Triage Nurse

U.S. Urology Partners • Syracuse, NY

1d • $35 - $41

About The Position

The role of the Triage Nurse is to provide patients with medical instruction and professional education pertaining to urological issues . The triage nurse will work under the supervision of a licensed physician to give assistance in determining the urgency of care needed. The Triage Nurse position requires a highly organized individual who can safely manage more than one task at a time and move efficiently throughout varied responsibilities. The Triage Nurse must be able to work independently as well as interact as part of a team, consistently demonstrating respect and cons ideration to all callers phoning into the practice .

Requirements

• Graduate of an accredited RN or LPN P rogram
• Current CPR certification
• At least one (1) year of medical/surgical experience is preferred
• Reasoning Ability
• Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists
• Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form
• Computer Skills
• To perform this job successfully, an individual should have thorough knowledge in computer information systems
• Physical Demands
• The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to stand; walk; sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl and talk or hear
• The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds
• Work Environment
• This job operates in a professional office environment
• This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, filing cabinets and fax machines
• Other Duties
• Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice
• Travel
• Travel is primarily local during the business day, although some out-of-the-area and overnight travel may be expected

Responsibilities

• Reschedules, cancels and confirms patient appointments
• Calls in prescriptions and authorizations for patients
• Communicates accurate post-op instructions to the patients and/or their caregivers
• Calls for x-ray results as we ll as schedules x-rays, CTs, ultrasounds , and scans; serves as a back-up to the testing scheduler
• Determines urgency of medical i ssues and give instruction if familiar with patient’s condition and situation
• Calls for authorizations on x-rays or instructs scheduler to do so
• Verifies new patient information and completes any missing information in patient’s chart
• E xplains procedures, medications, and instructions to patients so that they are clearly understood
• Answers phone lines for all other nurses and directs any questions to the appropriate nurse or physician
• Assists nurses on the floor and p erforms other duties as assigned

Benefits

• Beyond competitive compensation, our well-rounded benefits package includes a range of comprehensive medical, dental and vision plans, HSA / FSA, 401(k) matching, an Employee Assistance Program (EAP) and more.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed