RN - Palliative Care
Fargo, North Dakota
You'll answer patient calls and assess how severe their symptoms are using triage algorithms.
- Eligibility
- Shift and hours
- 8-hour shifts · day shifts 8 Hours - Day Shifts (United States of America)40 hours a week
- Unit and setting
- Palliative
- License
- RN license unencumbered RN license; multistate license if in an NLC state
- Term
- Permanent
Do you qualify?
- License
- unencumbered RN license; multistate license if in an NLC state Check your license
- License
- licensed in each state where your callers live Nurses performing nursing practice over the telephone require licensure in the states where the patients being served reside.
Preferred
- Education
- graduate of an accredited nursing program Graduate from an accredited nursing program preferred
- Education
- BSN Bachelor’s Degree in nursing preferred.
- Experience
- 1 year of healthcare experience One year of healthcare experience preferred.
What it pays
- Against similar roles
- Below most Fargo staff RN postingsFargo staff RN postings that state pay run $30/hr to $35/hr, the middle half $32/hr to $34/hr, across 127 postings.
- Sign-on bonus
- $15,000
- Bonus
- $15,000 sign-on bonus ** $15,000 Sign On Bonus for Qualified Applicants **Qualified Applicants
Benefits
- Sign-on bonus
The role and schedule
- Union
- Non-union
- Day to day
- telephone triage Answers patient inquiries over the telephone, assessing the severity of the patient's symptoms and medical needs according to triage algorithms.
- Day to day
- booking appointments by phone with providers, facilities and physicians schedules patient appointments over the phone with appropriate healthcare providers/facilities/physicians.
- Day to day
- maintaining and developing triage protocols Maintains and develops triage protocols
- Day to day
- patient education from incoming calls Educate patients based on calls that come in.
- Hours stated
- 8 Hours - Day Shifts
- Details
- not a union position Union Position: No
The workplace
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- Can you walk me through base pay range, differentials, and sign-on bonus repayment terms?
- What should I expect for weekend, holiday, call, and rotation?
- What orientation, preceptor time, and ongoing unit support are included?
- How are patient load, floating, and staffing support handled day to day?
On your path
Hospice is a specialty you move into. Med surg, oncology, or home health is the usual door in.
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Sanford Health, the largest rural health system in the United States, is dedicated to transforming the health care experience and providing access to world-class health care in America’s heartland.
Work Shift
8 Hours - Day Shifts (United States of America)
Scheduled Weekly Hours
40
Compensation
Starting Rate: $29.50 - $44.50
$15,000 Sign On Bonus for Qualified Applicants
Union Position
No
Department Details Summary Answers patient inquiries over the telephone, assessing the severity of the patient's symptoms and medical needs according to triage algorithms.
Job Description
Guides the patient to the appropriate level of care; schedules patient appointments over the phone with appropriate healthcare providers/facilities/physicians. Documents information provided to patients during triage in health record systems; records patients health conditions for follow-up patient care. Maintains and develops triage protocols; ensures patients' healthcare information is updated on time.
Role does answer inquiries through multiple variations of technology, depending on department. Educate patients based on calls that come in. Qualifications Graduate from an accredited nursing program preferred, including, but not limited to, American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN), Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing (ACEN), and National League for Nursing Commission for Nursing Education Accreditation (NLN CNEA).
Bachelor’s Degree in nursing preferred. One year of healthcare experience preferred. Currently holds an unencumbered RN license with the State Board of Nursing where the practice of nursing is occurring and/or possess multistate licensure if in a Nurse Licensure Compact (NLC) state.
Nurses performing nursing practice over the telephone require licensure in the states where the patients being served reside. Within first 30 days of employment, all requirements to obtain license needed for role is completed. Obtains and subsequently maintains required department specific competencies and certifications.
Obtains and subsequently maintains required department specific competencies and certifications. Sanford is an EEO/AA Employer M/F/Disability/Vet. If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request an accommodation for help with your online application, please call 1-877-949-5678 or send an email to talent@sanfordhealth.org.
What's around it?
Fargo, NDFrom Census ACS 2024.
Living costs about 9% below the US average
- Median rent
- $946/mo
- Household income
- $66,998/yr, all local households, not nurse pay