RN Ambulatory - Triage Orthopaedics/Rheumatology

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Job TitleRN Ambulatory - Triage Orthopaedics/Rheumatology
LocationPort St Lucie
FacilityTradition Hospital
DepartmentOrthopedic SMOB-Cleveland Clinic Martin Health
Job Code000309
ShiftDays
Schedule8:00am-4:30pm
Job Summary
Job Details
Join the Cleveland Clinic Florida team, where you will work alongside passionate caregivers and provide patient-first healthcare. Cleveland Clinic is recognized as one of the top hospitals in the nation. At Cleveland Clinic, you will work alongside passionate and dedicated caregivers, receive endless support and appreciation, and build a rewarding career with one of the most respected healthcare organizations in the world.
A telephone triage nurse is a Registered Nurse (RN) who assesses patient symptoms over the phone and guides callers to the right level of medical care. Tradition Hospital is looking for an RN to join the team who will support phone triage for two Rheumatology clinics and four Orthopaedics clinics. In this role, you will process in-basket items, respond to my chart messages, call patients with test results and recognize when you need to escalate concerns. Here, you will be able to response to patient needs quicker, leading to overall patient satisfaction. Additionally, the Cleveland Clinic system provides nurses with many professional development resources, including furthering education and online/in-person courses to enhance your skills.
A caregiver in this position works days from 8:00AM – 4:30PM.
A caregiver who excels in this role will:
Assess health status by completing a nursing assessment.
Perform telephone triage.
Notify physicians/LIPs of abnormal findings.
Establish a care plan in collaboration with the patient, family and health care team.
Collaborate with care coordinators to ensure smooth and effective transitions of care.
Assist with specialized diagnostic and therapeutic procedures.
Administer medications and treatments as ordered by physician/LIP and monitor patients for response.
Initiate CPR and other emergency measures.
Cover other nursing roles within the department.
Develop, evaluate, adapt and document education to learning needs.
Provide health education to patients and families.
Participate in quality initiatives, process improvements and research activities to improve patient outcomes, patient experience and patient safety.
Maintain professional growth and development in the nursing field and identify annual core competencies.
Minimum qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:
Graduate of accredited school of nursing (Diploma, ADN or BSN program)
Current state licensure as a Registered Nurse (RN)
One year of recent experience as a Registered Nurse (RN)
Basic Life Support (BLS) certification through the American Heart Association (AHA) or American Red Cross
Preferred qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:
Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN)
Will consider LPN, Medical Assistant and/or other unlicensed clinical healthcare experience in substitution of RN experience if applicant is a current Cleveland Clinic caregiver in an ambulatory setting transferring into an RN role but remaining in the same current ambulatory Cleveland Clinic setting OR a current Cleveland Clinic caregiver in a clinical role within the same specialty area transferring into an ambulatory area
Physical Requirements:
Requires full range of motion, manual and finger dexterity and eye-hand coordination.
Requires corrected hearing and vision to normal range.
May requires some exposure to communicable diseases or bodily fluids.
Light Work - Exerting up to 20 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 10 pounds of force frequently, and/or a negligible amount of force constantly (Constantly: activity or condition exists 2/3 or more of the time) to move objects.
Even though the weight lifted may be only a negligible amount, a job should be rated Light Work: (1) when it requires walking or standing to a significant degree; or (2) when it requires sitting most of the time but entails pushing and/or pulling of arm or leg controls; and/or (3) when the job requires working at a production rate pace entailing the constant pushing and/or pulling of materials even though the weight of those materials is negligible.
Personal Protective Equipment:
Follows Standard Precautions using personal protective equipment as required for procedures.
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