RN Navigator: RN Navigator: Iowa Heart LAAO/AFIB Clinic

Trinity Health • Des Moines, IA

41d • Onsite

About The Position

The RN Navigator will develop, implement, and evaluate clinical practice guidelines/care paths for patients. This role involves collaborating with the healthcare team to provide quality patient care and identify potential care problems. The RN Navigator will also serve as a liaison between patients, families, physicians, staff, and other healthcare professionals to coordinate patient care across all settings and ensure high-quality outcomes. Responsibilities include answering patient and family questions, providing follow-up as necessary, acting as a patient advocate to overcome barriers and resolve concerns, and educating patients and families to assist with coping and foster self-care activities. Additionally, the role requires reviewing nursing and medical research, disseminating findings, and maintaining knowledge of ongoing clinical research activities. Other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Graduate of an accredited school of nursing program required.
• Current/valid RN license from the state licensing board required.
• Basic Life Support (BLS) or Advanced Care Life Support (ACLS) required.
• Mandatory Reporter for the appropriate patient population required.
• 1 year experience in a clinic or acute hospital nursing setting required.

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor of Science in Nursing preferred.

Responsibilities

• Develop, implement, and evaluate clinical practice guidelines/care paths for patients.
• Collaborate with all of the health care team, to assist in the provision of quality patient care, and facilitate the identification of potential care problems.
• Assist as a liaison with patients and their families to physicians, staff, and other health care professionals, to coordinate patient care across all settings, and ensure high quality outcomes.
• Welcome calls from patients and families, answering questions concerning care, and follow-up as necessary.
• Proactively act as a patient advocate, working to overcome patient barriers, and resolve concerns.
• Provide educational information and resources to patients, to assist patients and family with coping, and foster self-care activities.
• Review literature, methodology, outcomes, and implications of nursing/medical research, and disseminate findings.
• Establish and maintain a knowledge base of on-going clinical research activities.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Associate degree