Pediatric Complex Care Nurse Patient Navigator
About The Position
The Nurse Patient Navigator functions as a Nurse Patient Navigator and serves as an advocate, interpreter, educator and counselor for a group of patients. The Nurse Patient Navigator manages the care of assigned patients in collaboration with a multidisciplinary team to ensure high quality and comprehensive healthcare and ancillary services. The Nurse Patient Navigator serves as the single point of contact to assigned patients and caregivers. The Nurse Patient Navigator remains a support system to patients and caregivers throughout the patient’s treatment. The Nurse Patient Navigator uses clinical/nursing knowledge and skills in the performance of job responsibilities.
Requirements
- Current RN licensure in Virginia or eligible or compact state
- Current RN licensure in Virginia
- AHA BLS Certification
- Minimum of three (3) years of relevant clinical experience in nursing, patient education; case management and/or navigation
- Previous experience in specialty area
- Baccalaureate Degree in Nursing from an accredited School of Nursing
- Follows documented physician/licensed independent provider medical/treatment orders.
- Practices within the boundaries of the regulations governing the practice of nursing in the Commonwealth of Virginia.
- Practice is guided by the ANA Code of Ethics for Nursing and established national nursing practice standards.
- All practice is guided by and follows the VCUHS policies and procedures and established practice guidelines.
Nice To Haves
- Specialty Nursing Certification in either Nurse Navigation or area of specialty within one year of hire in position
- Previous nurse navigation or leadership experience
- Experience within an academic, teaching hospital
- Master’ Degree in Nursing from an accredited School of Nursing
Responsibilities
- Manages the care of assigned patients in collaboration with a multidisciplinary team to ensure high quality and comprehensive healthcare and ancillary services.
- Serves as the single point of contact to assigned patients and caregivers.
- Remains a support system to patients and caregivers throughout the patient’s treatment.
- Uses clinical/nursing knowledge and skills in the performance of job responsibilities.
- Organizes and plans work with input from the patient/family with specific outcomes identified.
- Demonstrates use of sound clinical judgment based on nursing knowledge/experience.
Benefits
- Inventing better care, day by day by discovery
- Offer the best in care and empower the best in quality of life.
- Patient who undergoes a new, life-saving procedure
- Clinical researcher who finds promise in a new cancer treatment
- Exciting new medicine is happening at VCU Health
- One college and four health sciences schools
- An academic medical center
- A Level I trauma center
- One of only two NCI-designated cancer centers in Virginia
- The region’s only full-service children’s hospital
- More than 800 physicians in 200 specialties
- A community health center, dedicated research teams, facilities and valued partners in every field
- Internationally known physicians, some recognized as the best in the country, top-ranked local specialists and all-around all-stars at every level.
- Driven to learn more, dig deeper, teach passionately and never rest in order to be a true leader in discovering what’s possible in health and recovery.
- A comprehensive system of care and a pioneer of health.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
