Nurse Navigator Home Health Part Time Days

Northwestern Memorial Healthcare•Lemont, IL

3d•$41 - $65

About The Position

The Nurse Navigator – Hourly is a clinically competent registered professional nurse who coordinates multidisciplinary patient care using the nursing process. The role reflects Northwestern Medicine’s mission, vision, and values and follows its ethics, compliance, policy, regulatory, and accreditation standards. The Nurse Navigator works collaboratively with patients, families, physicians, ancillary staff, and other healthcare team members to coordinate care and support patient safety.

Requirements

Current experience within the past five years.
Completion of an accredited Registered Nurse program and a Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN).
Current Registered Nurse license in Illinois (LIC RN).
BLS certification.
Basic computer knowledge.
Ability to communicate effectively in English, verbally and in writing.
Excellent customer service skills.
Work consistently within the Illinois Practice Act for Nursing and ANA Standards of Professional Nursing Practice.
Ability to assess when an interpreter is needed and use interpreter services effectively.

Nice To Haves

One year of acute-care experience in a hospital setting and/or one year of outpatient experience, preferably within the last four years of employment.
Prior case management or patient navigation experience in an acute or outpatient setting.
Basic EPIC EMR knowledge.

Responsibilities

Coordinate multidisciplinary care for patients using the nursing process and ANA standards of professional nursing practice.
Assess and reassess patients and families for ongoing care needs, identify high-risk criteria, and initiate timely referrals to appropriate resources.
Collect and analyze information for new patients and coordinate multidisciplinary care and appointments.
Triage information and schedule patients appropriately, including coordinating new patients for multidisciplinary clinics.
Assist in creating a plan of care that reflects collaboration and communication.
Use available evidence, including research findings, to guide practice decisions.
Stay aware of current research trials and collaborate with research staff regarding potentially eligible new patients.
Serve as a resource to non-clinical staff responding to prospective patients seeking information.
Apply critical thinking and state the rationale for clinical decisions.
Perform patient care in a manner that optimizes safety and reduces the likelihood of medical or healthcare errors.
Identify learning needs, abilities, preferences, readiness, support systems, coping mechanisms, and barriers to learning, and make referrals as appropriate.
Educate patients, families, and caregivers about diagnoses, care processes, therapies, and testing.
Assist with transitions in care and between providers.
Pursue personal development and growth beyond routine required educational sessions.