RN Navigator -HVI Procedure Scheduling
About The Position
The RN Navigator supports scheduling procedures performed in the department and helps patients prepare for procedures, including CT procedures, ultrasound biopsies, paracenteses/thoracenteses, and interventional radiology cases. The role ensures outpatient PCI patients receive a follow-up call the day after their procedure. The RN Navigator coordinates pre-procedural requirements, provides patient education, monitors checklist completion, and serves as a liaison among patients, schedulers, proceduralists, HVI staff, primary care providers, referring providers, clinics, and proceduralists’ offices. The position also performs pre-procedure calls and post-catheterization intervention calls.
Requirements
- Associate’s degree in Nursing.
- Licensed Registered Professional Nurse (RN) through the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (IDFPR).
- Basic Life Support (BLS) certification from the American Heart Association (AHA) within 30 days.
Responsibilities
- Support scheduling for all procedures performed in the department.
- Ensure pre-procedural requirements are completed and monitor completion of pre-procedural checklists, generally 2–7 days before procedures, excluding emergent or add-on cases.
- Serve as a liaison for pre-procedural patients, schedulers, proceduralists, HVI staff, outside primary care providers, clinics, and proceduralists’ offices.
- Maintain knowledge of tests, medications, and possible contraindications associated with procedures and anesthesia or moderate sedation.
- Review and ensure that History and Physical documentation is up to date.
- Educate and instruct patients about ordered procedures and medication orders, including medications to take or hold before procedures.
- Call patients scheduled for procedures at the main hospital the day before to verify medication-instruction compliance, confirm procedure report time, review medications to take on the morning of the procedure, and answer questions.
- Reinforce diet instructions and, when required, CHG bath instructions during pre-procedure calls.
- Coordinate with proceduralists, primary care providers, and referring providers to obtain additional tests or forms, provide medication teaching, and inform patients of lab or test results before procedures.
- Call patients after PCI to help ensure adherence to medication orders.
Benefits
- Comprehensive benefits package for team members and providers.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
Associate degree
