Job description
Job Summary: The Virtual Team Registered Nurse -Triage meets all requirements of a NorthStar Care Community RN and provides professional nursing services or supervises the provision of nursing services to hospice patients in accordance with accepted standards of practice.
Essential Functions:
- Documents all calls and/or contacts and conducts follow-up activities if a visit is not scheduled.
- Conducts a preliminarily assessment of clinical referral information to assist the referring individual(s) to determine eligibility of hospice care.
- Communicates actively and effectively through receiving, recording and conveying information to the interdisciplinary personnel in a timely manner.
- Accurately gathers and documents all required information to complete the referral summary using the appropriate forms and data collection tools.
- Responds promptly to external customers and professional referral sources that contact the organization requesting help and assistance with hospice services via the telephone, walk-ins and the website, utilizing required communication tools.
- Conducts virtual and/or telephonic triage through problem assessment and needs identification utilizing critical thinking skills and all available patient records including organizational clinical guidelines.
Qualifications:
- Graduation from an accredited school of nursing with possession of a current license to practice as a registered professional nurse in the State of Michigan.
- Minimum of one (1) to two (2) years of varied nursing experience required; hospice experience preferred.
- Must possess strong clinical assessment skills related to hospice eligibility, pain and symptom management and care planning.
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