RN - Clinical Triage

Now hiring a RNClinical Triage

Performs clinical triage review of inbound member and patient calls to the Home HEALTH HOSPICE PALLIATIVE Med & GYN ONC CSC Nurse Advice Line to ensure that services rendered to customers meet clinically appropriate direction and triage. Utilizes clinical skills to coordinate document and communicate all aspects of the appropriate clinical advice and triage based on criteria and in adherence to adopted guidelines and protocols.
Clinical triage includes all levels of acuity of medical presentations. Assists callers and members with coordination of care to in plan providers appropriate urgent and emergent care and Home Health Hospice Palliative Med & GYN ONC services. Validates and interprets medical information from callers using evidencebased criteria sets.
Consults with Medical Directors on nonemergent cases where protocols are not clear. Refers callers of various acuities to venues of careincluding primary care urgent or emergent care ALS services or public health services such as Poison Control Center or Public Health Department. May work varied shifts and performs occasional oncall assignments.

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• Per Required Need Exempt: No
• Job is based Remote Presbyterian El Camino
• Work hours: Varied Days and Hours
• Benefits: PRN/PT (working less than a .45 FTE) employee benefits available for this position such as medical gym memberships and an employee wellness program.

• Associates degree required Bachelors preferred.
• New Mexico Board of Nursing RN License with MultiState Compact Licensure status required with at least 3 years of experience in clinical setting emergency urgent care or managed care experience.
• Experience in Nurse Advise Triage Hospice Home Health Care Oncology and or Infusion centers preferred.
• Organizational and Analytical Skills: Experienced analytical skills as applicable to interpret medical records. Experience with detailed research coordination and organizational skills. Demonstrated critical thinking skills as evidenced by experience education and/or the prehire interview process.

• Receives triages verifies and processes requests for clinical triage and medical advice from health plan members and their representatives. Callers may have varying degrees of acuity in presentation and symptoms presented.
• May Work with stakeholders primary and specialty providers across the state to; identify most appropriate direction of care based on call. Uses critical thinking to gauge risks determine acuity of caller s situations and make evidencebased decisions on information and advice provided.
• Legally documents all calls and information discussed. Records and refers all pertinent information accordingly.
• May collaborate with other resources such as behavioral health clinicians or crisis staff to best direct callers.
• Advises manager of trends in calls and potential quality of care and legal issues.
• Communicates effectively with providers medical directors and other applicable PHS departments to deliver sound and appropriate advice.
• Must adhere to protocols guidelines and processes for compliance of call processing documentation transfer and follow up.
• Meets departmental and/or regulatory turnaround times for clinical triage and internal Service Level Agreements (SLA) while maintain productivity and quality standards.
• Assists in orientation and training of new staff or students and serve as a resource person and professional role model.
• Performs other functions as required.
  
  

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About Presbyterian Healthcare Services
Presbyterian exists to improve the health of patients members and the communities we serve. We are locally owned notforprofit healthcare system of nine hospitals a statewide health plan and a growing multispecialty medical group. Founded in New Mexico in 1908 we are the states largest private employer with nearly 14000 employees including more than 1600 providers and nearly 4700 nurses.

Our health plan serves more than 580000 members statewide and offers Medicare Advantage Medicaid (Centennial Care) and Commercial health plans.

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