Tele-Triage Licensed Practical Nurse - LPN
About The Position
Starting Point Nursing Services, an affiliate of BrightSpring Health Services, is seeking a Part Time Tele-Triage Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) for a fully remote position. This role provides On-Call and Triage services for an assigned population using triage protocols. The LPN will remotely develop and implement care plans, assess health status, identify problems and needs of individuals served, and collaborate with operations LPNs on nursing care plans. Responsibilities include chart reviews, monthly host home reviews, performing On-Bound calling, and data analysis in multiple systems. Our 24/7 On-Call and Triage team supports physician practices, home health agencies, intellectual disability providers, and assisted living providers with services such as remote physical/chart assessments, predictive care modeling, clinical programming interventions for high-risk populations, emergent care coordination, and case management.
Requirements
- Degree/certification from an accredited school of Nursing
- At least one year of nursing experience
- Current licensure as a LPN (LPN) in the state of practice, which is current and remains in good standing. Must have an LPN compact license.
- Clinical experience in providing services and supports to individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities, home health and Hospice patients or related disorders
Nice To Haves
- Remote Triage & Home Health LPN experience highly preferred
- One-year of home health experience preferred
Responsibilities
- Monitor assigned phone lines during service hours to ensure timely response for caller needs
- Triage all symptom-based calls and give recommendations according to the approved triage protocol
- Triage patients by assessing severity of symptoms and referral to appropriate setting or level of care
- Document in real time all care related recommendations and ensure local operations are notified of triage supports and outcomes
- Initiate contact with acute care setting to coordinate services for clients receiving care in the ED/Hospital and coordinate the discharge planning; Notify operations of triage recommendations
- Coordinate any medication orders with the assigned pharmacy and update MAR/QuickMar for appropriate administration
- Work assigned prior authorizations to ensure timely documentation and submit to assigned pharmacy for billing
- Complete/conduct assessment and reassessment of persons served as assigned
- Develop/update care plans and determine persons served needs and secure physicians orders as needed
- Communicate with beneficiaries primarily phone, text, online (web) chat, or email
- Ensure compliance with state/local/payer requirements through review of documentation
- Provide coaching and education related to the health and well-being of persons served
- Participate in performance improvement activities and maintain ongoing clinical knowledge through internal/external training programs
- Document above actions in Nurse’s Notes or Service Delivery Log
- Maintain time sheet log for weekly submission for productivity management to assigned supervisor
- Notify each practice, physician, and/or managed care client of all encounters with patients, parents, or managed care clients regardless of follow-up needs before office opening
- Notify designated leadership of operational concerns
- Actively participate in applicable meetings and committees as requested (e.g., IDT, HRC, Safety/Quality committee, and annual person served directed/active treatment plan meetings)
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Part-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
Associate degree
