Heart Failure Nurse Navigator

American Addiction Centers•Libertyville, IL

1d•$41 - $62•Onsite

About The Position

The Heart Failure Nurse Navigator role is a part-time position at Advocate Condell Medical Center within the Heart Failure Program. This role focuses on providing continuity of care for heart failure patients, ensuring smooth transitions between care settings, and supporting patients and their families throughout their diagnosis, treatment, and follow-up. The navigator collaborates with a multidisciplinary team to develop individualized plans of care, provides education, addresses psychosocial needs, and advocates for patients. The position also involves assisting leadership in program development and quality improvement initiatives.

Requirements

Registered Nurse license issued by the state in which the team member practices
Basic Life Support (BLS) for Healthcare Providers certification issued by the American Heart Association (AHA) needs to be obtained within 6 months unless department leader has determined it is not required.
Typically requires 5 years of experience in cardiology nursing that includes performing nursing assessments, care plan development and educating patients.
Working knowledge of the components of quality and acute patient care needs specifically related to heart failure.
Maintains clinical expertise to effectively manage physical, emotional, psychosocial and spiritual needs of patients throughout the care continuum.
Excellent analytical and interpersonal communication skills necessary to negotiate with families, patient, physicians and third party payers.
Demonstrated ability to work well with physicians and other professionals in a direct and positive manner.
Clear oral communications and hearing acuity required for receiving instructions and converse on standard telephone.
Functional speech and hearing to allow for effective communication of instructions and conversation over the telephone.

Nice To Haves

Heart Failure (CHFN) Certification from Cardiovascular Nursing Education Associates (CNEA) needs to be obtained within 2 years

Responsibilities

Provides continuity of care by ensuring smooth transitions between care settings.
Develops a relationship with patient and their multidisciplinary team to facilitate and/or navigate through subsequent treatment and follow-up to reflect continuity of care.
Completes a nursing assessment to identify the patient's individualized needs and collaborates with multidisciplinary team and other departments to develop an interdisciplinary plan of care.
Supports the patient and family by providing education, addressing psychosocial needs, advocating, providing continuity of care and identifying barriers to care.
Navigates patients and family members throughout the diagnosis, treatment and follow-up of the patient throughout the continuum of care.
Provides expert clinical advice to the multidisciplinary team in designing collaborative teaching plans/programs and in planning/providing patient/family education and discharge planning including wellness and health maintenance within designated specialty.
Coordinates timely, seamless, evidenced based care across the care continuum resulting in best patient outcomes.
Evaluates, selects or designs patient education materials on specific disease site programs.
Provides education and outreach programs to patients, Aurora staff and to members of the community.
Assist leadership in developing program vision, goals and objectives.
Assists in the development, implementation and maintenance of quality programs that include best practice patient care outcomes including quality of life, and enhanced patient loyalty.
Must be able to demonstrate knowledge and skills necessary to provide care appropriate to the age of the patients served.
Must demonstrate knowledge of the principles of growth and development over the life span and possess the ability to assess data reflective of the patient's status and interpret the appropriate information needed to identify each patient's requirements relative to his/her age-specific needs, and to provide the care needed as described in the department's policies and procedures.

Benefits

Comprehensive suite of Total Rewards: benefits and well-being programs
Competitive compensation
Generous retirement offerings
Programs that invest in your career development
Base compensation listed within the listed pay range based on factors such as qualifications, skills, relevant experience, and/or training
Premium pay such as shift, on call, and more based on a teammate's job
Incentive pay for select positions
Opportunity for annual increases based on performance
Paid Time Off programs
Health and welfare benefits such as medical, dental, vision, life, and Short- and Long-Term Disability
Flexible Spending Accounts for eligible health care and dependent care expenses
Family benefits such as adoption assistance and paid parental leave
Defined contribution retirement plans with employer match and other financial wellness programs
Educational Assistance Program