As an experienced Registered Nurse, the RN Transfer Coordinator is responsible for the intake and logistics of facilitating outside hospital patient transfer requests for all clinical divisions and acuities. Tasks include: identification and triage of calls to appropriate service lines, communication with accepting physicians, coordination with UVA’s Medical Transport Network dispatch team (MEDCOM), coordination with UVA Bed Center, and serving as the primary liaison between referring facilities, UVA physicians, nursing, and ancillary staff, in order to facilitate safe and efficient patient transfer. Coordinator is responsible for communicating with various internal and external customer involved with patient transfers and medical center operations, and initiate appropriate escalate for services if needed. Coordinator will use clinical experience and knowledge to gather the appropriate clinical information needed to provide patient clinical presentations and updates to UVA physician teams, and will escalate any identified concerns for patient condition changes to the appropriate teams, based on the information provided by the referring facility.
Assess the needs of internal/external customers according to established professional standards and institutional guidelines/policy/procedure.
Organizes and prioritizes services and activities considering the needs of the customers
Actively participates in quality improvement program development and professional growth activities for self while assisting in the professional development of others.
Evaluates effectiveness of services.
Demonstrates leadership in the delivery of services.
Provides for a safe environment and safe delivery of services.
In addition to the above job responsibilities, other duties may be assigned.
Position Compensation Range: $41.26 - $54.52 HourlyMINIMUM REQUIREMENTSEducation: Graduate of an accredited nursing program required. Bachelor’s of Science in. Nursing Degree is preferred required within 5 years of hire date for all new hires.Experience: 3 years relevant experience.Licensure: Licensed to Practice as a Registered Nurse in the Commonwealth of. Virginia required. Valid Virginia Driver’s License (VADL) may be requiredPHYSICAL DEMANDSThis is primarily a sedentary job involving extensive use of desktop computers. The job does occasionally require traveling some distance to attend meetings, and programs.The University of Virginia, i ncluding the UVA Health System which represents the UVA Medical Center, Schools of Medicine and Nursing, UVA Physician’s Group and the Claude Moore Health Sciences Library, are fundamentally committed to the diversity of our faculty and staff. We believe diversity is excellence expressing itself through every person's perspectives and lived experiences. We are equal opportunity and affirmative action employers. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, color, disability, gender identity or expression, marital status, national or ethnic origin, political affiliation, race, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, veteran or military status, and family medical or genetic information.
