Stanford Health Care·Palo Alto, California
Coordinate and facilitate the smooth transfer and transport of emergent, urgent, and elective patients into the Stanford University Medical Center. Perform nursing assessments to determine appropriate levels of care and coordinate with various hospital departments to ensure patient needs are met from admission to discharge.
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Night - 12 Hour (United States of America)
This is a Stanford Health Care job.
A Brief Overview Transfer Center Nurses provide 24-hour coverage in the Transfer Center to facilitate smooth transfer or transport and transition for all emergent, urgent, and elective patients into the Stanford University Medical Center from referring hospitals, clinics, and physician's offices ensuring they are provided the appropriate level of care bed, financial screening, and timely, appropriate mode of transport. Transfer Center Nurses evaluate, process, track, document, and coordinate patient transfers and patient transports into and out of the Stanford Medical Center. Transfer Center Nurses efficiently engage appropriate departments in the transfer process and are responsible for oversight of the entire transfer episode, from start to finish.
Our Clinical Nurse (RN) job classification is represented by the Committee for Recognition of Nursing Achievement (CRONA). CRONA is an independent union for Registered Nurses at Stanford Health Care and Lucile Packard Children's Health Stanford. For more information, please visit the CRONA website at https://www.crona.org/.
Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) certification may be required by the cost center in which the position resides. Please check AskHR for a complete listing of those cost centers requiring the ACLS certification.
What you will do
Contacts Case Manager at insurance or review organization to establish case management.
Coordinates emergency admission clinical issues as needed.
Coordinates with staff of other hospital departments, including Medical Communications, Case Management, Social Work, patient care units, and outpatient clinics to ensure that the patient's needs are met from admission through discharge.
Documents findings and recommendations for accepted transfers or transports.
Performs nursing assessment to determine the appropriate level of care at the hospital (i.e., critical care, acute care, observation or outpatient) and the need for specialized equipment, isolation or other patient needs; provides nursing assessment information to patient care unit or clinic accepting the transfer or transport and coordinates the arrival time; assesses, implements, and evaluates appropriate interventions for a patient's current or changing clinical status.
Provides an expert level of clinical decision-making to determine patient acuity, need for transfer, appropriate means of transfer, appropriate level of care during transfer or transport, and to sort through all patient information and formulate an accurate picture of the patient and their condition for the hospital's physicians and nurses.
Provides nursing care to patients with the more acute or complex conditions or in emergencies in accordance with Transfer Center protocols.
Screens patient for anticipated discharge planning needs, such as acceptance of patient back to referring health care institutions, skilled nursing facility (SNF), and/or other community resources to ensure patient and family needs are met.
Serves as an expert, resource, and consultant to other nurses, physicians, departments and families of patients.
Sorts through all patient information and formulates an accurate and complete picture of the patient and the patient's condition for the hospital's physicians and nurses; confers with Admitting Physician when questions or issues arise regarding medical necessity of transfer; confers with Social Workers or Case Managers regarding patient and family psychosocial needs.
Licenses and Certifications
Nursing\RN - Registered Nurse - State Licensure And/Or Compact State Licensure .
BLS - Basic Life Support .
These principles apply to ALL employees: SHC Commitment to Providing an Exceptional Patient & Family Experience
Stanford Health Care sets a high standard for delivering value and an exceptional experience for our patients and families. Candidates for employment and existing employees must adopt and execute C-I-CARE standards for all of patients, families and towards each other. C-I-CARE is the foundation of Stanford’s patient-experience and represents a framework for patient-centered interactions. Simply put, we do what it takes to enable and empower patients and families to focus on health, healing and recovery.
Equal Opportunity Employer Stanford Health Care (SHC) strongly values diversity and is committed to equal opportunity and non-discrimination in all of its policies and practices, including the area of employment. Accordingly, SHC does not discriminate against any person on the basis of race, color, sex, sexual orientation or gender identity and/or expression, religion, age, national or ethnic origin, political beliefs, marital status, medical condition, genetic information, veteran status, or disability, or the perception of any of the above. People of all genders, members of all racial and ethnic groups, people with disabilities, and veterans are encouraged to apply. Qualified applicants with criminal convictions will be considered after an individualized assessment of the conviction and the job requirements.
Generally starting at $96.35 - $111.14 per hour
The salary of the finalist selected for this role will be set based on a variety of factors, including but not limited to, internal equity, experience, education, specialty and training. This pay scale is not a promise of a particular wage.
Requires graduation from an accredited school of nursing and at least five years of progressively responsible experience in critical care. Must hold a valid RN state license and BLS certification, with ACLS potentially required depending on the cost center.
Market context
California nursing roles often draw steady demand, especially for experienced RNs in procedural and critical care settings. Competition is strongest for candidates who already hold a California RN license, current BLS and ACLS, and recent ICU, ER, or PACU experience. Review the AI-summarized requirements and benefits on this platform to save research time, then confirm your certifications and highlight relevant bedside and procedural experience in your application.
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