Navigator, Breast Health, Full-time, Day Shift

Adventist Health • Kailua, HI

3d

About The Position

Acts as a patient advocate. Guides patients through the clinical care system, establishing contact with new patients and/or family members, or caregivers. Understands the clinical care options for patients and directs them to healthcare services within the organization, at outside facilities and within the community for timely treatment and recovery. Actively identifies and addresses population and patient specific barriers to care that might keep the patient from receiving timely and appropriate treatment. Connects patients with resources, healthcare and support services in their communities. Supports the physician and interdisciplinary team in facilitating patient care with the underlying objective of enhancing the quality of clinical outcomes and patient satisfaction.

Requirements

• Basic Life Support (BLS OR HS-BLS OR RQI BLS) certification: Required

Nice To Haves

• High School Education/GED or equivalent: Preferred
• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent combination of education/related experience: Preferred
• Experience as Breast Navigator or Nursing Student with clinical rotation: Preferred
• Licensed Vocational Nurse (LVN) licensure in the state of practice: Preferred

Responsibilities

• Assists patient and family in identifying and accessing appropriate institutional and community resources. Implements appropriate care intervention and follow up to ensure patients receive timely care, preventing delays and access to appropriate services and follow up instructions from managing physicians. Interacts with other hospital departments in fulfilling the needs of the patients.
• Makes initial and ongoing assessments of patient needs (clinical, emotional and social) and assists the healthcare team with appropriate recommendations or referrals for care. Facilitates the timely completion and confidential reporting of diagnostic testing results to patients and families with interpretation, as well as to ordering clinicians through active tracking of ordered tests.
• Collaborates with the team of patient, family, and healthcare providers in providing patient care in a safe, healing, humane, and caring environment. Provides learning opportunities for patients/family members and team members; and directly provides health information to patients, families, and treatment team.
• Documents coordinator and patient interactions in electronic or hardcopy chart in a manner consistent with hospital standards. Creates reports from patient data such as volumes and outcomes. Monitors, analyzes, and reports to clinic governing body clinical and operational key indicators and identifies opportunities for performance improvement
• Performs other job-related duties as assigned.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: High school or GED