Triage Nurse RN Job at Rockford Gastroenterology Associates, Ltd., Rockford, IL

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  • Rockford Gastroenterology Associates, Ltd.
  • Rockford, IL

Job Description

Description

General duties and responsibilities:

  • Reviews patient’s history and documents to make an accurate assessment.
  • Completes nursing assessment, identifying, and documenting patient problems.
  • Assesses nursing home patient history
  • Check insurance with scheduling/patient accounts to where procedure can be done
  • Check medications and follow-ups per protocol
  • Review and obtain Advance Directives
  • Obtain copies of medical device cards
  • Assigns a triage priority to patients concerns based on available information
  • Initiates diagnostic and therapeutic measures as indicated by standing protocols
  • Acts as a liaison with patients, family and health professionals
  • Coordinates the needs of the patient with supporting departments
  • Charts concisely, descriptively to indicate patients progress or lack of progress
  • Manages prescription refills per protocol
  • Follow direction on Recall system
  • Calls for or looks up test results, notifies patients of results in timely manner
  • Sets up lab appointments
  • Provides appropriate patient education as necessary
  • Follows protocols for disease process
  • Follows up on resources for patient and disease processes. Keeps physician informed
  • Address patient phone inquiries – responds in timely manner
  • Completes physicians’ orders per protocols
  • Schedules testing at outside facilities
  • Professional education – maintains knowledge base by attending mandatory and regular in-services
  • Assists with patient referrals
  • Demonstrates respect and understanding of confidentiality for patients, staff and others
  • Other duties as assigned

Guest Relations

  • Demonstrates courteous and cooperative behavior in work setting; maintains good interpersonal relationships
  • Actively participates in the Quality Assessment program
  • Cooperates with other departments for coordinating patient care
  • Precepts new employees
  • Assists in implementing unit changes
  • Adapts in changes in assignments and workload as necessitated by staffing changes and patient volumes
  • Cooperates with Clinic Supervisor to assure adequate staffing
  • Keeps Clinic Supervisor informed of personnel problems

Requirements

Qualifications:

  • Graduate of accredited school of nursing
  • Current state license to practice as a Registered Nurse or a Licensed Practical Nurse.
  • Experience in GI endoscopy preferred.
  • Member in GI specialty or other local, state or national professional societies encouraged.
  • Organizational skills and attention to detail highly recommended
  • Good listening skills
  • Must have good attendance
  • Maintains Basic Cardiac Life Support certification

Essential Physical Demands

  • Position requires full range of motion, frequent, standing, walking and sitting for extended periods of time
  • Requires visual and hearing activity

Working Conditions

  • Exposure to bloodborne pathogens requiring the use of universal precautions and/ or protective equipment.
  • Knowledgeable of potential exposure to hazardous materials (i.e., patient body fluids and disinfectant chemicals).

Job Tags

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