Patient Placement Nurse IV, Capacity Management

We are so glad you are interested in joining Sutter Health! **Organization:** SMCS\-Valley Administration**Position Overview:** Responsible for coordinating and optimizing patient flow in acute care facilities to ensure appropriate use of resources and timely patient care. This role involves collaborating with multidisciplinary teams to manage bed assignments, admissions, transfers, and discharges, balancing patient needs with health system capacity. The nurse works closely with hospital leadership, physicians, and other staff to assess real\-time capacity data, predict future capacity challenges, and implement strategies to mitigate overcrowding. Strong clinical judgment, problem\-solving, and communication skills are essential for ensuring smooth operations and delivering high\-quality patient care.**Job Description**: Video: Sutter Health: Getting Better Never Stops Learn about THE POWER OF ONE and what it means here at Sutter Health. Join us! **JOB ACCOUNTABILITIES:** PATIENT PLACEMENT SERVICES: * Leads the command center in the coordination of patient movement and bed assignments, based on appropriate level of care and patient aggregation from health\-system emergency departments, perioperative/procedural services, direct admissions, patient transfers, within the hospital and transfers from other hospitals identified by the transfer center, for health\-system admission. * Interacts with physicians, nursing staff, and administrators of system hospitals on the placement of patient populations in each acute care hospital and respective nursing units, by assessing patient diagnosis, acuity and location, applicable risk factors and unit criteria/bed availability. * Leverages capacity dashboards and other real\-time indicators to monitor real\-time patient flow and capacity data to ensure efficient use of hospital resources. In addition, predicts future patient placement pressure points and participates in the execution of surge\-capacity protocols. * Co