Mass General Brigham
Boston, MA, USA
GENERAL OVERVIEW:
The primary responsibility of the Access Nurse is to coordinate the customer oriented inpatient access for outside hospital transfers. In collaboration with Access Services; he/she also helps facilitate timely and appropriate assignments of patients to all the Cardiovascular Center inpatient beds and from all admitting sources. These admitting sources are outpatient clinics, outside facilities, operating rooms, PACU and procedural areas.
PRINCIPAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
Acts as primary liaison for referring physicians and BWH MDs, and is responsible for decision-making about timing and urgency of admissions for patients.
Coordinates hospital to hospital transfers and outside facility ED to BWH transfers in collaboration with the ED flow manager.
Elicits patient information from referring MD and outside facility nurse to allow appropriate patient triage and placement.
Establishes and...