RN Nurse Navigator - Cancer Center-FT

Ochsner Health • Slidell, LA

93d • Remote

About The Position

This job functions as the liaison and communicator with the patient, caregivers, healthcare providers, and multi-disciplinary team members, as well as post-acute care and third party payers. Discusses alternative care options with patient/caregivers as well as the multi-disciplinary team and assists with discharge planning needs. Facilitates movement along the healthcare continuum to ensure quality, cost effective outcomes are achieved in collaboration with the multi-disciplinary team.

Requirements

• Registered nurse diploma.
• 2 years of nursing experience.
• Current registered nurse (RN) license in state of practice.
• Basic Life Support (BLS) from the American Heart Association.

Nice To Haves

• Associate or bachelor's degree in nursing.
• Certification in clinical specialty area.

Responsibilities

• Provides continuity of care by ensuring smooth transitions between care settings.
• Develops relationships with patients and their multidisciplinary team to facilitate and/or navigate through subsequent treatment and follow-up to reflect continuity of care.
• Manages high risk, complex patient care with the goal of minimizing readmission.
• Works closely with physicians to coordinate patient's care plan communication.
• Works with multidisciplinary team to maintain and implement up-to-date coordinated patient centered care plan.
• Communicates with all members of the healthcare team as patient advocate.
• Prepares, executes, and reinforces post-discharge care plan.
• Identifies barriers to care in an effort to elicit changes in processes for patients navigating the continuum of care.
• Collaborates with leadership to review processes with the goal of improving the clinical experience for referred patients and the referring physician.
• Adapts behavior to the specific patient population, including but not limited to respect for privacy, method of introduction to the patient, adapting explanation of services or procedures to be performed, requesting permissions and communication style.
• Performs other related duties as required.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Industry: Ambulatory Health Care Services