RN/LPN Triage- Meridian Peds

RN/LPN Triage- Meridian Peds

Summary

Description

You.

You bring a smile, compassion, and your love for children to your work as an RN/LPN Triage Nurse in Pediatrics.
You enjoy working with kids and their families.  You have great communication skills.  You know how to have fun.
You're great at what you do, but you want to be a part of something even greater.  Because while you believe in the strength of the individual, you know the power of the team is invincible.

Us.

Primary Health Medical Group is Idaho's largest independent medical group, specializing in family practice and urgent care.  With multiple locations throughout the Treasure Valley, we are able to offer patient-centered care where medical decisions respect the unique needs of each patient and their families.

 

Benefits are one of the ways we support and encourage the health and well-being of you and your family.  But health is more than just physical.  We promote a positive work-life balance and offer flexible scheduling options.  We provide a comprehensive benefits package available to most employees, which includes:
 

• Medical coverage with a broad range of plans to offer more personalized coverage
• Dental coverage with two plan options
• Voluntary vision insurance
• Life, disability, and long-term care insurances
• 401(k) with an employer match
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) available to all employees and their dependents at no cost
• Generous paid time off (based on position hours)
• Bonus opportunities

We.

Together we'll align our mission, service standards, workplace, and careers.
We will flourish with teamwork, celebrate our company culture, and encourage an atmosphere of positivity and fun.
We will strive to be the medical provider of choice, offering continuity of care and expanding to meet the needs of a growing community.  We will do this together as a team with integrity and respect for our patients and each other.

Your day.

As an RN/LPN Triage Nurse in Pediatrics, you need to know how to:
 

• Assist the Back Office in managing patient flow, paperwork, and customer service
• Provide clinical triage/communication as defined by protocol or per provider instruction
• Assist providers in casting, bracing, and injections
• Provide quality customer service
• Perform tests and procedures as ordered
• Accurately document patient encounters and interventions performed
• Relay provider instructions to patients
• Assist with all non-direct patient care tasks (autoclaving, stocking rooms, filing, mailing, etc.)
• Work Pediatric triage "buckets" for all Pediatric providers and Pediatric prior authorizations
• Administer Pediatric immunizations
• Update newborn screening cards
• Assist Front Office staff in managing details of patients, schedules, and referrals
• Other duties as assigned

Your experience.

We hire people, not resumes.  But we also expect excellence, which is why we require:
 

• RNs and LPNs to have a current license from the Idaho Board of Nursing
• Venipuncture skills
• Previous clinical experience preferred
• Previous experience with pediatric catheters preferred
• Previous experience with pediatric immunizations preferred
• Customer service-oriented attitude/behavior
• Computer proficiency and ability to use applicable software as required to perform the essential functions of the job
• Recommended vaccines to include annual Influenza, Hep B, TDaP, MMR, Varicella, and TB

Your next move.

Now that you know more about being an RN/LPN Triage Nurse in Pediatrics, we hope you'll join us.  At Primary Health, you will reaffirm your love for this work and why you were called to it.

Primary Health Medical Group is a Drug-Free and Smoke-Free Workplace. Employment is contingent upon successfully completing a background check and drug screening. While not mandatory, we strongly recommend that new hires stay current on vaccinations, such as the annual Influenza vaccine, and request that proof of immunization be provided or scheduled within two weeks of the start date.