Triage Nurse
Triage Nurse
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26-06-2025
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Job Description
Asian Health Services founded in 1974 provides health social and advocacy services for all regardless of income insurance status immigration status language or culture. Our approach to wellbeing focuses on whole patient health which is why we provide more than primary care services including mental health case management nutrition and dental care to more than 50000 patients in English and 15 languages: Korean Lao Burmese Mandarin Cantonese Spanish Portuguese French Mien Karen Mongolian Karenni Tagalog Khmer and Vietnamese. We offer medical dental and mental health services for all ages.
LOCATION: Chenming & Margaret Hu Medical Center (HMC)
JOB SUMMARY:
Under general supervision performs professional nursing care for patients in a clinic setting including nursing triage nurse visits; initiates plans and evaluates nursing care and treatment plans; provides direction to licensed and unlicensed clinic staff.
Triage
- Performs a nursing assessment and patient triage which includes prioritizing cases providing medical advice making complex referrals providing test results and problem-solving complex cases by handling patient telephone inquiries and walk-ins requesting care.
Other Clinical
- Records medical histories using appropriate format; takes and records physiological measurements such as height and weight temperature and urinalysis; performs basic in-clinic laboratory tests obtaining and processing specimens for outside laboratory analysis.
- Performs basic nursing procedures such as injections skin tests phlebotomy and dressing changes; performs or assists with tests such as electrocardiograms spirometry and audiometry; assists physicians during examinations as needed.
- Performs additional clinic and non-triage nurse duties such as instructing patients in general and specific medical care and health issues providing skilled nursing services and treatment administering and/or dispensing medication and injections; performs nurse visits as required.
Administrative
- Maintains awareness of current nursing protocols; participates in formulation/revision of protocols and practices; attends and participates in staff meetings and in-service education.
- Assists in the coordination of day-to-day clinic activities; orients trains and directs other clinic staff in specific clinic operations and procedures.
- Maintains inventory and orders supplies medications controlled drugs and equipment.
- Performs quality control by activities such as monthly quality control check log and maintaining update calibration and quality control check for medical instruments and equipment.
- Assists other assigned R.N.s in overseeing clinical programs such as tuberculosis hepatitis B and immunizations.
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor of Science (B.S) oneyear of professional nursing experience; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Bilingual/bicultural in an Asian language required.
Preferred qualifications
- Commitment to working in the Asian community and to community health care with familiarity with community health clinics is preferred.
Certifications Licenses Registrations
- California Registered Nurse license
- Basic Life Saving (BLS) certification
$59.18 - $62.40 an hour
*On-call employees does not qualify for benefits.
BENEFITS:
Medical Dental Vision premiums 100% paid by AHS
12 Vacation Days
12 Sick Days
12 Holidays and 3 Floating Holidays
3% 403B Employer Contributions and up to 2% Employee Match Contribution
Transportation Benefit Paid by AHS
FSA/Dependent Care Assistance
Long Term Disability
Employment Type
Gig
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