RN, Navigator, Stroke Program - Per Diem, Day Shift
About The Position
Adventist Health Glendale is a 515-bed hospital and healthcare provider serving the San Fernando Valley. The RN Navigator, Stroke Program acts as a patient advocate and guides stroke patients and their families or caregivers through the clinical care system. The navigator connects patients to appropriate services and community resources, identifies barriers to timely care, and supports physicians and the interdisciplinary team in improving clinical outcomes and patient satisfaction. The position implements care-management interventions for identified clinic patients and functions as an expert clinician, consultant, educator, and leader for the stroke patient population. Responsibilities include assessing patient needs, coordinating testing and follow-up, supporting stroke-related initiatives and prevention outreach, documenting care, and monitoring clinic performance indicators.
Requirements
- Registered Nurse (RN) licensure in the state of practice.
- CPR or Basic Life Support (BLS) certification from an approved vendor per Adventist Health policy.
- Facility-specific Basic Life Support (BLS) certification from an approved vendor per Adventist Health policy.
- All required vaccinations as a condition of employment and annually thereafter, where applicable; medical and religious exemptions may apply.
Nice To Haves
- Bachelor’s degree in Nursing (BSN).
- Relevant clinical experience.
- Nursing experience with a stroke-specific emphasis.
Responsibilities
- Help patients and families identify and access appropriate institutional and community resources.
- Implement care interventions and follow-up to help patients receive timely care and appropriate services and instructions from managing physicians.
- Coordinate with hospital departments to meet patient needs and act as an internal and external consultant on stroke-related initiatives.
- Assess patients’ clinical, emotional, and social needs and make appropriate care recommendations or referrals.
- Track ordered tests and facilitate timely completion and confidential reporting of diagnostic results to patients, families, and ordering clinicians, including interpretation.
- Collaborate with patients, families, and healthcare providers to deliver care in a safe, healing, humane, and caring environment.
- Provide learning opportunities and health information to patients, families, and members of the treatment team.
- Facilitate community outreach efforts related to stroke prevention.
- Document coordinator and patient interactions in electronic or hardcopy charts according to hospital standards.
- Create reports from patient data, including volumes and outcomes; monitor, analyze, and report clinical and operational indicators to the clinic governing body and identify performance-improvement opportunities.
- Perform other job-related duties as assigned.
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