Essential Functions:

• Assesses and coordinates clinically appropriate bedding of all patients (Excluding Behavioral Health)* Facilitates bed assignments for scheduled patients, direct admissions, patients being admitted from ER, surgery and all ancillary departments including outpatient observation/outpatients.* Collaborate with physicians, nursing, and other hospital staff to assure that resources/beds are available, and the patients are placed in the appropriate room accommodation for care needs* Meets established metric's achieve throughput and monitors progress related to placement and scheduling. * Responsible for identifying and escalating bedding issues promptly and appropriately to leadership when established time metrics are exceeded.* Meets established metrics to ensure all rooms are cleaned in a timely manner and notifies EVS by changing the bed status on all Stat and Next cleans. * Meets with director to review metrics monthly.* Collects data for process improvement purposes as requested by leadership
• Coordinates and facilitates direct admissions, interhospital transfers in accordance with hospital processes and EMTALA guidelines as applicable. * Obtains information intake from physician offices and facilitates clinical handover as requested on all direct admissions* Obtains information intake and facilitates recorded telephone communication between sending and receiving physicians and other facility staff on all transfers from outside facilities.* Maintains current knowledge of and monitors facility compliance with EMTALA guidelines on each applicable transfer, completes documentation per hospital guidelines.* Performs admission Utilization review on all direct admissions & transfers to support appropriateness of admission. Communicates findings to receiving/admitting physician for use in decision-making as needed.* Responsible for identifying and escalating direct admission or transfer issues promptly and appropriately to leadership* Partners with nursing, case management and/or social workers to facilitate smooth out bound transfers to other hospitals, this includes the Emergency Department transfers. Phase 2 will be outbound discharges to long term care facilities.* Identifies data for process improvement purposes.* Facilitates recorded three-way calls between referring provider and receiving provider. Provides an assigned bed upon request of transfer prior to provider-to-provider call.* Facilitates and records the nurse-to-nurse report from sending to receiving hospital unit.* Clinical admission specialist ensures that requested bed placement is appropriate as identified by the provider-to-provider discussion, and that patient needs can be met.* Assumes principal responsibility for the coordination of acceptance, admission and transfer, and necessary communication between the referring physician, attending physician and clinical staff* Ensures the admission requirement form is completed and in the record within 24 hours of admission.* Works with the sending facility to arrange mode of transportation needed: ground, air stat or routine.