Triage Nurse RN - $4,000 Sign-On Bonus!
5 months ago
Rockford
Job DescriptionDescription: Join our team and earn a $4,000 sign-on bonus! | No Nights | No Weekends | Paid Holidays | | Competitive Pay | Bonus Potential | Generous Benefits/Retirement Package | Bonus paid at 6 and 12 months* post hire with signed commitment. Current RGA employees who refer you get $1,000 in their pocket as well. Make sure you list them! General duties and responsibilities: • Monday - Friday, 8 hour day shift, • 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 Guest Relations: • Demonstrates courteous and cooperative behavior in work setting; maintains good interpersonal relationships, • Actively participates in the Quality Assessment program, • Cooperates with other departments for coordinating patient care, • Precepts new employees, • Assists in implementing unit changes, • Adapts in changes in assignments and workload as necessitated by staffing changes and patient volumes, • Cooperates with Clinic Supervisor to assure adequate staffing BCBS Medical, Dental and EyeMed Vision, all with competitive premiums! Life/AD&D Insurance, with options for Voluntary Term Life buy-ups. Optional hospital, critical illness and accident insurance. 8 Paid Holidays Retirement plans that work for YOU • Start Saving Early: Once you've completed 6 months of service, are 21 or older, and have worked at least 1,000 hours, you're eligible to begin contributing to your retirement plan. Enrollment is available twice a year—on January 1st and July 1st—so you won’t have to wait long to get started., • Employer Contributions Kick In After 1 Year: After 12 months of service, RGA begins contributing 3% of your annual salary into your 401(k) plan. These contributions start on the next available enrollment date—January 1st or July 1st—and may include additional profit-sharing, depending on plan terms and IRS limits. Requirements: Qualifications: • Graduate of accredited school of nursing, • Current state license to practice as a Registered Nurse or a Licensed Practical Nurse., • Experience in GI endoscopy preferred., • Member in GI specialty or other local, state or national professional societies encouraged., • Organizational skills and attention to detail highly recommended, • Good listening skills, • Must have good attendance, • Position requires full range of motion, frequent, standing, walking and sitting for extended periods of time, • Exposure to bloodborne pathogens requiring the use of universal precautions and/ or protective equipment., • Knowledgeable of potential exposure to hazardous materials (i.e., patient body fluids and disinfectant chemicals).