RN – Palliative Care Navigator

Guthrie Enterprise•Sayre, PA

3d•Hybrid

About The Position

Earn up to $25,000 in sign-on bonuses while helping patients and families navigate some of the most meaningful moments in healthcare. If you're an RN who values patient advocacy, care coordination, education, and relationship-building, this is an opportunity to make a lasting impact across both the inpatient and outpatient settings. At Guthrie Robert Packer Hospital, you'll join an interdisciplinary Palliative Care team dedicated to improving quality of life for patients facing serious illness. Working closely with physicians, advanced practice providers, social workers, patients, and families, you'll serve as a guide, educator, and advocate throughout the patient journey. As a Palliative Care Nurse Navigator, you'll help support patients and families throughout their healthcare journey. Responsibilities include coordinating care between inpatient and outpatient settings, participating in hospital rounds, conducting patient follow-up, facilitating transitions to hospice services when appropriate, providing education to patients and families, and serving as a resource for providers and clinical staff. This role combines the relationship-centered aspects of traditional nurse navigation with the unique opportunity to support patients across multiple care settings, ensuring continuity, communication, and compassionate care throughout the treatment process. At Guthrie, you're not just coordinating care—you're helping patients and families navigate complex healthcare decisions with compassion, support, and dignity when they need it most.

Requirements

Diploma from an accredited school/college of nursing
RN licensure at time of hire.

Nice To Haves

RNs who enjoy patient advocacy and care coordination
Nurses who value education, coaching, and relationship-building
Clinicians interested in serious illness, symptom management, and quality-of-life care
RNs looking for a highly collaborative role with providers and multidisciplinary teams
Experienced nurses seeking an opportunity beyond traditional bedside or clinic nursing

Responsibilities

Coordinating care between inpatient and outpatient settings
Participating in hospital rounds
Conducting patient follow-up
Facilitating transitions to hospice services when appropriate
Providing education to patients and families
Serving as a resource for providers and clinical staff
Functions as a liaison for management staff, administration, physicians, managed care companies, community organizations, and other customers.
Coordinates efforts for treatment and promotes quality improvement and educational efforts.
Compiles data, tracks outcomes, and makes recommendations for process improvement.
Provides referrals/support for follow-up care for patients who are uninsured or underinsured.