Job Description

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Job Title Access Nurse Florida
Location Cleveland
Facility Remote Location
Department Regional Hospital Transfer Ctr-Medical Operations
Job Code 001183
Shift Variable
Schedule 2:00pm-10:30pm/6:00am-2:30pm
Job Summary
Job Details
PRN Access Nurse - Florida
Join the Cleveland Clinic team, where you will work alongside passionate caregivers and provide patient-first healthcare. Cleveland Clinic is recognized as one of the top hospitals in the nation. At Cleveland Clinic, you will work alongside passionate and dedicated caregivers, receive endless support and appreciation, and build a rewarding career with one of the most respected healthcare organizations in the world.
Access Nurses coordinate patient flow through facilitating hospital transfers and direct admissions, determining daily bed resources for all access points to the hospital including hospital transfer, direct admission, post-operative and emergency department admissions, and overseeing bed management logistics for the health system. This position is vital in ensuring a seamless transfer for incoming and outgoing patients.
Caregiver must have FL RN License to be considered for this position
A caregiver in this position works varying shifts from 2:00pm - 10:30pm or 6:00am - 2:00pm. For a PRN role, caregivers must work 48 hours within a 6 week period.
Caregiver must live within one hour of a Cleveland Clinic Hospital in Florida. Training will be 1 week at Tradition Hospital.
A caregiver who excels in this role will:
Serve as the primary point of contact for telephone patients with a variety of health or illness questions.
Utilize effective and professional communication, clinical knowledge, and nursing assessment skills to quickly triage patient status.
Provide intake, assessment, and triage for internal and external hospital transfers and direct admissions on request in accordance with standard operating procedures. Standard operating procedures include utilization of telephonic interaction as the primary mode of contact through recorded conference calls, completing electronic documentation, and connecting appropriate providers to ensure safe exchange of patient information for acceptance to the health system.
Elicit information from referring providers, review patient clinical information, and assess patient status for appropriate placement.
Collaborate with health care providers and hospital leadership to optimize patient outcomes utilizing clinical expertise and incorporating nursing and management experience with critical thinking skills & business intelligence tools to achieve optimal outcomes both clinically and financially for the patients and the organization.
Apply solid understanding of the complexities of the patient status and the process and capabilities of each system hospital to seamlessly facilitate and achieve enterprise bed placement.
Provide oversight of all bed management functions.
Function at any point in the patient flow process designated to ensure the safe and efficient placement of patients and effective utilization of resources.
Demonstrate cost effective management of enterprise bed resources to enable the organization to provide quality care to patients.
Minimum qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:
Lives within one hour of a Cleveland Clinic Hospital in Florida.
Graduate of an accredited school of professional nursing.
Current state license as a Registered Nurse (RN).
Basic Life Support (BLS) certification through the American Heart Association (AHA) or the American Red Cross.
Three years of recent progressive clinical experience in an acute care setting.
Preferred qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:
Bachelor of science in nursing (BSN).
Two years of supervisory experience in a healthcare setting.
Computer proficiency in Microsoft applications, bed management databases and Epic.
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Physical Requirements:

• Requires sitting for long periods of time, multitasking, manual dexterity to operate computers and normal or corrected vision.
• Requires working under stressful and emergency situations with the ability to maintain composure in any situation in order to provide superior customer service and ensure proper patient safety and placement.
• Must be able to perform multiple functions simultaneously without supervision and learn new practices promptly.

Personal Protective Equipment:

• Follows standard precautions using personal protective equipment as required.

The policy of Cleveland Clinic Health System and its system hospitals (Cleveland Clinic Health System) is to provide equal opportunity to all of our caregivers and applicants for employment in our drug free environment. All offers of employment are followed by testing for controlled substances.
Cleveland Clinic Health System administers an influenza prevention program. You will be required to comply with this program, which will include obtaining an influenza vaccination on an annual basis or obtaining an approved exemption.
Decisions concerning employment, transfers and promotions are made upon the basis of the best qualified candidate without regard to color, race, religion, national origin, age, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, ancestry, status as a disabled or Vietnam era veteran or any other characteristic protected by law. Information provided on this application may be shared with any Cleveland Clinic Health System facility.
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