Nurse navigator

Yale New Haven Health•New Haven, CT

10d

About The Position

To be part of our organization, every employee should understand and share in the YNHHS Vision, support our Mission, and live our Values. These values - integrity, patient-centered, respect, accountability, and compassion - must guide what we do, as individuals and professionals, every day. The Nurse Coordinator is responsible and accountable for ensuring high quality patient care that is coordinated, efficeint, and supports desired clinical and financial outcomes for gynecological patients in the Women's Center. In collaboration with the healthcare team, the Nurse Coordinator develops and utlizes critical pathways to ensure that specific patient outcomes are achieved and that resources are used appropriately within designated fiscal time frames. The Nurse Coordinator participates in the ongoing evaluation of practice patterns and systems and supports efforts to improve patient care and efficiency of operationsThe Nurse Coordinator interacts with the Community Health staff in identification of trends and barriers to all aspects of care: clinical, financial, and perceptual. Ability to process complex problems: identify key components and develop plan for resolution. Ability to provide clinical/financail eduation to colleages, patients and families. EEO/AA/Disability/Veteran

Requirements

RN, BSN required. Master's strongly preferred
Minimum of five (5) years of relevant clinical experience with at least 2 years in specialty area of Obstectrical and or Gynecological care. Case management experience desireable
CT RN Licensure; Case management certification desirable
Clinical credibility with physicians, nurses, and other members of the health care team. Interpersonal skills to facilitate negotiation for scarce resources, facilitate changes in systems and/or practices and to broker with outside agencies.
Excellent communication skills with the ability to communicate effectively with multiple disciplines and skill levels. Ability to quickly process complex problems, identify key components, and develop plans for resolution.
Effective interactions with all health care team members and the ability to elicit their cooperation. Demonstrated skills in clinical management of specific patient populations including working with and providing support to nursing. Ability to provide clinical/financail education to colleagues and patients/families.
Ability to work with diverse populations

Responsibilities

As part of the intedisciplinary health care team, coordinates and ensures the implementation of the plan of care, utlizing the principles of case managment
Establishes a system for coordinating the care of a patient throughout the continuum of care and linkage to resources through case management services.
Optimizes the efficiency of hospital systems which impact quality care and case management services
Audits all qualified gynecology patient records on a monthly basis and intervenes with a documented action plan that is reported to the teams in the Women's Center.
Utilizes information obtained from various resources available to:
Work with pre-operative patients that are high risk to ensure compliance with plan of care; ie: substance abuse patients.
Ensure that the appropriate outside agencies are contacted and necessary referrals are initiated and followed through.
Coordinates missed appointment program for specific gynecology appointments.
Along with other members of the health care team, acts as a patient advocate
Exhibits awareness of ethical/legal issues concerning patient care and strives to manage situations to reduce risk.