Triage Nurse

Job Description

Job Description

Job description

Job Overview

The Triage Nurse is responsible for providing nursing care services to Pediatric patients completing bio-psychosocial telephonic assessment using approved clinical protocols to triage patient needs and provide best course of action or patient disposition.

This role serves as a patient / caregiver advocate and acts as a communication link between the patient / caregiver, physician, pharmacy, and or hospital using approved system platforms for communication.

This role has a strong working knowledge of patient needs that are emergent and require immediate attention, urgent, and non-urgent.

This role utilizes best practices in documentation to ensure communication is efficient, concise, and timely. The goal is to provide first call resolution.

This role understands the needs of the organization and supports the mission, values, and management of Owensboro Pediatrics.

Job Requirements :

• Associate's Degree in Nursing
• Strong Computer Skills
• Ability to type and talk at the same time.
• Knowledge, judgment, and skills derived from the principles of Biological, Physical, Behavioral, Social, and Nursing sciences.

Working Conditions :

• Bending - Seldom
• Climbing - Seldom
• Concentrating - Consistently
• Continuous Learning - Consistently
• Hearing : Conversation - Consistently
• Hearing : Other Sounds - Consistently
• Interpersonal Communication - Consistently
• Kneeling - Seldom
• Lifting
• Lifting 50+lbs - Rarely
• Lifting 11-50lbs - Rarely
• Pulling - Occasionally
• Pushing - Occasionally
• Reaching - Occasionally
• Reading - Consistently
• Sitting - Frequently
• Standing - Occasionally
• Stooping - Occasionally
• Talking - Consistently
• Thinking / Reasoning - Consistently
• Use of Hands - Consistently
• Color Vision - Frequently
• Visual Acuity : Far - Rarely
• Visual Acuity : Near - Consistently
• Walking - Occasionally
30+ days ago