Registered Nurse Navigator Neurosurgery

St. Luke’s University Health Network•Easton, PA

About The Position

St. Luke's is proud of the skills, experience and compassion of its employees. The employees of St. Luke's are our most valuable asset! Individually and together, our employees are dedicated to satisfying the mission of our organization which is an unwavering commitment to excellence as we care for the sick and injured; educate physicians, nurses and other health care providers; and improve access to care in the communities we serve, regardless of a patient's ability to pay for health care. The Registered Nurse (RN) delivers nursing care for patients across their life span, and through the nursing process, assesses, plans, implements, and documents the effects of care. Works cooperatively with ancillary, nursing and other patient-team personnel to maintain standards for professional nursing practice. These nursing functions of the RN are carried out according to the Pennsylvania Nurse Practice Act, hospital policy, the hospital Mission Statement, and the Philosophy of the Department of Nursing.

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree required.
Registered Professional Nurse with current license to practice in the State of Pennsylvania.
Three to five years Nursing experience required.

Responsibilities

Responsible for overseeing the gathering of appropriate baseline intake information (from patients and referring physician offices) for working neurology group program (charts, medical reports, clinical office notes, medications, pathology reports, radiology reports, and demographics).
Establishes priorities based on patient assessment.
Provides multidisciplinary team with appropriate information and patient summaries.
Attends all assigned working neurology conferences, facilitating the conference with physician leader.
Disseminates Neurology Working Group recommendations within one day of meeting and disseminates appropriate documentation to each physician involved in patient’s care, including referring physician.
Provides individualized patient/family information, support, education and resources regarding neurological conditions, diagnostic testing, procedures and surgeries.
Serves as a consistent contact for patient/family throughout the process of diagnosis and treatment.
Empowers patient/family to participate in the plan of care, documents compliance and concerns, monitors patient progress, consults with physicians and other members of the health care team at agreed upon intervals.
Appropriately refers/assists with coordination of appointments for consultations, physician referrals, and community resources as related to the neurology program.
Interacts with administration, manages and facilitates program improvement, keeps team up to date with program and monitors progress in achieving desired outcomes.
Manages the cross continuum care of multidisciplinary patients to provide high quality of care in an effective and efficient manner with close attention to service excellence.
Acts as network-wide neurology resource nurse and program coordinator of neurology working group.
Identifies patient and/or provider needs and ensures delivery of quality services to patients.
Collaborates with Network Clinical Studies Coordinator in clinical trials enrollment and data collection.
Reviews and identifies appropriate cases for clinical trial eligibility with the study coordinator.
Other related duties as assigned.