting MD and referring facility.
Communicate with physicians and outlying facilities if placement of a specific patient will be problematic. Use problem-solving skills to determine the best course of action, which will be satisfactory to the patient, the MD, and the hospital.
Make suggestions, and utilize creative thinking and acquired knowledge to assess situations and improve department decision-making and action.
Be responsible for documenting and tracking all hospital transfers and transports.
Assist in data collection, monitoring, evaluation, and analyzing of transfer problems for the purpose of developing and implementing protocols, policies and procedures.
Exhibit excellent customer relationship skills including telephone and personal contact with all of the call center’s customer groups, i.e. physicians and their office staffs, nurses, vendors and fellow employees, etc.
Establish and maintains a high degree of awareness and knowledge of participating HCA hospital’s medical staff, services and special programs.
Education, Certification, Licensure, and/or Experience:
Graduate from accredited school of Nursing. Licensed in the state of Florida
Critical Care/ Emergency Department experience strongly recommended and preferred.
Knowledge, skills, and abilities required:
Must have an understanding of EMTALA in order to identify possible issues or violations.
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills including diplomatic and friendly telephone manner and use of professional vocabulary.
Ability to self-manage by taking responsibility to initiate, assess, and take action as well as ability to function calmly in stressful situations.
Positive, enthusiastic, customer service oriented personality.
Advanced typing and personal computer skills.
Ability to relate well in a diverse group, articulate concerns, and negotiate solutions among multi-disciplinary clinicians.
Job: Nursing - Professional Title: RN Patient Placement Coordinator Location: Florida-Jacksonville-Memorial Hospital of Jacksonville Requisition ID: 26148-10130
