Job Details

This position is Monday through Friday. 6.30am to 3pm

The Patient Flow Management Center (PFMC) and Center for Operational Resource Efficiency (C.O.R.E.) works with patient care areas, support services, administration, and others to implement strategies to ensure seamless patient care, capacity management, efficient patient flow, improved access and quality care. Goals of the PFMC and C.O.R.E. include reducing missed transfer opportunities, increasing targeted volumes, reducing unnecessary length of stay (LOS), and placing the right patient in the right setting at the right time. The department defines the analytics required to predict and drive decisions in real time. Metrics are tracked, and outcomes reported to sustain an environment of continuous improvement.

PRIMARY FUNCTION:

The Patient Flow Coordinator II supports the daily operations of the Patient Flow Management Center. Orients, coaches, evaluates and schedules the Patient Flow Coordinators to ensure patients are placed in a timely manner across the TJUH, Inc. Division 24 hours per day/ 7 days per week. Monitors the C.O.R.E. tiles in order to expedite and prioritizechallenges with high occupancy and over-utilization of resources. Coordinates and communicates with key personnel and depatments, including Medical Staff, Nursing (Inpatient, ED, OR/ PACU, Procedural Areas), Ancillary Departments (Care Management, Radiology, PT/OT), Environmental Services, Patient Transportation and the Jefferson Transfer Center. Participates in bed coordination for the most efficient bed utilization 24 hours per day/ 7 days per week.

Job Description

High School Diploma required

Work Shift

Workday Evening (United States of America)

Worker Sub Type

Regular

Employee Entity

Thomas Jefferson University Hospitals, Inc.

Primary Location Address

111 S 11th Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Nationally ranked, Jefferson, which is principally located in the greater Philadelphia region, Lehigh Valley and Northeastern Pennsylvania and southern New Jersey, is reimagining health care and higher education to create unparalleled value. Jefferson is more than 65,000 people strong, dedicated to providing the highest-quality, compassionate clinical care for patients; making our communities healthier and stronger; preparing tomorrow's professional leaders for 21st-century careers; and creating new knowledge through basic/programmatic, clinical and applied research. Thomas Jefferson University, home of Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Jefferson College of Nursing, and the Kanbar College of Design, Engineering and Commerce, dates back to 1824 and today comprises 10 colleges and three schools offering 200+ undergraduate and graduate programs to more than 8,300 students. Jefferson Health, nationally ranked as one of the top 15 not-for-profit health care systems in the country and the largest provider in the Philadelphia and Lehigh Valley areas, serves patients through millions of encounters each year at 32 hospitals campuses and more than 700 outpatient and urgent care locations throughout the region. Jefferson Health Plans is a not-for-profit managed health care organization providing a broad range of health coverage options in Pennsylvania and New Jersey for more than 35 years.    

Jefferson is committed to providing equal educa­tional and employment opportunities for all persons without regard to age, race, color, religion, creed, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, marital status, pregnancy, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, military status, veteran status, handicap or disability or any other protected group or status. 

Benefits

Jefferson offers a comprehensive package of benefits for full-time and part-time colleagues, including medical (including prescription), supplemental insurance, dental, vision, life and AD&D insurance, short- and long-term disability, flexible spending accounts, retirement plans, tuition assistance, as well as voluntary benefits, which provide colleagues with access to group rates on insurance and discounts. Colleagues have access to tuition discounts at Thomas Jefferson University after one year of full time service or two years of part time service. All colleagues, including those who work less than part-time (including per diem colleagues, adjunct faculty, and Jeff Temps), have access to medical (including prescription) insurance.

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