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Aspirus Wausau Hospital in Wausau, WI is seeking a PATIENT PLACEMENT SPECIALIST to join our HOSPITAL CLINICAL RESOURCES team!Managing bed capacity is essential to the smooth running of a hospital since all departments are in some way dependent on bed availability. Determining the optimal number of hospital beds is a complex and challenging endeavor and requires models and techniques which are sensitive to the multi-level, uncertain, and dynamic variables involved
Every decision made in a hospital has an impact on bed availability and in turn, patient flow. Planning is the forecasting and organizing the activities required to achieve the desired goals. Bed management involves constantly monitoring hospital admissions, discharges, and patient movement within the hospital so that accurate information is gathered to identify bed availability across all units. Awareness and impact of system regional trends affects the forecasting and decision making related to acceptance of transfers.
HOURS: Occasional 0.01 FTE, Varied Hours and Shifts as Needed
Experience/Qualifications
Three years of healthcare experience, knowledge, and expertise in area of application, and demonstrated competency in critical thinking and prioritizing skills are necessary for patient placement and bed management required. Patient placement experience beneficial. Bachelor’s Degree in a healthcare or closely related field. Demonstrates effective delegation and decision-making skills as well as critical thinking skills. Possesses good coaching and communication skills. Demonstrate problem solving skills Understanding of appropriate patient placement and optimizing bed utilization. Demonstrate strong communication and listening skills Able to simultaneously handle multiple priorities Excellent organizational skills Works collaboratively with physicians and nurses.
Employee Benefits
Aspirus Wausau Hospital is the flagship of the Aspirus system that serves patients in 14 counties across northern and central Wisconsin, as well as the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. It is a licensed private/not-for-profit facility with 325 beds and staffed by 350 physicians in 35 specialties. Aspirus Wausau Hospital is a Level II trauma center that provides primary, secondary and tertiary care services as a regional referral center. Specialty referral service emphasis exists in cardiology and cardiothoracic surgery, orthopedics and cancer. The hospital has an average daily inpatient census of 220 with approximately 15,000 admissions per year. Outpatient visits exceed 50,000 and there are also more than 24,000 annual emergency department visits. To learn more about Wausau click the following link: Wausau, Wisconsin
Best known for its world-class cardiovascular program, Aspirus Wausau Hospital also provides leading edge cancer, trauma, women's health, and spine and neurological care.
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Aspirus Health is a nonprofit, community-directed health system based in Wausau, Wisconsin, serving northeastern Minnesota, northern and central Wisconsin and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. The health system operates 19 hospitals and 130 outpatient locations with nearly 14,000 team members, including 1,300 employed physicians and advanced practice clinicians. For more information visit aspirus.org.
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