Saleh Khalid Almodimeagh

Managed coordination of patient care across the Emergency Room and Operating Room, focusing on timely, efficient, high-quality, and cost-effective healthcare services. The role involves assessing patients' clinical and psychosocial needs, facilitating care transitions, coordinating multidisciplinary treatment plans, managing resource utilization, and supporting safe discharge planning while maintaining compliance with hospital policies and regulatory standards.

• Conduct comprehensive patient assessments to identify medical, psychosocial, and discharge planning needs, ensuring tailored care strategies.
• Coordinate care among physicians, surgeons, nurses, anesthesiologists, allied health professionals, and support services.
• Monitor patient progress throughout continuum of care from ER admission through surgery and post-operative recovery to facilitate timely interventions.
• Prioritise rapid assessment of high-risk and complex patients.
• Facilitate timely referrals to specialty services, rehabilitation, home health, or community resources.
• Collaborate with emergency physicians to determine appropriate patient disposition (admission, observation, transfer, or discharge).
• Coordinate transfers to higher levels of care when clinically indicated.
• Identify barriers that may delay patient care or discharge and implement appropriate interventions.
• Coordinate perioperative care plans for surgical patients.
• Ensure required preoperative assessments, documentation, and authorizations are completed.
• Collaborate with surgical teams to facilitate efficient patient flow and operating room scheduling.
• Coordinate postoperative care needs, including rehabilitation, equipment, and follow-up services, to support optimal recovery and discharge outcomes.
• Review admissions for medical necessity using established clinical criteria.
• Monitor length of stay and resource utilization.
• Collaborate with physicians to optimize documentation supporting medical necessity.
• Participate in utilisation review and concurrent case management activities.
• Develop individualized discharge plans beginning at admission.
• Coordinate patient education regarding treatment plans, medications, and follow-up care.
• Arrange durable medical equipment, home care services, rehabilitation placement, or skilled nursing facility referrals.
• Ensure smooth transitions of care and reduce readmission risks.
• Participate in interdisciplinary rounds.
• Maintain accurate and timely documentation in the electronic medical record (EMR).
• Participate in quality improvement initiatives related to patient outcomes, throughput, and care coordination.
• Monitor key performance indicators such as:ER length of stay
  Surgical throughput
  Readmission rates
  Patient satisfaction
  Discharge efficiency
  
• Assist with compliance audits and accreditation standards.
• Strong clinical assessment and critical thinking skills.
• Knowledge of emergency and perioperative patient care processes.
• Understanding of utilisation management and discharge planning.
• Familiarity with healthcare regulations, accreditation standards, and payer requirements.
• Excellent communication, negotiation, and conflict resolution skills.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Patient advocacy
• Care coordination
• Interdisciplinary collaboration
• Resource management
• Problem-solving
• Time management
• Quality improvement
• Cultural competence
• Professional ethics
• Fast-paced acute care hospital environment.
• Frequent interaction with critically ill or injured patients.
• May require weekend, evening, holiday, or on-call coverage depending on operational needs.
• Exposure to infectious diseases and other occupational hazards consistent with hospital settings.techniques correctly.

• Administered immediate medical care to critically injured patients, stabilising them for safe transportation.
• Collaborated with healthcare professionals to ensure comprehensive patient coverage during complex cases.
• Operated and maintained ambulance equipment, guaranteeing readiness for immediate use.
• Developed efficient routes to accident scenes, utilising knowledge of local geography to reduce response time.