RN/Telehealth Triage | Part-time
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Job Description
Works from a multi-line centralized communication center, offering triage and health information to patients by prioritizing incoming calls based on clinical acuity. Responsible for assessing the needs of the patient, develops a care plan based upon phone triage assessment, and directs patients to the appropriate healthcare provider/facility if required.
- Schedule:
- Limited Part-time | 8 hours per week
- Initial orientation may require additional hours
- Day/ Evening rotation
- 0700 - 2300
- Every other weekend | Every other holiday
- *Please note that this is not a remote or work-from-home opportunity*
- Limited Part-time | 8 hours per week
- Sign-On Bonus!: In addition to competitive pay & our Total Rewards benefits, we are currently offering a $3,000.00 sign-on bonus to eligible RNs with a 2-year commitment.
Responsibilities:
- Provides patient education regarding disease management and medications, and anticipatory guidance and counseling.
- Provides healthcare recommendations based on assessment of patient needs using approved protocols.
- Processes prescription refills
- Know and follow all organizational/departmentalpolicies/procedures
- Assesses patients by eliciting a focused health history.
- Documents accurately all call inquiries, communicating complex triage calls with Director and/or physician and takes verbal orders.
- Assists with statistical data collection
- Assume responsibility for personal development and education.
- Provides healthcare information to patients through telecommunications media using the nursing process.
- Communicates with other departments and pharmacies regarding patient needs, as necessary.
- Orders labs/testing and schedules appointments with the office as needed
- Certificate in Nursing required.
- 3 years of experience as a Staff RN required.
- *Please note that this is not a remote or work-from-home opportunity*
Licensure, Certifications, and Clearances:
- Act 34
- Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR)
- Registered Nurse (RN) - Registered Nurse licensure in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania required
- Current Pennsylvania nursing license, or a multistate license issued by an NLC‑participating state. Employees working on an out‑of‑state NLC license who later establish residency in Pennsylvania must apply for a PA Nursing license within 60 days of their residency change.
UPMC is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Disability/Veteran