Weekend Triage Nurse (RN) | Home Health

Interim Healthcare - OKC, OK•Oklahoma City, OK

2d•Remote

About The Position

Interim HealthCare of Oklahoma City is hiring a Weekend Triage Nurse to be the first call for our home health patients on Saturdays and Sundays. When a patient or family calls, you'll assess the situation by phone, give clear guidance, and dispatch a field nurse when a visit is needed. This role is phone-based from home, with on-call field nurses making any necessary visits. The agency is locally owned, Veteran- and nurse-owned, and has a 4.5 CMS star rating. Interim HealthCare of Oklahoma City has been locally owned and operated since 1999, providing home health, hospice, and personal care services across the metro. Their HomeLife Enrichment philosophy guides everything they do: caring for the whole person, not just the diagnosis, and helping patients find joy and purpose at home.

Requirements

Active Oklahoma RN license
Home health experience is required
Previous triage or on-call experience in home health is required
Sound clinical judgment and the confidence to make decisions over the phone
Strong knowledge of home health patient populations, plans of care, and when to escalate
Calm, clear communication with patients, families, nurses, and physicians
Reliable phone and internet access while on shift

Responsibilities

Take incoming weekend calls from home health patients, families, and caregivers
Assess symptoms and concerns by phone and decide on the right next step
Dispatch the on-call field nurse when a visit is needed and give them what they need to know before they go
Contact physicians for orders or updates when a patient's condition changes
Give patients and families clear instructions and reassurance when a visit isn't needed
Document every call accurately and on time in our EMR
Hand off weekend activity to the clinical team on Monday so nothing falls through the cracks