Triage Nurse Job at North Alabama Bone and Joint, Florence, AL

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  • North Alabama Bone and Joint
  • Florence, AL

Job Description

TRIAGE NURSE

CHARACTERISTICS OF WORK:

This position will provide high-quality customer service to patients.

EXPERIENCE / EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENTS:

Education:

Graduate of accredited school of nursing

Certification / License Requirements:

Must possess a valid Alabama nursing license

Experience:

One-year clinical triage experience preferred

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

  • Perform telephone triage for patients calling their provider with certain symptomology.
  • Demonstrates the ability to use the nursing process to collect data. Requires interview/communication skills, critical thinking and problem-solving skills to level of licensure.
  • Ability to work within protocols approved by the clinic to provide information to patients and consumers.
  • Accepts inbound calls from patients, pharmacies, and other healthcare entities.
  • Acts as a consumer advocate by resolution of problems or communication of consumer needs and concerns to appropriate resources.
  • Ability to follow medication refill protocols and act accordingly to those protocols.
  • Performs excellent customer service and listens to caller’s concerns, promptly intervenes to solve problem to customer’s satisfaction, and communicates pertinent information to clinical staff and supervisors.
  • Participates in care coordination activities & quality studies
SKILLS:
  • Knowledge of telephone-based clinical assessment techniques.
  • Skill in using electronic medical records to check patient history.
  • Knowledge of appropriate at home health information for patients to follow per protocol until physician appointment

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