Primary Care Triage Nurse LPN Nurse-Full Time Job at Jennie Stuart Health, Hopkinsville, KY

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  • Jennie Stuart Health
  • Hopkinsville, KY

Job Description

Job Description

Performs care coordination and professional nursing functions to assess the severity of the patient's health concerns using protocols and algorithms in a manner that providers patient dispositions to emergency care and clinic provider appointments within the scope of the license practical nurse.

Required Skills

Customer Services:
  • Ability to communicate clearly and calmly with callers.
  • Maintains communication between medical staff, administrative staff, and/or patient/families.
Clinical Services:
  • Manages nurse-directed patient telephone calls requesting health care services.
  • Evaluates and assesses patient's health care needs based on patient's signs and symptoms utilizing established triage protocols, guidelines, and standing orders.
  • Obtains appropriate input and direction from the provider as needed to determine best clinical course of action and recommendations for specific patient health care needs.
  • Accurately documents symptoms / complaints, nursing assessment, advice provided and patient / caller response.
  • Coordinate and schedule same-day appointments on the providers' schedules.
  • Manage prescription refills per protocol.
  • Provide patient education: e.g. chronic disease, preventative and family.
  • Assures that pertinent medical information is forwarded to proper departments as needed for continuity of patient care.

Environmental Services:
  • Contributes to the overall cleanliness and appearance of personal work space and department.

Required Experience

Minimum Education: Graduate of an accredited nursing school

Work Experience: Previous experience in medical practice is preferred

Required License/ Certification/Registration: Current Kentucky or Multi-State License. Basic Life Support Certification

Skills:
  • Communication Excellence
  • Knowledge of disease processes, normal growth and development of all age groups.
  • Nursing assessment skills with / without visual inspection utilizing basic nursing theory.
  • Critical clinical thinking skills
  • Ability to work tactfully and effectively with patients, family members, other employees and physicians.
  • Word Processing / Computer
  • Strong customer service
  • Multi-tasking
  • Time Management
  • Organization
  • Attention to Detail
  • Professionalism / Positive Attitude
  • Quality Focus
  • Adaptability
Jennie Stuart Health

Job Tags

Full time, Work experience placement,

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