RN - Per Diem, Internal Medicine & Pediatrics OfficeE

Albany Med; Town of Colonie (NY); On-site; USD 85,000 - 132,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Wellbeing programs

Job summary

The Albany Med Health System is seeking a per diem Registered Nurse to join the Internal Medicine & Pediatrics Office in Latham, NY. You'll collaborate with physicians to support case management, follow-ups, and patient messaging, triage status changes, and coordinate care for high-risk patients.

Responsibilities include coordinating referrals, entering lab orders, providing patient education on injections and glucometer use, and supporting LPNs/MAs.

Qualifications

• Requires NY RN licensure and associate degree in nursing.
• Two years of clinical RN experience preferred.
• Ability to coordinate care and manage patient education.

Responsibilities

• Triage patient status and coordinate post-hospital care.
• Manage referrals to specialists and follow-up appointments.
• Provide patient education on injections and glucometer use.
• Enter lab orders and support clinical tasks.

Skills

Nursing

Case management

Triage

Patient education

Team collaboration

Lab orders

Education

Associate's degree in Nursing

RN licensure in NY

Job description

Department/Unit: HBD - Latham Med Ped Work Shift: Per Diem (United States of America) Salary Range: $85,280.00 - $132,184.00 Registered Nurse - Per Diem Internal Medicine & Pediatrics Office Latham, NY

We are seeking an RN RN to assist with nursing related duties including case management, hospital follow ups and patient messages in our Internal Medicine & Pediatrics office in Latham. The RN will be working alongside the physicians to ensure that case management goals are met and ensuring our high-risk patients are receiving exceptional care. The RN is responsible for triaging change in status, follows up coordination of care for post hospitalization, ER, and urgent care events. Under the direction of the practice physician and/or advanced practice provider (APP) and the supervision of the Nurse Manager (RN) and/or Nurse Supervisor (RN), the RN may provide direct patient care, patient triage (in-person and telephonic), assessment, planning, directing and evaluating of a patient’s specific care plan and clinic visit. Able to work effectively within a team of multi-specialty professionals is essential.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Assesses need for home care services and provide referral if appropriate.
• Ensures follow-up appointments are made in a timely manner.
• Coordinates referrals to specialists.
• Collaborates with agencies/resources in the community to coordinate care.
• Actively participates in meetings and attend regional conferences to gain information needed to meet measures required by NCQA, PCMH, CPC, and CMS.
• Demonstrates consistent proactive problem solving and critical thinking to improve PCMH.
• Triages patient calls.
• Enters lab orders for patients.
• Provides patient education – injections, glucometer use.
• Clinical resource for LPNs/MAs.
• Checks AEDs every morning and document on log in RN office.
• Assists providers and staff with various clinical tasks.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Associate’s degree of a state accredited Registered Nursing program is required
• NYS current RN licensure is required
• Minimum of 2 years of clinical RN experience is desired

Thank you for your interest in Albany Med Health System! Albany Med Health System is an equal opportunity employer. This role may require access to information considered sensitive to Albany Med Health System, its patients, affiliates, and partners, including but not limited to HIPAA Protected Health Information and other information regulated by Federal and New York State statutes. Workforce members are expected to ensure that: Access to information is based on a “need to know” and is the minimum necessary to properly perform assigned duties. Use or disclosure shall not exceed the minimum amount of information needed to accomplish an intended purpose. Reasonable efforts, consistent with Albany Med Health System policies and standards, shall be made to ensure that information is adequately protected from unauthorized access and modification.

Albany Medical Center is the centerpiece of medicine, research, and medical education in New York’s Capital Region and is the area's largest private employer with more than 10,000 employees. Albany Medical Center offers excellent career opportunities in a wide range of roles in both patient care and administration.

We value all our staff members and offer outstanding employee benefits including:

• Excellent health care coverage with no copay at Albany Medical Center providers
• A wide array of services and programs to support emotional, physical, and mental wellbeing

Anchored in the state’s historic capital city, Albany Medical Center offers a full range of inpatient and outpatient care and is home to the region’s largest hospital, only Level 1 adult and pediatric trauma centers, and only children’s hospital. The downtown campus also offers opportunities at Albany Medical College.

Albany Medical Center, along with Columbia Memorial Health, Glens Falls Hospital, Saratoga Hospital, and the Visiting Nurses, form the Albany Med Health System, serving more than three million people over 25 counties.