Nurse Navigator - Dialysis

Children's Nebraska • Omaha, NE

7d

About The Position

Maintains a central role in coordination, communication, education, and care management for timely, efficient, and cost-effective care across multiple healthcare settings (providers, departmental leaders, etc.). Acts as the point of contact for patients and families, guiding them through the health care system to promote a positive patient and family experience. Leads program development through process improvement to ensure the delivery of high quality, evidence-based patient care practice in workflow design, protocol and pathway development, and educational material related to disease process.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree from an accredited college or university in Nursing Required
• Minimum 5 years in nursing, preferably in pediatric setting Required
• Demonstrated written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to apply the nursing process to acute patient care to achieve outcomes.
• Current knowledge of the healthcare environment, including community resources and financial systems.
• Working knowledge of basic computer programs such as word, excel. Knowledge of smart phone use.
• RN - Registered Nurse - State Licensure and/or Compact State Licensure in the State of Nebraska Required and
• Health Services\BCLS - Basic Life Support through the American Heart Association Required

Responsibilities

• Patient Care and Coordination • Actively engages with the patient/family and medical team utilizing evidence-based practice to assess needs as it relates to diagnoses, care coordination, follow up, and to establish expectations of care delivery with family • Reassesses needs and provides appropriate interventions. Monitors and evaluates patient status • Maintains up to date information regarding the patient-specific plan of care and status • Leads and participates in multidisciplinary conferences ensuring communication amongst all team members and families to access appropriate healthcare resources • Communication between inpatient, outpatient and home setting including internal and external healthcare providers, personnel, and/or community agencies to coordinate services and assist with continuity of care • Completes follow up on patients/families post medical care and as needed to decrease re-admissions, ED utilization, and adherence to medical care • Understands, communicates, and collaborates with team members regarding reimbursement strategies as necessary to coordinate care relating to regulatory requirements and benefits management (Utilization management, authorizations team etc) • Identifies and implements plans for high-risk patients who are not meeting goals or are high risk for not meeting goals. • Acts as clinic RN for patient population
• Education • Leads in area of expertise, patient support groups, community resources, programs, events, and activities for families to participate in and receive additional support from in the community. • Works in conjunction with the care team to provide education to patients and families to meet goals of care • Acts as the family liaison to ensure understanding of plan of care and to provide support in the decision-making process by empowering parents to learn and care for their child at home • Responsible for developing and maintaining patient-family education resources related to the patient population • Serves as a resource for the clinical care team.
• Program Development, Accreditation and Leadership • Serves as the subject matter expert for the patient population • Identifies and implements best practices, innovations, research, relevant trends, and performance improvement opportunities. Must complete one performance improvement project annually • Participates in development, translation, and implementation of patient population specific activities to achieve optimum service delivery/systems/care processes • Responsible for evidence-based care and participating in creating new policies, protocols, and educational resources • Monitors and meets patient population specific metrics (registry, dashboard, and KPIs) • Reports metrics quarterly to division leadership and establishes goals to meet and improve outcomes • Ensures program meets or exceeds requirements that are defined by accreditation, US News and World Report, and/or other relevant metrics (i.e. DHHS, TJC, CMS, etc.). • Responsible for leading accreditation process and meeting requirements • Executes educational opportunities via newsletter article, annual conference, CME/CNE opportunities • Participates in community outreach or marketing projects to develop a strong relationship with community and referring physicians • Collaborates with leadership and key stakeholders to develop, implement, and evaluate clinical services with an emphasis on coordination across the continuum of care and a goal of aligning healthcare services around the needs of the patient population
• Performs other duties as assigned including covering additional clinic needs as identified by department leadership
• Perform physical requirements as described in the Physical Requirements section

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 1,001-5,000 employees