Registered Nurse Patient Placement OLOL

Baton Rouge, Louisiana

You'll coordinate patient movement during inpatient stays so patients reach the right care team at the right time. FMOL Health is hiring for its own floors, with no agency in between.

Eligibility: Hospital Medicine-LPG Hospital Medicine Services

Posted Aug 3 · 2 years of experience

Shift and hours: 12-⁠hour nights
Unit and setting: Hospitalist team Join our Hospitalist team as a Patient Throughput Specialist (PTS)
License: RN license Current unrestricted Louisiana RN;Current unrestricted Louisiana RN license
Term: Permanent

Do you qualify?

License: Current unrestricted Louisiana RN license Current unrestricted Louisiana RN; Check your license
Education: Associate's or Bachelor's degree
Experience: 2 years of acute-care nursing experience 2 years nursing experience in an acute setting
Experience: At least 2 years of hospital experience Registered Nurse (RN) with at least 2 years of hospital experience
Also asks: Significant medical knowledge of hospitalized patient conditions Significant medical knowledge related to hospitalized patient conditions
Also asks: Strong communication and interpersonal skills
Also asks: Highly organized and detail-oriented, able to multitask and prioritize Highly organized and detail-oriented with the ability to multitask and prioritize

Preferred

Also asks: EPIC experience High proficiency in EMR systems (EPIC experience preferred)
Also asks: Familiarity with local consulting services and hospital workflows Familiarity with local consulting services and hospital workflows is a plus

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The role and schedule

Charting: EPIC and other tools You’ll use EPIC and other tools to remotely triage patients
Day to day: Brief chart reviews to triage patients by severity of illness. Perform brief chart reviews to assess severity of illness and triage appropriately
Day to day: Coordinate transfers and referrals with the Transfer Center. Coordinate incoming patient transfers and referrals with the Transfer Center
Day to day: Triage and referrals with ER teams. Maintain strong communication with ER teams for triage and referrals
Day to day: Assign city call patients to academic teams. Assign city call patients to academic teams appropriately
Day to day: Daily census, admit, consult, discharge, transfer and death reports. Generate daily reports on census, admits, consults, discharges, transfers, and deaths
Day to day: Night cross-cover materials for safe handoffs. Prepare night cross-cover materials to support safe handoffs per Joint Commission standards
Day to day: Run system queries and reconcile patient lists. Run system queries and reconcile patient lists to ensure accurate tracking
Day to day: Identify and document patients' primary care physicians. Identify and document primary care physicians for care continuity
Day to day: Organize and distribute incoming patient consults. Receive, organize, and distribute incoming patient consults
Day to day: Quality improvement data collection. Contribute to quality improvement initiatives through ongoing data collection
Hours stated: 6p-6a
Details: Office-based role, not bedside. an office-based role where your nursing expertise supports hospital operations, patient safety, and care continuity behind the scenes
Details: No physical demands of bedside nursing. without the physical demands of bedside nursing

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FMOL Health

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Step Away from the Bedside — And Step Up to Next Level Care Coordination Are you an experienced nurse looking for a meaningful career shift without leaving the clinical world behind? Join our Hospitalist team as a Patient Throughput Specialist (PTS) — an office-based role where your nursing expertise supports hospital operations, patient safety, and care continuity behind the scenes. As a Patient Throughput Specialist, you’ll coordinate patient movement during inpatient stays, ensuring patients are placed with the right care team at the right time.

You’ll use EPIC and other tools to remotely triage patients, manage consults, and support seamless hospital operations — all while collaborating closely with the Transfer Center, Emergency Department, and consulting services. This role is perfect for nurses who love clinical reasoning, enjoy working with data and systems, and want to remain connected to patient care without the physical demands of bedside nursing.

What You’ll Do

Receive, organize, and distribute incoming patient consults Perform brief chart reviews to assess severity of illness and triage appropriately Identify and document primary care physicians for care continuity Review recent medical visits to support appropriate planning Coordinate incoming patient transfers and referrals with the Transfer Center Maintain strong communication with ER teams for triage and referrals Run system queries and reconcile patient lists to ensure accurate tracking Assign city call patients to academic teams appropriately Generate daily reports on census, admits, consults, discharges, transfers, and deaths Prepare night cross-cover materials to support safe handoffs per Joint Commission standards Contribute to quality improvement initiatives through ongoing data collection Experience 2 years nursing experience in an acute setting Education Associate's or Bachelor's degree Licensure Current unrestricted Louisiana RN;

What You Bring

Registered Nurse (RN) with at least 2 years of hospital experience
Significant medical knowledge related to hospitalized patient conditions
Strong communication and interpersonal skills
High proficiency in EMR systems (EPIC experience preferred)
Highly organized and detail-oriented with the ability to multitask and prioritize
Familiarity with local consulting services and hospital workflows is a plus

What's around it?

In Baton Rouge, LA

Baton Rouge, LAFrom Census ACS 2024.

