Treatment & Triage Nurse

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Remote?: 0

Highlights (Bonus, shift, relocation, info for job):

Monday through Friday, 8-5 with hour lunch, no weekends, on-call, or major holidays

Job Summary

The Treatment and Triage Nurse offers AbsoluteCare patients an alternative to the Emergency Room (ER) by performing telephonic and in-person triage, IV therapy, medication administration, wound care, focused nursing assessments and other point of care nursing interventions. Treatment and Triage is an access point to the medical center, accepting all walk-ins and fielding the day-to-day clinical needs of our patient population in collaboration with the entire integrated care team.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Perform clinical nursing care, including, but not limited to telephone and in-person triage, central and peripheral line care, infusions, wound care, medication and oxygen administration, inhalation therapy, and medical emergency management.
• Participate in quality assurance for point of care CLIA waived laboratory.
• Ensure accessibility to medical and nursing services provided by AbsoluteCare by adhering to policy and procedure.
• Respond to medical emergencies.
• Proactively engage with the entire integrated care team and assist with resolving barriers to care and clinical nursing services.
• Coach and educate patients on disease self-management and appropriate utilization of healthcare services.
• Maintain excellent communication between integrated care teams using evidenced based techniques like SBAR.
• Take part in innovative problem solving to decrease unnecessary emergency room utilization.

Minimum Qualifications

• Active, unrestricted license as a Registered Nurse in the state of practice.
• Compact RN license preferred, or willingness to obtain.
• 5+ years of recent clinical experience (hospital, ER, urgent care, infusion center, etc.).
• Bachelor's Degree in Nursing preferred.
• Active CPR certification.
• Highly skilled with peripheral and central line care.
• Excellent interpersonal communication skills.
• Able to provide nursing care independently with limited oversight.
• Experience working with socially and medically complex patients.

Working conditions

This job operates in a professional office environment.  This role routinely uses general office equipment. Often wear a special uniform, such as surgical scrubs. Often wear protective or safety attire, such as gloves and masks. Exposed to infection and diseases from contact with patients daily. Work in close proximity to others. Must come into close physical contact with patients during procedures.

Physical requirements

• Ability to communicate clearly and exchange accurate information constantly.
• Ability to remain stationary for long periods of time.
• Repetitious movements.
• Constantly operates computer, keyboard, copy and fax machine, phone, and other general office equipment.

Direct reports

None.

Why Work at AbsoluteCare?

At AbsoluteCare, we serve the most vulnerable individuals in America. These are our neighbors, people who are at higher risk for disease or who have multiple, complex, chronic illnesses. Often, they deal with an unequal healthcare system and wind up seeking basic care from emergency rooms. We take these patients out of those spaces and turn them into members: people who are entitled to some of the best, most focused care this country has to offer. 

We call this “care beyond medicine.” We have turned the doctor’s office into a comprehensive care center. Here, we surround our members with a core care team of doctors, nurses, social workers, and medical assistants who have the time and skills to get to know our members’ needs. We make the most important services available to our members under one roof. This includes a pharmacy, X-rays, a blood lab, nutrition services, urgent care, and much more.

We don’t stop at our four walls. We engage members in the communities where we all live to find the people who need us most. Through these community care teams, we remove the barriers to healthcare that so many people face daily. And it works. 

Our unique care is guided by our core values of accountability, caring, trust, and teamwork. We call it ACT².

AbsoluteCare, Inc. provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, age, disability, genetics, protected Veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law or policy.

EEO Employer Verbiage: AbsoluteCare, Inc. provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, age, disability, genetics, protected Veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law or policy.