looking for home-based triage position

wincha · Aug 17, 2006

I only have 3 months (yes, 3 months) of med surg experience and find that I really do not like working in the hospitals. How can I get into the home base triage business. Are there any training or certificate programs that can get me in the door. Thanks for any help you can offer.

First of all you need to stick it out for at least 1 year. Then I would look for a nursing job in a large practice to get some well rounded experience. Most companies are looking for an RN with 3 plus years of experience. Another option is finishing your year in the hospital and then working in home health nursing for 2 years. Thats another good way to get your foot in the door for disease management.

Ayonti · Aug 18, 2006

First of all you need to stick it out for at least 1 year. Then I would look for a nursing job in a large practice to get some well rounded experience. Most companies are looking for an RN with 3 plus years of experience. Another option is finishing your year in the hospital and then working in home health nursing for 2 years. Thats another good way to get your foot in the door for disease management.

Thanks for the advice. It seems that I can not do anything without that one year of experience in the hospital.

lb1991 · Sep 23, 2006

I work from home for a small company based in SF. There are 18 nurses working from home, have to have high speed internet but it's great. After hours and weekends so most of the nurses use as a second job. The pay is ok, btw 25-30/hr but most of us enjoy the freedom. The jobs are out, just have to always be on alter.

fcgrove · Sep 26, 2006

Hello

I am looking for a position where I can work from home!!! Triage nursing sounds like the best option. I am licenced in PA. Does anyone know of any available positions? I have some experience.

Thank you

kssk · Oct 11, 2006

Does anyone here currently work for Intellicare? I noticed that they had some positions open on their web site but listed for their offices in Knoxville and Missouri. I live in Richmond, VA but I know they do have an pffice in Roanoke, VA so didn't know if they would work with that.

Any info would be great.

Thank you so much!

-Karen

JDW-PA · Nov 8, 2007

Not sure if this will help, but while I was searching for home based tele nursing jobs i ran across one in TX. My TX geography is not good, so I don't know if this will work for you but there is one based out of San Antonio called Carenet that does triage-tele nursing, but i'm in PA and when i contacted them, they said i needed to be within 2 hrs of them. Give it a try - you have nothing to lose. Good Luck. (p.s. if you hear of anything in the PA area - be sure to give me a "shout-out" about it please.)

kaur7254 · Feb 20, 2008

Are there any call centers in Sacramento?

joy09 · Apr 12, 2008

I just applied for a job there. They have 15 openings for RN. Seems like there are some states they don't hire in. I live in Pa. I have a diverse background of 25 years. I work as a school nurse now but had five years urgent care experience ending in October 2007. I have management, education experience and a master's in nursing. I don't know if they will care about it if I don't have the telephone triage you had. Also, I am looking into an ER position per diem over the summer. If they would hire me, I probably would prefer 20 hours of it and 20 hours of ER. Do you think I have a shot?

wincha · Apr 12, 2008

Intellicare used to be in St. Louis. They laid a bunch of nurses off over 2 years ago and left the building they were in. I don' t think they have an office in St. Louis anymore.

Shadian725 · Oct 5, 2008

Hi

I enjoyed the posts re: Tele Advice Nursing

Ive been in the field for three years in Vancouver Canada, serving a large public population. I really am going to miss my position as Telenurse here.

I am moving to Southern Cal to be closer to my girlfriend there

Ive tried Kaiser's site for tele nursing but dont see much at the moment

Id rather continue working in the same field, eventually going to work-from home.

Can you help me with any leads to contact info of such facilities hiring in southern Cal?

Thank you

hometriagenurse · Aug 17, 2012

Nemours/AIduPont Hospital for Children in Wilmington Delaware has home based RNs doing telephone triage. However even though they work from home 99% of the time, you must be in close proximity to be able to drive into the hospital if there is a power outage or some sort of computer issue at your home. It is am amazing service to patients and perfect job for nurses who want to work at home!