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Supervisor, Clinical Triage (RN) Connect to Care - Access Center

Role overview

Qualifications

  • Graduate of an accredited nursing program
  • Active Pennsylvania Nursing License
  • Active New Jersey Nursing License or ability to obtain within 90 days
  • Minimum 3+ years recent clinical experience in a physician office, home health, critical care and/or emergency room

Responsibilities

  • Oversees a team of Patient Engagement Partners (PEPs) and Clinical Triage Specialists-RN
  • Researches complex issues and resolves patient issues
  • Collaborates and maintains relations with Medication Management Supervisors
  • Provides clinical leadership to CTSs and conducts coaching and feedback

Key facts

Other skills

  • Leadership
  • Coaching
  • Communication
  • Business Acumen
  • Teamwork
  • Collaboration
  • Problem Solving

About the company

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St. Luke's University Health Network

Hospitals & Health Care

Founded in 1872, St. Luke’s University Health Network (SLUHN) is a fully integrated, regional, non-profit network of more than 17,000 employees providing services at 14 campuses and 300+ outpatient sites. With annual net revenue of $2.7 billion, the Network’s service area includes 11 counties: Lehigh, Northampton, Berks, Bucks, Carbon, Montgomery, Monroe, Schuylkill and Luzerne counties in Pennsylvania and Warren and Hunterdon counties in New Jersey. Dedicated to advancing medical education, St. Luke’s is the preeminent teaching hospital in central-eastern Pennsylvania. In partnership with Temple University, St. Luke’s established the Lehigh Valley’s first and only regional medical school campus. It also operates the nation’s longest continuously operating School of Nursing, established in 1884, and 38 fully accredited graduate medical educational programs with 347 residents and fellows. St. Luke’s is the only Lehigh Valley-based health care system to earn Medicare’s five-star ratings (the highest) for quality, efficiency and patient satisfaction. St. Luke’s is both a Leapfrog Group and Healthgrades Top Hospital and a Newsweek World’s Best Hospital. U.S. News & World Report ranked St. Luke’s #1 in the Lehigh Valley and #6 in the state. Three of IBM Watson Health’s 100 Top Hospitals are St. Luke’s hospitals. St. Luke’s flagship University Hospital has earned the 100 Top Major Teaching Hospital designation from IBM Watson Health nine times total and seven years in a row, including in 2021 when it was identified as THE #1 TEACHING HOSPITAL IN THE COUNTRY. In 2021, IBM Watson Health also named St. Luke’s among the 15 Top Health Systems nationally. Utilizing the Epic electronic medical record (EMR) system for both inpatient and outpatient services, the Network is a multi-year recipient of the Most Wired award recognizing the breadth of the SLUHN’s information technology applications such as telehealth, online scheduling and online pricing information.

Company details

Company typeXLarge
IndustryHospitals & Health Care
Company size10001

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Job description

St. Luke's is proud of the skills, experience and compassion of its employees. The employees of St. Luke's are our most valuable asset! Individually and together, our employees are dedicated to satisfying the mission of our organization which is an unwavering commitment to excellence as we care for the sick and injured; educate physicians, nurses and other health care providers; and improve access to care in the communities we serve, regardless of a patient's ability to pay for health care.

  

 

 

 

The Supervisor, Clinical Triage (RN) is responsible for successfully managing a team of Clinical Triage Specialists (CTSs) and Patient Engagement Partners (PEPs) to deliver an exceptional patient experience in an afterhours setting. The Supervisor will ensure patients receive appropriate clinical triage advice using approved protocols and guidance. This role will also perform mentoring and leadership support to the team such as providing performance feedback, resolving queries, and day-to-day training.

JOB DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: 

  • Oversees a team of Patient Engagement Partners (PEPs) and Clinical Triage Specialists-RN which serves as a resource and Subject Matter Expert (SME) for other team members and internal customers.

  • Researches complex issues and works with support resources to resolve patient issues and/or partners with others to resolve escalated issues.

  • Effectively collaborates and maintains close relations with Medication Management Supervisors to ensure an appropriate streamlined process remains in place for responding to clinical patient messages.

  • Serves as an escalation point for clinical patient issues and other POD team members requiring clinical support, and provides clinical advice based on clinical protocols and procedures. Monitors productivity, clinical protocol adherence, and quality standards and proactively works to achieve defined service levels. 

  • Monitors activity, performance and call quality to facilitate recognition, coaching/feedback, and escalation of variances to Manager, Connect to Care-Access Center. 

  • Collaborates with Manager, Connect to Care – Access Center and Workforce Management Analyst to effectively plan, optimize staffing and flex daily staffing, and monitor supply and demand in order to maintain service levels.

  • Ensures PEPs and CTSs are properly equipped with necessary technology, resources, and tools required to address patient inquiries and/or triage patients and address clinical patient messages efficiently.

  • Provides clinical leadership to CTSs; regularly provides coaching and feedback to their team members for ongoing improvement and fosters a culture of collaboration and inclusivity.

  • Analyzes current procedures, bringing suggestions for improvement to the attention of the Manager, Connect to Care-Access Center.  

  • Collaborates with practices and PODs to maintain connection with the while serving as a point of contact for specialty team matters.

  • Other related duties as assigned.

PHYSICAL AND SENSORY REQUIREMENTS:

Requires sitting for extended periods of time (up to 8 hours at time). Requires continual use of fingers, writing and computer entry.  Requires ability to hear normal conversation and good general near and peripheral vision.

EDUCATION:

Required:

Graduate of an accredited nursing program. Active Pennsylvania Nursing License. Active New Jersey Nursing License or ability to obtain within 90 days.

Preferred:

Bachelor’s degree in Nursing.

TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE:

Minimum 3+ years recent clinical experience in a physician office, home health, critical care and/or emergency room required. Electronic Medical Record system experience required. Epic experience preferred. Previous contact center experience preferred. Previous management experience preferred. Strong business acumen. Skilled in all forms of communication. Effectively able to develop self and others. Leadership presence/EQ, presents as a composed and competent leader. Quality focused. Exudes patient and customer service focus.

 

Ability to work from home in accordance with the Network Work from Home Policy if needed.

Please complete your application using your full legal name and current home address.  Be sure to include employment history for the past seven (7) years, including your present employer.  Additionally, you are encouraged to upload a current resume, including all work history, education, and/or certifications and licenses, if applicable.  It is highly recommended that you create a profile at the conclusion of submitting your first application.  Thank you for your interest in St. Luke's!!

St. Luke's University Health Network is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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