Living costs about 9% below the US average

Median rent: $1,067/mo
Household income: $49,994/yr, all local households, not nurse pay

Life in Baton Rouge, LA

NeighborhoodsNurses and young professionals who want to be close to restaurants and errands often look at Capital Heights, Southdowns, the Garden District, Old Goodwood, Kenilworth, and Tara. Downtown is the walkable riverfront option but is mostly rentals (Trulia counted about 70 rental units versus only 6 homes for sale as of June 2026), typically compact apartments; Mid City, a few minutes east, keeps the older-neighborhood feel with historic streets, cottages, local restaurants, and actual houses with yards. South Campus is the LSU/game-day pocket with lower-priced condos; Highland-Perkins is quieter, park-oriented, and known for large four-bedroom houses; Jones Creek is the eastern suburban play—newer ranch homes, easier parking, and more space. Prices generally climb toward LSU and the south; the widest for-sale inventory and lower prices sit farther east. Close-in suburb Central is more owner-occupied subdivision living (about 88.8% owner-occupied, median owner-occupied value around $288,700) with a longer ~29-minute commute than the city proper.

Nurses and young professionals who want to be close to restaurants and errands often look at Capital Heights, Southdowns, the Garden District, Old Goodwood, Kenilworth, and Tara. Downtown is the walkable riverfront option but is mostly rentals (Trulia counted about 70 rental units versus only 6 homes for sale as of June 2026), typically compact apartments; Mid City, a few minutes east, keeps the older-neighborhood feel with historic streets, cottages, local restaurants, and actual houses with yards.

South Campus is the LSU/game-day pocket with lower-priced condos; Highland-Perkins is quieter, park-oriented, and known for large four-bedroom houses; Jones Creek is the eastern suburban play—newer ranch homes, easier parking, and more space. Prices generally climb toward LSU and the south; the widest for-sale inventory and lower prices sit farther east.

Close-in suburb Central is more owner-occupied subdivision living (about 88.8% owner-occupied, median owner-occupied value around $288,700) with a longer ~29-minute commute than the city proper.

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As of Sep 11, 2026Source 1: reddit.com Source 2: trulia.com Source 3: magnoliakeyrealty.com

Getting aroundPlan on driving: I-10 and I-12 carry most traffic and both clog at rush hour, and MOVEBR is the major local effort to improve flow and commute reliability. Citywide average commute is cited around 18.4 minutes (U.S. News) to 21.0 minutes, versus about 29 minutes in Central; Baton Rouge proper also has the densest access to hospitals, universities, and downtown jobs. CATS operates 29 fixed-route bus lines in the city—the area's clearest transit option—but daily life is not car-free. Downtown parking is easy midday and tightens during festivals and legislative sessions at the Capitol. If you would cross the Mississippi for work, the I-10 bridge is a quality-of-life issue; local relocation advice is to live on the same side of the river as your job.

Plan on driving: I-10 and I-12 carry most traffic and both clog at rush hour, and MOVEBR is the major local effort to improve flow and commute reliability. Citywide average commute is cited around 18.4 minutes (U.S. News) to 21.0 minutes, versus about 29 minutes in Central; Baton Rouge proper also has the densest access to hospitals, universities, and downtown jobs.

CATS operates 29 fixed-route bus lines in the city—the area's clearest transit option—but daily life is not car-free. Downtown parking is easy midday and tightens during festivals and legislative sessions at the Capitol.

If you would cross the Mississippi for work, the I-10 bridge is a quality-of-life issue; local relocation advice is to live on the same side of the river as your job.

Sources

As of Sep 11, 2026Source 1: realestate.usnews.com Source 2: magnoliakeyrealty.com Source 3: trulia.com Source 4: youtube.com

OutdoorsDowntown's Mississippi levee path fills with joggers and strollers by early evening. BREC parks and BREC's Baton Rouge Zoo are the named local playgrounds for picnics, hiking, and kayak rentals; people also kayak LSU Lakes. The wider pitch is Louisiana as Sportsman's Paradise: year-round hunting, fishing, and golf, plus hiking and biking trails, state parks, and birding (City Park comes up in regional birding roundups). Lakes and woods surround the city, so outdoor life is a real part of the calendar—tempered by long, very hot summers.

Downtown's Mississippi levee path fills with joggers and strollers by early evening. BREC parks and BREC's Baton Rouge Zoo are the named local playgrounds for picnics, hiking, and kayak rentals; people also kayak LSU Lakes.

The wider pitch is Louisiana as Sportsman's Paradise: year-round hunting, fishing, and golf, plus hiking and biking trails, state parks, and birding (City Park comes up in regional birding roundups). Lakes and woods surround the city, so outdoor life is a real part of the calendar—tempered by long, very hot summers.

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As of Sep 11, 2026Source 1: trulia.com Source 2: visitbatonrouge.com Source 3: explorelouisiana.com Source 4: unitedvanlines.com

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Baton Rouge is Louisiana's capital and an LSU college town on the Mississippi—the Red Stick—where crawfish boils and Tiger Stadium Saturdays sit beside hospitals, the statehouse, and a downtown revival along the levee. Housing runs below many U.S. metros (median values often cited around $228,000-$275,000), city commutes average about 18-21 minutes, and CATS runs 29 bus lines, but this remains a driving city: I-10 and I-12 clog at rush hour, and anyone crossing the river is told to live on the same side as work. Close-in picks include Southdowns, the Garden District, Mid City, Capital Heights, and Old Goodwood; east and the suburbs (Jones Creek, Central, Zachary, Prairieville) trade walkability for yards, newer ranches, and stronger-rated schools. Budget beyond the mortgage—Louisiana homeowners insurance is among the nation's highest, flood coverage can add $150-$200 a month, and May-October heat indexes of 105-110F can send older-home electric bills to $500-$600. Citywide crime is reported well above average, though zip codes vary sharply. The draw is Juban's jazz brunch, Shaw Center arts, USS Kidd and the Capitol, and a welcoming, food-first culture.

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