Nurse Navigator RN- Part Time- 24 hours per week- Variable days to include Monday-Friday, 8 hour shifts

Barton Healthcare System

About The Position

The Nurse Navigator is a key member of the multidisciplinary team functioning as a facilitator of care across the spine and joint replacement episode. Responsible for ensuring all referred patients receive quality and comprehensive services throughout the continuum of care. The Nurse Navigator acts as a facilitator and resource for patients, nursing staff, physicians and their office staff, pre-operative surgical home personnel, and the Spine and Joint Replacement Team. The primary focus is the pre-operative coordination of care. This role ensures defined standards at every episode of care for planning, managing and communicating to assure the progression of safe and efficient care throughout the continuum in a collaborative approach.

Requirements

Completion of an accredited Nursing program.
Required minimum of 3 years nursing experience in an acute care setting.
Knowledge of Joint Commission Accreditation Criteria for Spine and Total Joint Program
Excellent communication skills
Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with ability to adjust communication style for the target audience.
Emotional stability conducive to dealing with a high stress level as associated with dealing with fast paced physical activity, rapidly changing conditions, and demands of patients and staff.
Must be skilled in word processing and be receptive to learning a new hospital-based computer system for billing and scheduling (if indicated).
Utilizes sound management principles and delegates responsibilities effectively. Demonstrates good judgment in the ability to organize the workflow utilizing support personnel to maximize efficiency and to achieve optimal cost effectiveness.
Supports administrative decisions in a mature, objective and open manner. Regularly thinks through a problem and confers with a physician when necessary.
Demonstrates the ability to assess a situation from a variety of perspectives, considers various alternatives, and chooses the appropriate course of action.
Knows and meets established health standards (e.g. OSHA, etc).
Fosters enthusiasm by example and by expressing appreciation to staff members for a well-done job.
Demonstrates evidence of essential leadership, communication, education, collaboration, and counseling skills
Effective organizational, planning, negotiating, coaching, and conceptual thinking skills.
Current California RN license or ability to obtain prior to start date.
Current CPR/BLS certification by the American Heart Association (BLS for the Healthcare Provider) or ability to obtain prior to start date.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor’s degree in Nursing (BSN) preferred.

Responsibilities

Provide consistently exceptional care at all times.
Advocates for patients by serving as a liaison throughout the continuum of care to include, but not be limited to anticipating and addressing patients’ needs before, during, and after their hospitalization, in consultation with the medical team.
Collect, track, trend and analyze data to improve outcomes.
Collaborate with the perioperative surgical home team to lead transformative changes designed to optimize patient surgical outcomes.
Provide expertise as a professional registered nurse with spine & joint replacement clinical knowledge and collaborate with ambulatory clinic and nursing leaders to educate staff on best practices.
Coordinate care as the single point of contact/resource for patients, staff and physicians.
Participate in accreditation programs for the spine and joint replacement program as applicable.
Act as patient advocate and educator.
Create and coordinate patient-centered pathways utilizing the CareSense (or equivalent) program.
Promote spine and joint replacement evidence-based clinical practice.
Actively participate in Spine, Total Joint, Perioperative Surgical Home, and Patient Experience Committees.
Responds to the needs of the department by performing other duties, as necessary.