Why Join Us? 

For us, what matters most is excellence. We are caring professionals, people who live, work and dedicate themselves to the communities within New Jersey and Pennsylvania. As such, we strive to provide a sanctuary of excellence, precision, thoroughness and genuine compassion. We also take a whole-person approach to patient care and treatment, tailoring all that we do around their unique needs. And we do all we can for patients, going the extra mile to see that they’re supported, informed and getting the one-on-one care and service they deserve.

This position is on a per diem basis with a hybrid schedule and onsite in our East Brunswick location.

General responsibilities:

• Perform a short evaluation of the patient situation to estimate severity of illness and/or injury including learning about the patients’ chief complaint and, as possible obtaining vital signs and mental status information.
• Talk directly to the patients on the telephone and then directing them accordingly, whether it is home care, arranging a visit with their physician or directing them to the emergency room.
• Determine the urgency of seeing the patient based on brief assessment and on familiarity with a patient’s condition and history. Confer with the physician as needed.
• Provide appropriate home health advise to those patients who do not need to be evaluated by the physician or sent to the ER for immediate help.
• Send those with high-risk chief complaints to ER immediately.
• Coordinate scheduling of appointment for patients who need to be seen by the physician or NP.
• Handle routine information requests from patients, including reporting lab results and diagnostic testing as directed by the physician.
• Refill patient’s prescriptions, including obtaining prior-authorizations for medications when necessary.
• Arrange home care or hospice needs, including arranging for the appropriate durable medical equipment needed.

Requirements:

• Valid RN License / CPR Cert
• Must possess good analytical judgment and the ability to pay close attention to detail because small differences or changes in test substance or numerical readouts can be crucial to diagnosis.
• Must demonstrate good problem-solving skills and the ability to work under pressure.
• Assume responsibility and accountability for individual judgments and actions.
• Interactions with stakeholders (patients, physicians, etc.) are via telephone or computer.