About this role
Mission
Our mission is to improve the health of people in our region by providing access to exceptional, affordable, and patient-centered care every day and in every setting.
Communities We Serve
Located in the foothills of the beautiful Adirondack mountains, Glens Falls is conveniently located a short drive away from the capital region and Lake George. Work at the top of your profession and jumpstart your next career here at Glens Falls Hospital!
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religious creed, national origin, sex, age, gender identity, disability, sexual orientation, military service, genetic information, and/or other status protected under law.
Benefits
Glens Falls Hospital is committed to providing our people with valuable and competitive benefits offerings, as it is a core part of providing a strong overall employee experience. A summary of these offerings, which are available to active, full-time and part-time employees who work at least 30 hours per week, can be found on the career page here.
Compensation: $28.00 to $35.06 / hour (Exact rate is determined on a case-by-case basis commensurate with experience level, as well as education and certifications pertaining to each position which may be above the listed job requirements.)
Why Join Glens Falls Hospital Physician Practice?
Enjoy the robust benefits, stability, and resources of Glens Falls Hospital paired with the predictable schedule and tight-knit team environment of a physician practice. In our physician practice, you will work closely alongside our providers, practice at the top of your license, and build rewarding, long-term relationships with regular patients. We value your clinical insight and actively involve our nursing staff in shaping our daily workflows and patient care environment.
The Impact You Can Make
As a vital member of our small, collaborative healthcare team, you will utilize the nursing process to deliver exceptional, safe, and personalized care to both well-patients and those managing chronic or acute health conditions in an office setting. Utilizing the nursing process, the centralized prescription refill nurse provides prescription related medication support to patients, including medication refills, prior authorization requests as directed by a provider order via electronic or telephone communication for established primary care patients with Glens Falls Medical Group Primary Care practices.
How You Will Fulfill Your Potential (Responsibilities)
- Uses the nursing process to collect and document information in the electronic medical record (EMR) from patients requesting prescription refills for all primary care practices.
- Provides safe, ethical, direct and indirect patient care that is, patient centered and evidenced based.
- Participates in inbox management with other members of the care team for all primary care practices.
- Communicates by telephone, email, instant messaging and via EMR message pools with patients, pharmacy staff, nurses and providers in a professional manner and documents all interactions in the EMR.
- Reviews medication list and prepares orders for renewals as needed following established guidelines.
- Completes medication prior authorizations following established protocols and documents status in the EMR.
- Retrieve voicemails and processes prescription requests from messages left by patients requesting prescription renewals for all primary care practices.
- Verifies and documents last office visit date, next office visit date and pain management contracts if applicable. Runs PMP query for narcotic prescriptions and document results of the query in the request to the provider.
- Actively contributes to the professional development, morale and teamwork of staff while presenting a positive attitude and patient-minded vision, with patient satisfaction as the constant goal; uphold core values in all interactions.
What You Bring (Qualifications)
- Education & Experience:
- Graduate of an accredited practical nursing program
- 1 year of recent ambulatory care experience- preferably in primary care
- Licenses & Certifications: Current unrestricted NYS LPN license
- Skills & Abilities:
- Microsoft Office application experience preferred
- Epic EMR experience preferred