Patient Flow Specialist

Location: IU Health Methodist Hospital

Coverage: IU Health Methodist Hospital and IU Health University Hospital

Schedule:

• Three 12‑hour shifts: 5:45 am to 5:45 pm including every 3rd weekend,
• Hybrid 2 days a week in office 1 remote upon successful completion of training and must maintain performance standards

Top Responsibilities

• Assign new business to appropriate teams from overnight business
• Add assigned team orders in Cerner
• Calculate daily census
• Send overnight new business and team census to hospitalist teams and ICU teams (the night team does this for UH)
• Create admission orders daily for UH and on weekends for MH
• Triage consult/transfer calls throughout the day
• Send new business (i.e., ER admits, consults, post-ops, transfer of cares, direct admits, ICU upgrades and downgrades) to appropriate teams for MH, UH, and ICU
• Prepare UH, MH, and ICU paperwork for the next day
• Calculate ICU team censuses before evening changeover

Key Skills for Success

• Proficiency in Cerner
• Strong Microsoft Teams and Excel skills
• Excellent communication abilities
• Highly collaborative team mindset
• Detail‑oriented and organized
• Ability to prioritize and manage multiple workflows effectively 

Qualifications 

• High school diploma or equivalent required.
• Graduation from an accredited Medical Assistant or LPN program preferred.
• Previous experience in admitting, bed management, patient placement/throughput, or similar hospital operations preferred, including familiarity with demographic and payer‑related financial requirements.
• Ability to work both autonomously and collaboratively with clinical and operational partners.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to work professionally with physicians, hospital leadership, patients, and nursing staff at all levels.

• Indiana University Health has nearly 40,000 team members, including more than 3,600 physicians and 1,200 advanced practice providers, and we’re home to the largest nursing network in Indiana with more than 9,000 nursing team members at over 800 sites of care.
• IU Health is ranked No. 1 in Indiana by U.S. News & World Report, Riley Children's Health is ranked among the top children's hospitals in the country by U.S. News & World Report.
• A unique partnership with the Indiana University School of Medicine – one of the nation’s largest medical schools – gives patients access to groundbreaking research and innovative treatments, and it offers team members access to the latest science and the very best training – advancing healthcare for all.
• With 15 hospitals, including seven with Magnet designation and eight with Pathways to Excellence designation, our team members are leading the way through excellence.
• At Indiana University Health, your personal and professional growth is a top priority. You will have access to many diverse opportunities to learn and develop in meaningful ways that matter most to you, such as advanced clinical training, leadership development, promotion opportunities and cross training development.
• Indiana University Health is invested in the lives of Hoosiers, leading the transformation of healthcare to make Indiana one of the nation’s healthiest states.