Registered Nurse, Triage

About This Role

This nursing role coordinates patient care requests by phone for all physicians and serves as a resource to staff, handling emergency calls and acting as a liaison between physicians, patients, and other facilities. It suits a registered nurse with experience in phone triage and oncology.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate patient care requests by phone for all physicians
• Serve as a resource to staff
• Review all incoming faxes to the office
• Answer pharmacy calls and medication refill requests
• Coordinate physician orders (i.e., home health, hospice, hospital, etc.)
• Handle emergency calls on the designated emergency line
• Serve as liaison between physician and other facilities
• Serve as liaison between physician and patient
• Triage patient calls
• Manage oral chemotherapy and medication orders
• Coordinate patient care and documents
• Perform nursing duties

Requirements

• Active RN license in the state of LA required
• BLS CPR required
• Phone triage experience required

Nice to have:

• ONS/OCN highly preferred
• Oncology/Infusion nursing experience highly preferred

About the Company

Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center is Louisiana’s leading cancer care organization, caring for more patients each year than any other facility in the region. With strategic hospital and physician partnerships, it delivers on its mission to improve survivorship and lessen the burden of cancer, providing state-of-the-art treatments and unparalleled collaborative, comprehensive cancer services. For more than 50 years, the staff at Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center has provided the highest quality care to patients.