Patient Flow Coordinator

Catholic Health’s Good Samaritan University Hospital is hiring a Patient Flow and Throughput Coordinator to coordinate and monitor patient movement across the hospital from admission through discharge or transfer. The role identifies barriers to timely patient progression and supports operational decision-making and cross-department coordination; it is non-clinical.

Responsibilities

• Monitor census including expected admissions, discharges, pending discharges, ED boarding, transfers, PACU capacity, EVS, transport volume, ICU/step-down capacity, and operational constraints
• Monitor patients exceeding expected length of stay and support reduction of avoidable/excess days
• Coordinate with bed management, nursing, EVS, transport, and admitting to accelerate safe bed turnover
• Communicates and works effectively across multiple hospital departments and interdisciplinary teams
• Provide operational decision support, problem-solving and barrier removal, cross-functional communication, conflict resolution and escalation for departments
• Interpret data and manage dashboard

Preferred

• Master's
• Experience with an electronic health record (Epic, Cerner, Meditech, or comparable system)
• Master's Degree
• Electronic Health Records
• Epic
• Cerner
• Meditech

Benefits

• Generous benefits packages
• Generous tuition assistance
• A defined benefit pension plan
• A culture that supports professional and educational growth

Company

• Integrated health care system across Long Island
• Rockville Centre, New York, USA
• https://chsli.org/
• Founded in 1997
• 10001+ employees

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a healthcare related field
• Minimum three years of hospital or healthcare operations, or patient throughput experience
• Strong Microsoft Excel and data-management skills
• Knowledge of acute-care hospital operations
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Master's
• Experience with an electronic health record (Epic, Cerner, Meditech, or comparable system)

Required skills

• Acute-Care Hospital Operations, Data Management, Electronic Health Records, Electronic Health Records Cerner, Electronic Health Records Epic, Electronic Health Records Meditech, Microsoft Excel, Patient Throughput

Preferred skills

• Master's

Experience

• 3+ years