Triage Nurse

Location: City of Syracuse

** About the Role
** The role of the Triage Nurse is to provide patients with medical instruction and professional education pertaining to urological issues.  The triage nurse will work under the supervision of a licensed physician to give assistance in determining the urgency of care needed.  The Triage Nurse position requires a highly organized individual who can safely manage more than one task at a time and move efficiently throughout varied responsibilities.

The Triage Nurse must be able to work independently as well as interact as part of a team, consistently demonstrating respect and consideration to all callers phoning into the practice.
** What You’ll Be Doing
** Assists nurses on the floor and performs other duties as assigned. At least one (1) year of medical/surgical experience is preferred
** Reasoning Ability
** Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.
** Computer Skills
** To perform this job successfully, an individual should have thorough knowledge in computer information systems.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to stand; walk; sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl and talk or hear. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.  This job operates in a professional office environment.  

This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, filing cabinets and fax machines.
** Other Duties
** Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job.  Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.
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