Triage Specialist, MA Certified

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Description GENERAL SUMMARY: The Triage Specialist, MA Certified conducts initial assessments to evaluate how urgently a patient needs care. They ask questions, check vital signs and coordinate care with other medical professionals including physicians. The primary focus of a Triage Specialist, MA Certified is to ensure that the patients who are most in need of care receive it first and that other members of the care team are ready to begin treatments as quickly as possible to ensure quality care. Requirements: ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTION/COMPETENCIES: Responsibilities include but are not limited to: - Interviews patient and/or family to obtain medical histories and to make an accurate assessment. - Uses a specific set of guidelines when performing patient assessments to determine how severe their condition is and how urgent their needs are, exactly what type of attention they need, which medical professionals are needed for consultations and where they should be placed in the queue for admissions. - Assigns a triage priority based on observations and available information. - Initiates diagnostic and therapeutic measures as indicated by standing protocols. - Calls for crisis interventio...