Triage Registered Nurse (RN) - Winthrop Family Medicine

Job Summary:

MaineGeneral Health. We’re With You. Be With Us.

MaineGeneral Health is a comprehensive non-profit system with the mission of enhancing, every day, the health of our patients, our families, and our communities.

If you are looking for the opportunity to support your friends, family, and your community through your work at MaineGeneral Health...Come be with us.

Job Description:

The Role:  Triage Registered Nurse (RN) – Winthrop Family Medicine

The Opportunity:

MaineGeneral Health is a leading health care system that is proud of the culture of excellence, compassion, and collaboration that extends to our patients and their families. We are committed to attracting talented, ambitious people who share our values and strive to provide excellent customer service. We are offering an exciting opportunity for an experienced Triage Registered Nurse (RN) to join our busy Winthrop Family Medicine practice. If you have a passion for service excellence…we want to hear from you!

Position highlights:

Opportunity to work with a friendly supportive team including 8 providers. This position is perfect for a nurse who enjoys assessing patient needs over the phone and evaluating the needs of the patient. This position also allows the nurse to provide education to the patient and/or family.

This position is 40 hours per week, with a weekday schedule. 

The Work:

• Plans, implements and evaluates patient care plans based on patient assessment to optimize outcomes and maximize available resources. Monitors, records, and communicates patient condition as appropriate.
• Evaluates the learning needs of patient and/or family and provides patient/family education appropriate to age, culture, condition, and circumstances.
• Triage calls from patients/caregivers requesting assistance. Provides advice, referrals, and patient education. For symptomatic patients determines the necessity and type of care needed and advise the caller regarding appropriate care.
• Performs administrative duties to coordinate patient care, including data collection, answering phones, scheduling tests/procedures and appointments, calling in prescriptions, determining insurance coverage, and billing and receiving payments.

You Have:

• 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

You Get:

• 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

Scheduled Weekly Hours:

40

Scheduled Work Shift:

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 quality health, dental, and vision benefits and wellness programs and resources to provide employees access to resources for a healthy lifestyle and help manage health care costs.

• Employees have access to industry-leading leave for new parents.

• A generous earned time plan is offered to all employees - We believe employees need and deserve time away from work to observe holidays, be with family, go on vacation, or simply take care of themselves.

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.

• Loan Reimbursement is available for this position dependent upon current degree level.  Please discuss benefit with the recruiter.

• Tuition Reimbursement is available to all employees to further develop skills and career.

• We offer eligible employees up to 2% of eligible pay in 403(b) company-matching contributions plus an