What are the responsibilities and job description for the Triage Nurse RN position at Rockford Gastroenterology, Assc., LTD?
Job Description
Job Description
Description :
General duties and responsibilities :
- Reviews patient’s history and documents to make an accurate assessment.
- Completes nursing assessment, identifying, and documenting patient problems.
- Assesses nursing home patient history
- Check insurance with scheduling / patient accounts to where procedure can be done
- Check medications and follow-ups per protocol
- Review and obtain Advance Directives
- Obtain copies of medical device cards
- Assigns a triage priority to patients concerns based on available information
- Initiates diagnostic and therapeutic measures as indicated by standing protocols
- Acts as a liaison with patients, family and health professionals
- Coordinates the needs of the patient with supporting departments
- Charts concisely, descriptively to indicate patients progress or lack of progress
- Manages prescription refills per protocol
- Follow direction on Recall system
- Calls for or looks up test results, notifies patients of results in timely manner
- Sets up lab appointments
- Provides appropriate patient education as necessary
- Follows protocols for disease process
- Follows up on resources for patient and disease processes. Keeps physician informed
- Address patient phone inquiries – responds in timely manner
- Completes physicians’ orders per protocols
- Schedules testing at outside facilities
- Professional education – maintains knowledge base by attending mandatory and regular in-services
- Assists with patient referrals
- Demonstrates respect and understanding of confidentiality for patients, staff and others
- Other duties as assigned
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