Registered Nurse – Placement Services
Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania
This position focuses on managing patient flow and inpatient capacity by coordinating transfers and patient placements, working closely with physicians and nursing staff to ensure efficient and appropriate care.
Posted Sep 13 · 3 years of experience
- Shift and hours
- Days and evenings The role involves full-time hours with shifts that include days and evenings, with shift differentials applicable.
- Unit and setting
- Placement Services
- License
- RN license Requires RN licensure in PA, at least three years of experience in patient placement, and a nursing degree from a specialty training program.RN licensure in PA
- Term
- Permanent The role involves full-time hours with shifts that include days and evenings, with shift differentials applicable.Full-time
Do you qualify?
- License
- RN licensure in PA Requires RN licensure in PA, at least three years of experience in patient placement, and a nursing degree from a specialty training program. Check your license
- Education
- nursing degree from a specialty training program
- Experience
- at least three years of experience in patient placement
- Experience
- experience in patient placement
- Also asks
- leadership, communication, resource management, and planning skills Strong leadership, communication, resource management, and planning skills are essential.
What it pays
- Pay differential
- The role involves full-time hours with shifts that include days and evenings, with shift differentials applicable. The role involves full-time hours with shifts that include days and evenings, with shift differentials applicable.
- Extra pay
- shift differentials applicable
The role and schedule
- Precepting
- You would precept other nurses The role involves supervising personnel, assisting with onboarding, fostering team morale, and communicating operational updates.
- Day to day
- manage patient flow and inpatient capacity by coordinating transfers and patient placements
- Day to day
- work closely with physicians and nursing staff to ensure efficient and appropriate care
- Day to day
- supervise personnel
- Day to day
- foster team morale
- Day to day
- communicate operational updates
- Day to day
- ensure compliance with policies and regulations Ensure compliance with policies and regulations, prioritize resource allocation based on bed availability, monitor occupancy trends, and participate in policy development.
- Day to day
- prioritize resource allocation based on bed availability
- Day to day
- monitor occupancy trends
- Day to day
- participate in policy development
- Day to day
- act as a communication link among departments Act as a communication link among departments, support staff development, and participate in emergency protocols.
- Day to day
- support staff development
- Day to day
- participate in emergency protocols
- Hours stated
- shifts that include days and evenings
- Details
- clinical setting Work is performed primarily in a clinical setting, emphasizing quality patient care, safety, and collaboration.
The workplace
Your fit
Questions to ask
- Can you walk me through base pay range?
- What should I expect for weekly hours, weekend, holiday, call, and rotation?
- What orientation, preceptor time, and ongoing unit support are included?
- How are patient load and floating handled day to day?
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Role
Overview
This position focuses on managing patient flow and inpatient capacity by coordinating transfers and patient placements, working closely with physicians and nursing staff to ensure efficient and appropriate care. The role involves supervising personnel, assisting with onboarding, fostering team morale, and communicating operational updates.
Key Responsibilities
Ensure compliance with policies and regulations, prioritize resource allocation based on bed availability, monitor occupancy trends, and participate in policy development. Act as a communication link among departments, support staff development, and participate in emergency protocols.
Qualifications & Skills
Requires RN licensure in PA, at least three years of experience in patient placement, and a nursing degree from a specialty training program. Strong leadership, communication, resource management, and planning skills are essential.
Work Environment & Additional Details: Work is performed primarily in a clinical setting, emphasizing quality patient care, safety, and collaboration. The role involves full-time hours with shifts that include days and evenings, with
- shift differentials applicable.
What's around it?
Wilkes Barre, PAFrom Census ACS 2024.
Living costs about 2% below the US average
- Median rent
- $946/mo
- Household income
- $48,515/yr, all local households, not nurse pay