RN Triage Nurse - New site opening, New Location, New team and M - F / 8:30 AM - 5:00 PM - New Bedford
16 hours ago
Job description
Overview
About us:
Fallon Health is a company that cares. We prioritize our members--always-making sure they get the care they need and deserve. Founded in 1977 in Worcester, Massachusetts, we deliver equitable, high-quality coordinated care and are continually rated among the nation's top health plans for member experience, service, and clinical quality.
Fallon Health's Summit ElderCare is a Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly–PACE for short. PACE, an alternative to nursing home care, is a program that helps people 55 and older continue living safely at home. At Fallon Health, we believe our individual differences, life experiences, knowledge, self-expression and unique capabilities allow us to better serve our members. We embrace and encourage differences in age, race, ethnicity, gender identity and expression, physical and mental ability, sexual orientation, socio-economic status and other characteristics that make people unique.
Today, guided by our mission of improving health and inspiring hope, we strive to be the leading provider of government-sponsored health insurance programs—including Medicare, Medicaid, and PACE— in the region.
Brief summary of purpose:
Responsible for the effective management and delivery of direct nursing care to PACE participants in any setting utilizing nursing process and adhering to standards of nursing practice.
Competencies:
- Demonstrates commitment to the Fallon Community Health Plan Mission, Values and Vision.
- Specific competencies essential to this position:
- Customer Focus
- Commitment Through Action
- Contributes to Team Performance
- Focus Upon Quality
Responsibilities
Primary Job Responsibilities:
- Reviews and implements Provider's orders.
- Conducts nursing assessments according to policy guidelines including physical, psychosocial, behavioral, and MDS-HC as indicated.
- Involves participants and significant other(s) based on needs and abilities.
- Delivers care to participants in any setting, including skilled services, based on individualized needs and according to age-appropriate nursing standards.
- Provides for cultural and diverse needs of participants when providing care.
- Monitors and evaluates therapeutic interventions.
- Participates in the development and ongoing review of each participant's care plan.
- Delegates participants' care responsibilities to other members of the health care team, when appropriate.
- Identifies emergency situations and initiates appropriate nursing orders/interventions.
- Meets the needs of participants in a timely manner.
- Participates in the interdisciplinary team (IDT) process and collaborates with IDT members to meet the needs of participants.
- Consistently documents all aspects of participant care, including significant changes in health status, monthly nurses' notes and health care teaching in the medical record.
- Participates in training and orientation of new nursing staff as assigned.
- Assists in the delivery of other nursing services as assigned.
- Participates in the nursing "on-call" rotation as assigned.
- Performs all duties in accordance with FCHP and Summit ElderCare policies and procedures.
- Participates in Weekend RN On Call rotation
Qualifications
Education
Graduate of an accredited school of nursing
License/Certifications
License:Current license as an RN in the state of Massachusetts
Certification: CPR and Alzheimer's certification, or willingness to be certified within 60 days of hire, is essential
Experience
At least two years of recent experience in the direct care of adults or chronically disabled persons with at least one year caring for a frail or elderly population. Ambulatory care or home care experience helpful.
Fallon Health provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.
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