Triage Nurse

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**Practicing at GraceMed**

If you are a healthcare professional, we appreciate your interest in

practicing in a community health setting at **GraceMed**. This is a

clinical environment where you can be a part of a diverse team of

professionals who come together to address the whole health of the

patient. Youll make a difference you can see every day as you care for

patients who are often high-risk because of their underserved status.

Youll be fully supported by a staff and organization set up to let you

focus on delivering care. And youll be part of a team that has

distinguished itself for its quality of care and outcomes.

• Reporting Relationship:** Reports to the Medical Manager/Clinic
  
  

Manager

• Supervision Responsibilities:** No
• Essential Role:** Provides professional assessment of patient\'s
  
  

health concerns over the telephone, without the advantage of visual

inspection or face-to-face interaction in order to complement GraceMed

Health Clinic, Inc.s mission of delivering primary health care services.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Utilizes communication skills, knowledge of disease processes, and
  
  

normal growth and development for all age groups in order to

ascertain an accurate understanding of patients symptoms.

• Determines the severity of the patients complaint; directs the
  
  

caller to the appropriate emergency services if necessary;

recommends the suggested medical follow-up based on their

assessments and established triage protocols, and provides health

information.

• Coordinates referrals with physicians, specialists and ancillary
  
  

services on behalf of patients when needed.

• Maintains patient confidentiality at all times.
• Assists in the development and documentation of protocols related to
  
  

his or her job functions.

Working Conditions

Medical office environment. Ability to sit and/or stand for long periods

of time. Bending, stooping, and lifting (up to 50lbs.) may be required.

Interaction with physicians, patients and other office personnel. May

involve contact with angry, upset or ill persons. May involve potential

exposure to blood and body fluids and other hazardous substances. Must

have visual acuity and manual dexterity to interface with computer. Must

have auditory acuity to handle phone calls.

• The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and
  
  

level of work being performed. They are not intended to be construed, as

an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required

of personnel so classified.*

• This job description has been examined for compliance with the
  
  

Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and the Fair Labor Standards Act

(FLSA) (May 1995).*

• GraceMed Health Clinic** is an equal opportunity organization and
  
  

shall not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion (creed),

gender, gender expression, age, national origin (ancestry), disability,

marital status, sexual orientation, military status, or for any other

discriminatory reason prohibited by applicable law.*