RN Telephone Triage Nurse

Tallahassee Memorial Healthcare (TMH) is a private, nonprofit community-based healthcare system that provides care to a 22-county region in North Florida and South Georgia. We are a career destination with over 6,000 colleagues who reflect the diversity of our community. 

TMH is the region's healthcare leader and top provider of advanced care with a 772-bed acute care hospital and the region's only:

• Level II Trauma Center 
• Primary Stroke Center 
• Level III Neonatal Intensive Care 
• Pediatric Intensive Care 
• The most advanced cancer, heart and vascular, orthopedic & surgery programs in the Panhandle. 

Our system also includes a psychiatric hospital, multiple specialty care centers, six residency programs and more than 50 affiliated physician practices. 

Qualifications

Required Education:

• Associate degree (or equivalent) in nursing.

Preferred Education:

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in nursing. 

Required Experience:

• Two (2) years of acute care experience.

Preferred Experience:

• Critical care, emergency center, home health, occupational health, or APRN experience.

Required Certification/License/Registry:

• Licensed as a registered nurse (RN) or an advanced practice registered nurse (APRN) in accordance with Florida Statutes (FS), Title XXXII (Regulation of Professions and Occupations), Chapter 464 (Nursing), Part I (Nurse Practice Act) [includes multistate compact licensure].

Responsibilities

Your Role:

• Utilizes expert decision-making skills and clinical expertise in performing comprehensive telephone triage. 
• Ranks patients’ health problems according to their urgency, educating and advising patients and making safe, effective and appropriate dispositions.