Job description

We are looking for a full-time Triage Registered Nurse to assist our Morrisville, NY and Hamilton, NY Family Health Centers!

NEW COMPETITVE WAGES! NO HOLIDAYS OR WEEKENDS!

Responsibilities:

• Provides service to patients of Community Memorial Hospital five outpatient Family Health Centers (Hamilton, Morrisville, Waterville, Munnsville and Cazenovia).
• Responsible for managing a patient’s successful transition from hospital & long-term care to primary care services. Manages the post-acute care of patients at risk for poor health outcomes, frequent emergency room visits, and hospital readmissions.
• Coordinates with CMH Care Coordination team to identify hospitalized high-risk, complex patients for program enrollment and communications with primary care to promote and maximize care coordination. Serves as a member of the CMH Readmission Committee.
• Completes post-discharge workflow of telephonic follow-up within 48 hours, facilitating clinical care, patient access to appropriate services, referrals and primary care appointments with 14 days. Focuses on medication reconciliation and adherence, identification and rectifying gaps in care, assessment and support of patient’s ability to perform self-care, coordination of post-discharge appointments and services.
• Communicating and coordinating with all provider(s) and member(s) of the care team as needed to minimize fragmented care. Advocate for patient(s) and supporting clinical team(s) to ensure delivery of appropriate, evidence based care.
• Provide specialized nursing treatment, development of care plans, and education to patients while exercising discretion and independent judgment; following established policies and procedures.
• Use a patient-centric, collaborative partnership approach to assist the patient with improved self-management. Utilizing proven processes to measure a patient's understanding and acceptance of the proposed plan(s), his/her willingness to change, and his/her support to maintain health behavior change.
• Address the total individual, inclusive of medical, psychosocial, behavioral, and spiritual needs. Involve the patient and their support systems (i.e. caregiver, family, etc.) in the decision-making process.
• Assess the educational needs of the patient/caregiver as it relates to the disease process, alterations in function, and assimilation back into the home and community. Apply teaching and learning theories to assist patients and families with physical and emotional impact of body changes and chronic illness.
• Monitor quality and effectiveness of interventions to the population by setting long term and/or short-term specific, measurable goal(s).
• Accessing and systematically using data from multiple sources such as patient medical records, claims, and program metric reports to target recipient(s) and provider(s) for outreach, education, and intervention.
• Provide clinical experience in an educator role for family health center nursing staff. Participates in the orientation of new nursing staff and provides expert coaching and guidance through both formal and informal one-on-one teaching with nursing staff.
• Facilitate Quality Improvement activities that educate, support, nursing, regarding evidence based care for best practice/National Standards of Care (Adapted from CMSA, 2010).
• Collaborate with Practice Manager and FHC Administration team in quality/performance improvement programs and projects, product evaluation, outcomes evaluation studies and/or clinical research.

Knowledge and Skills

• RN with three to five years relevant clinical nursing experience; including pediatric patients, behavioral health patients, and patients with chronic conditions.
• Organized and motivated by a fast-paced environment
• Able to manage multiple tasks/projects simultaneously
• Proficient in review and assess needs quickly
• Strong with the use of computer software tools and data files

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $35.00 - $44.06 per hour

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Flexible spending account
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Medical specialties:

• Primary Care

Physical setting:

• Clinic
• Outpatient

Standard shift:

• Day shift

Weekly schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Hamilton, NY 13346: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (Required)

License/Certification:

• RN License (Required)

Work Location: In person

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