Triage Registered Nurse (RN) - Gardiner Family Medicine; Per Diem

Job Description Summary: As a registered nurse (RN) at Gardiner Family Medicine, you will play a crucial role in facilitating healthcare services and ensuring patient well-being. You will help manage chronic conditions, coordinate health screenings, and assist with medical procedures. Your responsibilities also involve telephone triage, appointment scheduling, and responding to emergencies, all contributing to comprehensive patient care within the community.

Job Description:

Position: Triage RN

Location: Gardiner, ME

Hours: Per Diem

Shift: Days (M-F)

What You'll Do:

• Elicits questions, concerns, and information from the caller to assess symptoms, determine acuity, identify appropriate algorithm/protocol, and develop a treatment plan.

• Provides professional advice, education, and options based on assessment, established algorithm/protocol, and clinical judgment. When appropriate, dispatches appropriate discipline personnel or emergency response units.

• Provides referrals to healthcare providers and community resources when appropriate, including locations, hours, and contact information. Assists caller with scheduling appointments at referral sources when appropriate.

• Performs administrative duties to coordinate patient care, including data collection, answering phones, scheduling tests/procedures and appointments, calling in prescriptions, and determining insurance coverage. Documents calls, responses, and referrals. Performs follow-up calls to evaluate the effectiveness of care and the need for additional care.

Your Qualifications:

• Active Maine RN licensure or ability to obtain same in a timely fashion

• 1 year of RN experience preferred

• Previous practice experience, helpful

• Strong assessment skills, especially over the phone

• Excellent teamwork, communication, and collaboration skills

• Proven and demonstrated critical thinking skills

• Ability to react calmly, objectively, and effectively in emergency situations

Why Choose MaineGeneral:

• Generous Earned Time Program

• Student loan reimbursement potential for RNs

• Continuing Education Opportunities/Tuition Reimbursement

• Growth opportunities within the organization

• Dedication to employee safety, wellness, and work/life balance

Compensation Information: $34.00 - $59.50

The hourly pay range shown represents the base pay range for this position. Individual pay is determined based on factors such as experience, qualifications, skills, and market considerations. In addition to base pay, eligible team members may earn additional compensation through shift, weekend, holiday, on-call, and other applicable differentials. We are proud to offer a competitive total rewards package designed to recognize our caregivers and support them in delivering exceptional care to the communities we serve.

Scheduled Weekly Hours: 0

Job Exempt: No

Benefits:

Supporting all aspects of our employees’ wellness – physical, emotional and financial – is a critical component of being a great place to work. With the wide range of benefits and programs available, employees have the resources they need to be well at every stage of life and plan for the future.

Physical Wellness:

We offer wellness programs and resources to provide employees access to resources for a healthy lifestyle.

Emotional Wellness:

When life gets challenging, employees have access to our Employee Assistance Program for employees and anyone in their household.

Financial Wellness:

• Access the wages you’ve already earned before payday with Payactiv, giving you greater flexibility over your finances.

• We offer eligible employees up to 2% of eligible pay in 403(b) company-matching contributions plus another 2% in the 401(a) retirement income plan.

Career Mobility:

Helping our employees develop their skills and grow their careers is critical to how we retain our talent and sustain our business. We do this by offering our teammates a variety of leadership-supported programs and learning and development resources for every stage of their professional development. We know that our employees are our most valuable resource – they’re how we grow our business and care for our community.

Equal Opportunity Employer M/F/Vet/Disability Assistive technologies are available. Application assistance for those requesting reasonable accommodation to the career site is available by contacting HR at (207) 861-3440 .

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Equal Opportunity Employer M/F/Vet/Disability: In furtherance of MaineGeneral's policy regarding Equal Employment Opportunity, MaineGeneral has developed a written Affirmative Action Program which sets forth the policies, practices and procedures that MaineGeneral is committed to in order to ensure that its policy of nondiscrimination and affirmative action is accomplished.

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