RN Clinical Expediter Patient Logistics - Baptist

Join our team as a full time, days, RN Clinical Expediter -Patient Logistics, at INTEGRIS Health Baptist Medical Center, in Oklahoma City. Get to Know Your Team: INTEGRIS Health, Oklahoma’s largest not-for-profit health system, is seeking a dedicated caregiver to join us in our mission to partner with people to live healthier lives. Benefits of being an INTEGRIS Health caregiver include front-loaded PTO, medical benefits through the extensive INTEGRIS Health network, financial assistance for continued education, 24/7 mental health support and more. Take the first step toward growing your career by joining us. The RN Clinical Expeditor – Patient Logistics plays a pivotal role in optimizing patient flow across the INTEGRIS Health System, coordinating care delivery, and ensuring efficient transitions within our hospitals. This position is responsible for expediting patient admissions, transfers, and discharges while maintaining a focus on patient safety, clinical quality, and service excellence. By leveraging data and analytics to inform decision-making, the Clinical Expeditor contributes to the daily efficiency of hospital operations, ensuring the timely movement of patients through the system. This role requires a demonstrated commitment to INTEGRIS Health’s Mission, Vision, and Values, ensuring that patient care is delivered with the highest standards of compassion, quality, and respect. The Clinical Expeditor will actively promote a culture of patient-centered care by aligning daily operations with INTEGRIS Health’s Strategic Initiatives and Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) to enhance operational efficiency and clinical outcomes. A key component of this role is level loading across hospitals within the INTEGRIS Health System. This means balancing patient flow, bed utilization, and staffing needs across the system's hospitals to ensure even patient distribution and minimize bottlenecks. The Clinical Expeditor will also work collaboratively to decompress the Emergency Department (ED) by facilitating the timely transfer of patients to appropriate inpatient units or other care areas to reduce overcrowding and ensure optimal care. The Clinical Expeditor will work closely with interdisciplinary health care teams, hospital leadership, and patient logistics personnel to address patient flow challenges and improve throughput across the health system. This role is critical to reducing delays, improving operational efficiency, and supporting the INTEGRIS Health mission of providing high-quality, patient-centered care. Adheres to National Patient Safety Goals as appropriate based on the level of patient contact this position requires. INTEGRIS Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All applicants will receive consideration regardless of membership in any protected status as defined by applicable state or federal law, including protected veteran or disability status. Patient Flow Coordination: Perform chart reviews and collaborate with physicians and specialists for consultations, admissions, transfers, and discharges within the INTEGRIS Health System. Evaluate and negotiate appropriate patient placement within the system based on the current census, staffing levels, and patient acuity. Expedite, prioritize, synchronize, and mediate real-time clinical issues related to admissions, transfers, and discharges across multiple hospitals within the INTEGRIS Health System. Manage deviations from patient care pathways, resolve bottlenecks, and ensure adherence to service level agreements (SLAs) and organizational protocols. Coordinate patient care needs to minimize delays and optimize bed utilization across the health system. Level Loading Across INTEGRIS Health System: Lead the level loading efforts to balance patient distribution, bed utilization, and staffing across hospitals within the INTEGRIS Health System to ensure that no single hospital is overwhelmed or underutilized. Proactively monitor hospital capacity acro…

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