Behavioral Health Licensed Practice Nurse (LPN) Transfer Center - Remote

**POSITION SUMMARY:** The Coordinator, Behavioral Health Transfer Center I coordinates the acceptance of patients into Behavioral Health facilities. The Coordinator, Behavioral Health Transfer Center I performs initial admission screening and acceptance using approved clinical criteria to assure patient acceptance and admission are consistent with current protocols and procedures. The Coordinator, Behavioral Health Transfer Center I works in collaboration with multiple departments within the hospital and facilitates relationships with facilities, physicians, and nursing staff. The Coordinator, Behavioral Health Transfer Center I will work closely with the Intake or Placement Coordinator to identify, trend and report barriers to patient throughput. **ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:** To perform this job, an individual must perform each essential function satisfactorily with or without a reasonable accommodation. * Coordinates all components related to the admission/transfer for patients into an accepting facility from referring hospitals, clinics, urgent care clinics and physician offices with guaranteed appropriate level of care in timely manner, offering appropriate mode of transport as needed. * Systematic processing of patient acuity and expert level of clinical decision making, to facilitate the patient flow through the continuum of care utilizing electronic resources. * Ability to document and prioritize patient information to formulate an accurate picture of the patient and his/her condition for accepting physicians, nurses, or other healthcare workers. * Stays up to date with all departmental procedures, protocols, and communications to ensure adherence of appropriate process for final referral resolution. * Assign Transfer Priority Level for triage (Red, Yellow, Green) of patients to prioritize resources. * Maintain Transfer Center data collection and provide feedback to referring facility on patient transition and outcomes. * Demonstrates Knowledge of human growth and development, assessment, range of treatment and care of patients for all ages of patients served. * Screens admissions, using approved criteria, for appropriateness of level of care orders and assignments of status and bed type. * Competent in the application of Medical and Clinical Necessity criteria. * Educates nurses, physicians, and ancillary staff in level of care and admission/transfer issues/ opportunities. * Through effective and professional communication, acts as a liaison between and with physicians, patient / family, hospital staff and patient care areas, outside agencies to promote efficient patient flow. * Demonstrates knowledge of regulatory requirements, EMTALA, Lifepoint Health Ethics and Compliance policies and quality initiatives. Monitors self\-compliance and implements process changes to ensure compliance to such regulations and quality initiatives as they relate to the provision of Behavior Health Transfer Center functions. * Tracks and trends barriers