Also called: Transfer Center Nurse, Patient Access Center Coordinator
Works a hospital's air-traffic-control desk, arranging transfers of critically ill patients from smaller hospitals.
A rural ER calls about a patient having a heart attack. You conference in the cardiologist, find an ICU bed and dispatch a helicopter or ambulance within minutes, while tracking a dozen other transfers on big screens. Many coordinators are nurses; others are paramedics or trained schedulers.
Estimate; nurse coordinators earn more than non-clinical staff.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Associate's degree (2-year), about 3 years after high school. Often a registered nurse or paramedic; some non-clinical coordinators train on the job.
Ways in: 2-year college, On-the-job training. Training cost: Under $15k.
Majors to look at: Nursing, Paramedicine.
Growing faster than average. Health systems are building central command centers.
Low risk in 5 years, medium in 10. Bed-prediction software will speed matching; urgent judgment calls with doctors stay human.
Classes: Biology, Health science, Spanish.
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