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The nurse navigator is a licensed registered professional nurse who is a clinical expert and actively promotes the delivery of evidence-based nursing interventions. The navigator has expertise in a specialty nursing area and/or specific patient populations. The navigator role crosses care settings to promote health and healing for a specific patient population. The primary focus of the role is to improve access, timeliness to treatment, and care coordination within the health care organization.
Job Responsibility:
Assess needs for new patients referred to a specialist prior to their first visit to identify the need for support services or other resources
Demonstrates thorough documentation of patient assessment and interventions completed in the electronic medical record
Refer new patients to the specialty program’s supportive services based on the navigation needs assessment
Provide educational and emotional support throughout the intake and treatment planning process, and then remain a resource for the patient throughout their course of care
Ensure new patients are scheduled with the appropriate multidisciplinary provider, at the appropriate location, in the appropriate time frame
Collaborate with intake scheduler to ensure necessary medical information is complete and available for the patient’s first appointment, including imaging and pathology slides, if applicable
Assist in coordinating needed diagnostic studies prior to first visit, when possible, to expedite the start of treatment
Develop relationships with referring physicians and ensure follow up and treatment plan is communicated
Complete intake logs and report monthly to program manager for outcome metric reporting
Demonstrates competence in the areas of critical thinking, interpersonal relationships, and technical skills
Demonstrates the ability to provide care/service safely and efficiently for the each patient
Serves as a liaison and resource for patients, physicians, and other health care professionals involved in the provision of care for the patient
Assists in the development of clinical goals and objectives for the Nurse Navigation Program in collaboration with the Nurse Manager
Supports and promotes the principles of service excellence in all interactions with patients, their family members, their other health care providers and all members of The University of Kansas Hospital staff
Actively participates in quality improvement initiatives, utilizing information from relevant sources, such as databases and benchmarks
Participates in the efficient, economic, and competent performance of The University of Kansas Hospital
Maintains accurate and current knowledge base of trends, issues, research findings and local, state and national health related resources and services for the patient population navigation services are being provided
Acts as a consultant to other members of the nursing and clinical staff for patients with complex health problems requiring specialized nursing care
Demonstrates leadership through participating in department and hospital committees, councils and task forces
Must be able to perform the professional, clinical and or technical competencies of the assigned unit or department
Requirements:
Bachelor Degree Nursing
3 or more years of nursing experience
1 or more years of case management, ambulatory care coordination, or other related experience relevant to the specific patient population navigating
Licensed Registered Nurse (LRN) - Single State - State Board of Nursing Registered Nurse in State of Kansas
Must have current active multistate state Register Nurse (RN) license in good standing in state in which you live OR active single state RN license in good standing in the state you will be working with proof of application of a multistate RN license in the state in which you live
Staff hired prior to 2/1/2024 are required to obtain a multistate state RN license from the state in which they live at the time of their next RN license renewal by 3/31/2026
Basic Cardiac Life Support (BLS or BCLS) - American Heart Association (AHA) within 14 days
Basic computer skill set for data entry and EMR usage
Nice to have:
Master Degree Nursing
5 or more years of nursing experience
Specialized Certification for the specific patient population navigating (such as OCN, etc.)