RN - TRANSFER CENTER Job Listing at Bakersfield Memorial Hospital in Bakersfield, CA

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About This Position

The Registered Nurse in the Bed Control Department is an advanced nursing practitioner responsible for providing preadmission/admission screening of all incoming patients and transfers for Bakersfield Memorial Hospital in order to attain efficient, effective quality of care for patients, as well as optimal reimbursements for the Hospital. Minimum of (3) three years current experience in acute and/or Managed Care. Utilization Management, Case Management, Discharge Planning, and/or Admission experience preferred. Education level necessary to obtain required licensure and certifications. BSN preferred. Basic knowledge of Healthcare law and finance required. Demonstrated professional leadership skills that include problem resolution capabilities. Demonstrated ability to apply technical and critical thinking principles, treatment, and evaluation of patients and families. Demonstrated cognitive and psychomotor capabilities in diagnosis, treatment and evaluation of patients and families. Excellent negotiation and conflict management skills required. Excellent interpersonal and communication (oral and written) skills required. Demonstrated ability to handle multiple tasks and remain flexible. Computer literacy in Meditech, Word Processing, and Excel spread sheets; basic statistical skills required. CA RN and current BLS certification.

About Us

Founded in 1956, Bakersfield Memorial Hospital was created to meet the needs of our community, and has grown from a small local facility to a large regional hospital serving all of Kern County. Today, we have more than 400 general acute beds, nearly 50 intensive care and cardiovascular recovery units, 13 state-of-the-art surgical suites, a full-service ER with nationally certified Stroke Center and the Central CA Heart Institute. In addition, we offer newly expanded birthing suites, a family care center, a 31 bed NICU, a 20 bed Pediatric unit, a full complement of diagnostic laboratory and imaging services and an outpatient surgery center. Other programs of note include our Women"s Services and a Center for Wound Care and Hyperbarics. We are proud to say that we are an “Equal Opportunity Employer”.

“Bakersfield Memorial Hospital is now a tobacco-free campus.”

“To ensure accurate patient medication administration, all external candidates considered for this position will be required to take an on-line math assessment conducted by our third-party vendor First Advantage.”