RN Navigator, Ambulatory - Pulmonary
About The Position
Integrates health care for patients and clients across the continuum of care. The position works with the lung nodule clinic alongside Oncology and Thoracic Surgery, and with the COPD clinic to help reduce hospital readmissions. The RN Navigator collaborates with healthcare teams and other professionals to coordinate and sequence care in a timely manner. The role supports patients and families by helping remove barriers to care, promoting patient flow and interdisciplinary communication, and evaluating outcomes using clinical, financial, and utilization data. It may serve as a link among providers, clinics, insurance concerns, inpatient floors, and outside facilities. The position uses independent nursing judgment in structured and unstructured healthcare settings, monitors and evaluates patient responses, works with ancillary and support services, and identifies and implements process improvements. It functions within the applicable Nurse Practice Act, administrative rules, nursing practice standards, and professional ethics. Age-related care protocols are used according to the department's scope of service.
Requirements
- Graduate from an accredited nursing program, including programs accredited by CCNE, ACEN, or NLN CNEA.
- Hold an unencumbered RN license with the State Board of Nursing where practice occurs, or possess multistate licensure if practicing in an NLC state.
- Obtain and maintain required department-specific competencies and certifications.
- A Bachelor’s degree in Nursing is required in specified markets and facilities, with location-specific enrollment, completion, or educational-plan provisions described in the posting; it is strongly preferred in Bemidji, Marshfield, and Rapid City.
- Strong communication skills.
- Ability to coordinate, facilitate, and negotiate with others.
- Ability to solve problems and work with little direction.
Nice To Haves
- Minimum of two years of clinical experience is preferred.
Responsibilities
- Coordinate and facilitate timely sequencing and integration of patient care across the continuum.
- Collaborate with healthcare teams and other professionals to promote patient flow, interdisciplinary communication, and early intervention.
- Support patients and family members by identifying and removing barriers to care.
- Evaluate outcomes using clinical, financial, and utilization data.
- Serve as a link among providers, clinics, insurance concerns, inpatient floors, and outside facilities as needed.
- Monitor, evaluate, and trend patient responses using structured care methodologies.
- Work closely with ancillary and support services.
- Identify problems and implement process improvements when needed.
- Facilitate groups and multidisciplinary teams and implement best practices when necessary.
- Apply appropriate age-related care protocols for pediatric, adolescent, adult, and geriatric patients according to department scope of service.
- Practice within the applicable scope and standards of nursing practice, Nurse Practice Act, administrative rules, and nursing ethics.
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Job Type
Full-time
