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Bronson Methodist Hospital

Southwest Michigan health system

Registered Nurse - Capacity Command Center

Part-TimeUpdated on 10/24/2026
No salary listed
Mid, Senior
Bachelor's
Portage, MI, USA
In Person
Medical, Clinical & Veterinary

About the job

Requirements
  • A bachelor's degree in Nursing and 3–5 years of clinical hospital experience with progressively more responsibilities are desired.
  • Emergency Department triage, bed placement, and/or house supervisory experience is recommended.
  • An active nursing license in the State of Michigan is required.
  • Within one year, be fluent in Microsoft Word, Excel, database management, and PowerPoint.
  • Have basic knowledge of electronic medical record systems such as Epic.
  • Be able to perform work involving high mental and visual fatigue, close tolerances, and sustained hand-eye coordination.
  • Be able to meet the physical demands of regular walking, standing, stooping, bending, sitting, and some lifting of lightweight objects.
  • Demonstrate critical thinking, problem-solving, prioritization, confidentiality, and interpersonal skills.
  • Be able to work independently and as part of a team, and communicate clearly and effectively with patients, providers, and staff.
  • Maintain patient confidentiality and function as an integral team member with other healthcare professionals.
  • Demonstrate customer service skills and tact when handling sensitive matters.
Responsibilities
  • Use nursing knowledge and experience to manage and coordinate patient admissions and transfers from every organizational point of entry during the assigned shift.
  • Monitor and coordinate current and prospective capacity across Bronson Hospital facilities, 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
  • Apply nursing knowledge to clinical triage communications and patient placement decisions.
  • Collaborate with physicians and operational leaders to maximize daily bed use and facilitate patient movement.
  • Use electronic tools and dashboards to coordinate admissions, regional and direct admissions, considering patient clinical needs, care-area competencies, and bed availability.
  • Communicate with physician offices and regional partners about bed placement.
  • Coordinate activities and communicate changes in bed availability with outside healthcare organizations or their representatives.
  • Monitor Epic dashboards in real time to address high occupancy, resource overuse, administrative issues, discharge barriers, and delays in care.
  • Identify barriers in bed-assignment processes and work with the house manager and clinical management to resolve them and increase effective bed capacity.
  • Use advanced clinical knowledge to direct appropriate patient placement and bed utilization according to standards and policies, ensuring the level of care matches each patient's condition.
  • Review census and acuity information regularly to anticipate trends and prevent service disruptions.
  • Review schedules for surgeries, interventional radiology, cardiac catheterization, and same-day surgery patients; coordinate timely post-operative and post-procedure placement at appropriate levels of care.
  • Work with procedural departments and use clinical judgment to prioritize bed placement.
  • Collaborate and communicate with house managers, unit coordinators, charge nurses, case managers, procedural units, and other core clinical service departments to manage bed requests and support timely patient movement.
  • Identify patterns that require proactive strategies to ensure patient progression.
  • Work with house managers and staffing teams to ensure beds are staffed appropriately.
  • Identify clinical priorities for bed assignment in collaboration with physicians and emergency department, operating room, and post-anesthesia care unit staff.
  • Communicate hospital-wide occupancy levels.
  • Coordinate and actively participate in daily capacity huddles.
  • Maintain knowledge of hospital discharges and work with Case Management to obtain accurate census data.
  • Assist with hospital incidents from a capacity-management perspective.
  • Maintain accurate records and assess complex problems requiring immediate attention from a manager or administrator on call.
  • Participate in developing and implementing short- and long-term goals for the role.

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Bronson Methodist Hospital

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Bronson Methodist Hospital is a nonprofit health system serving southwest Michigan. The system provides hospital, primary, specialty, emergency, outpatient, rehabilitation, and community health services through regional care locations. It serves patients, families, clinicians, referring providers, and communities throughout southwest Michigan. Its operating model centers on coordinated hospitals and practices supported by clinical programs, technology, facilities, supply chain, and administration. Teams work across nursing, physicians, allied health, rehabilitation, technology, facilities, administration, and patient access. Work depends on coordination among clinical, operational, technical, and support teams across its care settings and communities.

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