RN Nurse Navigator - Interventional Gastroenterology, Highlands Ranch

University of Colorado

21h•$81,040 - $97,248•Onsite

About The Position

The Nurse Navigator (NN) will be a member of the care team that will be focused on providing personalized one-on-one patient care. The NN assesses and evaluates patient conditions, and then plans, implements, provides, and documents patient care in a manner that follows professional nursing standards and outlined practices. The NN will assist in expediting the process for evaluation of clinic patients through a multidisciplinary team approach, coordination of services, and scheduling exams, optimizing patient care outcomes. The NN will help the patient navigate clinic visits, follow-up testing, diagnostics, labs, and other services, coordinate care to reduce gaps in understanding, counsel and educate patients and families, and ensure high-quality patient outcomes.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in nursing, biological science, or a directly related field from an accredited institution.
Two (2) years registered nurse experience in either a clinical or a hospital setting.
One (1) year of experience in nurse navigation in specialty area.
Registered Nurse (RN) in the State of Colorado.
Current Basic Life Support (BLS) for Healthcare Providers issued by the American Heart Association or the American Red Cross healthcare provider level CPR certification.
Complies with applicable University of Colorado School of Medicine, Community Practice mandatory education and training.
Maintains all required licensure and certifications for the position.
Must be able to travel to alternate locations as assigned.
Effectively communicate, both in writing and verbally, at all levels, including physicians, leadership, and staff.
Strong knowledge of CPT & ICD-10 procedure coding.
Strong knowledge of value-based care and risk-based coding procedures.

Nice To Haves

Three or more (3+) years registered nurse experience in either a clinical or a hospital setting.
Two or more (2+) years of experience in nurse navigation in specialty area.
Bilingual, Spanish-speaking.
Nursing certification (ANCC) in specialty area.
Epic, Kronos, and Healthstream experience.

Responsibilities

Triages, coordinates care, and orders appropriate patient testing under University of Colorado School of Medicine protocols and guidance with heavy focus on managing needs within and outside of the organization so as to prevent unnecessary ER visits, hospital admissions, and/or readmissions.
Acts as Liaison between patient and clinical staff, administration, physicians, managed care companies, community/external resources to address the health needs of patients by assessing for clinical, emotional, spiritual, psychosocial, and financial barriers to care. Once identified, works with the care team to find and/or create a plan to overcome barriers for successful health outcomes
Participates in relevant quality workgroups to assist in the development of patient education materials, clinical pathways, and workflows to improve patient and provider compliance with meeting health measures and meeting the needs of the patients/families.
Responsible for managing routine correspondence and medical records to referring agencies and providers in accordance with policy.
Collaborates directly with primary physician and care team to help educate/reinforce specific disease processes, treatments, and recommendations to properly diagnose, treat, and mitigate problems based on multidisciplinary care plan.
Facilitates resolution to patient care gaps and follows up by both proactively reaching out to patients/families and continuously addressing direct phone calls and messages from patients.