Advocate Health Care

Registered Nurse Ambulatory-Outpatient Neuro

Advocate Health Care$73K — $110K *
Healthcare
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Completion of an accredited or approved program in nursing
  • Registered Nurse license in the state of practice
  • Current BLS certification; ACLS preferred
  • Minimum 1 year of nursing experience preferred
  • Prior Neurology experience preferred

Responsibilities

  • Perform comprehensive telephone and electronic triage for patients with neurological symptoms
  • Provide nursing advice and self-care instructions within approved guidelines
  • Utilize clinical judgment to determine appropriate patient disposition
  • Manage high-priority patient concerns and facilitate interventions
  • Engage in quality initiatives and professional governance to improve care processes

Benefits

  • Paid Time Off programs
  • Health and welfare benefits including medical, dental, and vision
  • Flexible Spending Accounts for healthcare and dependent care expenses
  • Family benefits such as adoption assistance and paid parental leave
  • Defined contribution retirement plans with employer match and educational assistance programs
Full Job Description

Department:

02240 GCMG Neurology OP: Cabarrus - Neurology

Status:

Full time

Benefits Eligible:

Yes

Hours Per Week:

40

Schedule Details/Additional Information:

Monday-Friday 8:00-5:00

No Holidays

Key Responsibilities
Clinical Triage and Patient Assessment
  • Perform comprehensive telephone and electronic triage for patients presenting with neurological symptoms, medication concerns, test result questions, and disease-specific issues.
  • Provide nursing advice, education, and self-care instructions within scope of practice and approved clinical guidelines.
  • Utilize critical thinking and clinical judgment to determine appropriate disposition, including emergency services, urgent evaluation, provider intervention, or routine follow-up.
  • Manage high-priority patient concerns and facilitate immediate intervention when indicated

Pay Range:

$35.50 - $53.25

Where You Will Work:

Atrium Health Neurology provides general neurology care as well as specialty care in Headache, Epilepsy, and Cognitive Neurology. Our RN supports patients through phone triage. 

Major Responsibilities:

  • Engages in unit councils, professional governance, and quality initiatives to improve care processes and apply evidence-based practices. 
  • Utilizes the nursing process to assess, plan, diagnose, implement, and evaluate nursing care, engaging patients and families through the continuum of care. 
  • Monitors patient conditions, adjusts care plans, mobilizes resources, and collaborates with the care team to influence care outcomes. 
  • Upholds and promotes a culture of safety. 
  • Continuously evaluates patient, team, and unit outcomes, taking action as needed. 
  • May administer medications, treatments, and therapies safely and according to clinical protocols and procedures. 
  • Demonstrates effective communication, feedback, and conflict resolution, fostering team collaboration and appropriate delegation. 
  • Pursues professional development, completes required education, and maintains certifications. 
  • Adhere to the ANA Code of Ethics and practices ethical decision-making, respects interdisciplinary roles, and contributes to integrated, unbiased patient care. 
  • Appropriate delegation to other Registered Nurses, Licensed Practical Nurses, and unlicensed assistive personnel (i.e., nurse aides, credentialed medical assistants, etc.). 
  • Maintains accurate, timely EHR documentation. 
  • May be required to float to other units, departments, care areas, or facilities within the designated service area to meet patient care needs. 
  • Must be able to demonstrate knowledge and skills necessary to provide care appropriate to the age of the patients served. Must demonstrate knowledge of the principles of growth and development over the life span and possess the ability to assess data reflective of the patient's status and interpret the appropriate information needed to identify each patient's requirements relative to his/her age-specific needs, and to provide the care needed as described in the department's policies and procedures. Age-specific information is developed further in the departmental job standards. 

Requirements:

Completion of an accredited or approved program in nursing

Registered Nurse license issued by the state in which the teammate practices

Current BLS certification, ACLS preferred

Minimum 1 year of nursing experience preferred

Prior Neurology experience preferred

Note: Licensed nurses practicing via telehealth/telenursing/virtual modalities are required to be licensed or hold the privilege to practice in the state(s) where the client(s) is/are located. Licensed nurses are responsible and accountable for knowing, understanding, and practicing in compliance with the laws, rules, regulations, and standards of practice of the state(s) where the client(s) is/are located. 

Position Details:

Monday – Friday 8:00a – 5:00p

What You’ll Do:

Full-Time RN position to support Triage across 2 locations

Knowledge / Skills / Abilities 

  • Strong clinical judgment and critical thinking. 
  • Time management, prioritization and problem-solving skills. 
  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills. 
  • Ability to work in a fast-paced, dynamic environment. 
  • Proficiency in operating computer functions (e.g., E-mail, electronic records, digital platforms etc.) clinical, aviation, maintenance, communications, and administrative departments.  

Physical Requirements and Working Conditions

  • Must be able to sit, stand, walk, lift, squat, bend, reach above shoulders, and twist frequently throughout the workday. 
  • Must be able to lift and support the weight of 35 pounds in handling patients, medical equipment, and supplies. 
  • Must be able to: push/pull with 30 lbs. of force and perform a sliding transfer of 150 lbs. with a second person present. 
  • Must have functional speech, vision, hearing, and touch with ability to use fine hand manipulation skills for IV insertion and other procedures/functions. 
  • Maneuver foot pedals on carts or machines. 
  • Perform physical safety interventions such as patient restraint and verbal de-escalation, if needed. 
  • May be exposed to chemical and hazardous waste as well as blood and body fluids and communicable disease. Therefore, protective clothing and equipment must be worn as necessary. 
  • Must be able to respond quickly to changes in patient and/or unit conditions. 
  • Physical Abilities Testing may be required. 
  • Additional department specific physical requirements may be identified for unique responsibilities within the department by the nurse leader. 

This job description indicates the general nature and level of work expected of the incumbent. It is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities required of the incumbent. Incumbent may be required to perform other related duties.

Compensation

  • Base compensation listed within the listed pay range based on factors such as qualifications, skills, relevant experience, and/or training

  • Premium pay such as shift, on call, and more based on a teammate's job

  • Incentive pay for select positions

  • Opportunity for annual increases based on performance

Benefits and more

  • Paid Time Off programs

  • Health and welfare benefits such as medical, dental, vision, life, and Short- and Long-Term Disability

  • Flexible Spending Accounts for eligible health care and dependent care expenses

  • Family benefits such as adoption assistance and paid parental leave

  • Defined contribution retirement plans with employer match and other financial wellness programs

  • Educational Assistance Program

Note: Eligibility for programs listed above may depend on your FTE or status (e.g., full-time, part-time, per diem, temporary, etc.); please ask a Recruiter for more information during an interview.


About Advocate Health Care

Advocate Health Care is a not-for-profit, faith-based health system providing comprehensive health care services to the people of Illinois. The organization is the largest fully integrated health care delivery system in Illinois, with more than 500 sites of care and 12 hospitals, including two of the nation’s 100 Top Hospitals, the state’s largest integrated children’s network, five Level I trauma centers (the state’s highest designation in trauma care), three Level II trauma centers, one of the area’s largest home health and hospice companies and one of the region’s largest medical groups. Advocate Health Care trains more primary care physicians and residents at its four teaching hospitals than any other health system in the state. As a not-for-profit, mission-based health system affiliated with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and the United Church of Christ, Advocate contributed $1.6 billion in charitable care and services to communities across Chicagoland and Central Illinois in 2019.
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