RN - Triage Hospitalist (Urbana)

Overview

The Triage RN is responsible for assisting Adult Hospitalist Triage and Admitting physicians by triaging calls for new admissions to the Hospitalist service. Serve as a liaison between the Hospitalists and ancillary staff regarding triaging patient issues in a timely and effective manner. Perform patient assessments and accumulate pertinent patient data for pending admissions by the supervising Hospitalists. Responsible for the delivery of nursing care using time and resources efficiently integrating a standards-based framework model.
Qualifications

Certifications: Basic Life Support (BLS) within 30 days - American Heart Association (AHA); Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) within 1 year - American Heart Association (AHA); Licensed Registered Professional Nurse (RN) - Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (IDFPR), Education: Bachelor's Degree: Nursing (Required), Work Experience:
Responsibilities

Interacts with internal and external customers to facilitate appropriate placement of patients and optimize access to hospital resources. Initiates and assists with department and internal operational issues to optimize patient care. Assess patients: Those awaiting admission as to their current clinical status and to gather information such as outpatient medications, laboratory results and prior medical records in preparation for the physician assessment, and those who are already within the Hospitalist service, observation or inpatient status, who have a perceived change in status or acuity requiring further evaluation. Provides leadership through communication about and validation of patient care Works in close collaboration with Resource Nurses, Transfer Center/PAL RNs, Stat Nurses, and House Officers to ensure patient throughput and flow issues are addressed and minimized as appropriate. Facilitation of centralized patient acceptance and admission throughput from Carle Emergency Department and regional facilities. Working at the top of nursing scope, Triage RN acts as a resource to nursing staff for all patients who are currently under the Hospitalist Service. Flexibility in scheduling to allow for continued coverage and competency of Triage RN position. Utilizing critical thinking, the Triage RN collaborates with Triage MD, House Administrator, ED Charge Nurse, Carle Direct and Unit Nurse Leader for appropriate diagnosis related bed placement.
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Compensation and Benefits

The compensation range for this position is $40.96per hour - $70.45per hour. This represents a good faith minimum and maximum range for the role at the time of posting by Carle Health. The actual compensation offered a candidate will be dependent on a variety of factors including, but not limited to, the candidate’s experience, qualifications, location, training, licenses, shifts worked and compensation model. Carle Health offers a comprehensive benefits package for team members and providers. To learn more visit careers.carlehealth.org/benefits.