PACE Registered Nurse - Triage

Full time role - M-F, 8:00AM to 4:30PM

Because you're looking for more than just a job - you want work/life balance and the opportunity to make a meaningful impact in the lives of North County seniors and their families.

At Gary and Mary West PACE, we support your personal and professional well-being with:

• Generous pay and a comprehensive benefits package focused on your health and wellness.
• 11 paid holidays, 13 days of PTO, and 5 days of sick time.
• A 5% employer match to our 403(b) retirement plan.
• No on-call time – because your time matters.

We invest in our team with an annual education allowance and a commitment to professional growth, helping you expand your skills and advance your career.

You’ll thrive in a supportive, mission-driven culture where collaboration feels like family. As part of our multi-disciplinary team, your voice is heard, and your work is truly valued.

Join us and do your best work-because here, your contribution matters.

Philanthropists Gary and Mary West founded West Health with the mission of enabling seniors to successfully age in place with access to high-quality, affordable health and support services that preserve and protect their dignity, quality of life, and independence. The Gary and Mary West PACE (Program of All-inclusive Care for the Elderly), affiliated with West Health (www.west health.org), is a non-profit that delivers medical, social, and behavioral services to the frail elderly to the North County of San Diego.

This PACE center is entrepreneurial in nature and focuses on innovations and bringing new processes to the traditional PACE environment.

We're looking for passionate healthcare providers who want to be part of a team dedicated to enable seniors to live in their communities as independently as possible by providing compassionate, comprehensive health and supportive care.

One Team One Mission

The Gary and Mary West PACE (GMWP) Clinic Triage RN is responsible for coordinating and providing direct and indirect nursing care to participants at the center as well as at participant's home, working in close coordination with the PACE Provider, clinic staff and other interdisciplinary team (IDT) members to manage ongoing care, complex clinical situations, and to support the operation of the GMWP primary care clinic.

The Clinic Triage RN also, collaborates effectively with colleagues and stakeholders to promote the GMWP values, team culture and mission.

• Conduct telephone and in-person nursing triage for PACE participants by assessing symptoms, identifying changes in condition, determining urgency, and establishing appropriate next steps in collaboration with the PACE Provider and IDT.
• Provide timely nursing assessment and intervention for acute and changing participant needs, including coordination of same-day appointments, follow-up care, treatments, and other appropriate services.
• Utilize clinical judgment and established protocols to identify conditions requiring escalation and promptly notify the PACE Provider and appropriate IDT members of significant changes in participant condition.
• Provide nursing interventions within the RN scope of practice, including wound care, medication administration, ordered treatments, and other nursing services as directed by the PACE Provider.
• Coordinate and facilitate appropriate care to help prevent avoidable emergency department visits and hospitalizations when clinically appropriate, while ensuring timely escalation for conditions requiring emergency care.
• May conduct home visits when clinically indicated to assess participants, provide nursing interventions, and coordinate follow-up care.
• Monitor and follow up on participant symptoms,…