OB / GYN Phone Triage Nurse

Full time position with great benefits including profit-sharing!

RN opportunity at a prestigious Maternal Fetal Medicine practice located on the Upper East Side of Manhattan. Under general supervision, provide professional nursing services through education and patient care in the office setting. Follow established nursing process, including patient assessment, nursing diagnosis, planning, intervention, and evaluation. Assist providers and staff in coordinating patient care. Function as a primary liaison between patients, staff and providers.

Functions :

• Triages and responds to patient phone calls.
• Calls prescriptions into pharmacies as required.
• Assures that results for all outgoing laboratory tests are received in a timely fashion.
• Screens incoming lab results and reports abnormal values to physicians.
• Assesses the physical and psycho-social needs of patients and makes appropriate nursing interventions; assists physicians and health care practitioners with exams, treatments, and other procedures.
• Educates and counsels patients on procedures, medical care, and sensitive health issues, including need for follow-up; provides informational literature and makes referrals to other agencies as needed.
• Participates on the diabetic management team.
• Perform injections and blood draws

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