RN Navigator, Spine - Nurse Navigator

Company: Edward Hospital
Location: Naperville
Posted on: May 24, 2023

Job Description:

RN Navigator, SpineGENERAL SUMMARY:# Functions within a multidisciplinary team of physicians, office operations and acute care services team members to ensure that patients receiving spine care receive quality and comprehensive services throughout the care continuum. Serves as the clinical resource with expertise in spine care management. Collaborates with physicians, healthcare professionals, and administration to identify opportunities to improve patient experience and care delivery. Analyzes outcomes data and reviews current literature to recommend process improvement initiatives. Serves as liaison across the healthcare system and community regarding services provided for this patient population. Promotes collaboration across ambulatory and acute care spine program stakeholders. Develops and delivers patient education and serves as a resource for patients and their care partners. # HOURS: Full-time, M-F, 8:00am-5:00pm # PRINCIPAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: (The following duties and responsibilities are all essential job functions, as defined by the ADA, except those that begin with the word #May.#) Demonstrates the knowledge and skills necessary to provide care to the patient population served. This includes knowledge of their physical and psychological needs and the ability to respond appropriately to those needs. Evaluates surgery-specific teaching materials and processes and identifies opportunities to enhance education content and expand teaching modalities. Acts as an adjunct to ambulatory and acute care nurses to provide education and information to the patient and their care partner, helping to make care seamless, continuous, and comprehensive. Reinforces education related to disease process, surgery preparedness and recovery, pain management, rehabilitation, and when to notify the physician of postoperative signs and symptoms. Maintains presence in acute care and ambulatory settings to observe processes, round on patients, and to serve as a resource for complex care planning. Acts as a point of contact for spine patients, care partners, and healthcare providers. Uses nursing judgement and knowledge of scope of practice to determine questions and concerns that are to be addressed by RN navigator versus physician/APP. Establishes rapport and routinely interfaces with interdisciplinary and community resources to ensure that patients and providers are connected to comprehensive care management modalities (rehab, pain management, radiology, etc.). Collaborates with administration and spine surgeons to determine prioritization for process improvement and piloting new initiatives based on outcome data, patient experience, and current research literature. Initiates self-learning by routinely reviewing literature and enrolling in appropriate continuing education opportunities (webinars, conferences, etc.) Actively participates in spine leadership and staff meetings to provide productive feedback on program and propose solutions for improvement. Collects and analyzes data when needed to evaluate program outcomes. # Education, Experience and/or Skills Required: Bachelor#s degree in nursing Minimum three years of RN clinical experience Strong problem-solving and communication skills Ability to function in an organized and time conscious manner Education, Experience and/or Skills Preferred: Five years of clinical RN experience Experience in delivering care to spine patient populations License/Certification Required: Current State of Illinois Registered Nurse licensure Current CPR Certification issued by American Heart Association or American Red Cross

GENERAL SUMMARY: Functions within a multidisciplinary team of physicians, office operations and acute care services team members to ensure that patients receiving spine care receive quality and comprehensive services throughout the care continuum. Serves as the clinical resource with expertise in spine care management. Collaborates with physicians, healthcare professionals, and administration to identify opportunities to improve patient experience and care delivery. Analyzes outcomes data and reviews current literature to recommend process improvement initiatives. Serves as liaison across the healthcare system and community regarding services provided for this patient population. Promotes collaboration across ambulatory and acute care spine program stakeholders. Develops and delivers patient education and serves as a resource for patients and their care partners.

HOURS: Full-time, M-F, 8:00am-5:00pm

PRINCIPAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: (The following duties and responsibilities are all essential job functions, as defined by the ADA, except those that begin with the word "May.")

* Demonstrates the knowledge and skills necessary to provide care to the patient population served. This includes knowledge of their physical and psychological needs and the ability to respond appropriately to those needs.
* Evaluates surgery-specific teaching materials and processes and identifies opportunities to enhance education content and expand teaching modalities.
* Acts as an adjunct to ambulatory and acute care nurses to provide education and information to the patient and their care partner, helping to make care seamless, continuous, and comprehensive. Reinforces education related to disease process, surgery preparedness and recovery, pain management, rehabilitation, and when to notify the physician of postoperative signs and symptoms.
* Maintains presence in acute care and ambulatory settings to observe processes, round on patients, and to serve as a resource for complex care planning.
* Acts as a point of contact for spine patients, care partners, and healthcare providers. Uses nursing judgement and knowledge of scope of practice to determine questions and concerns that are to be addressed by RN navigator versus physician/APP.
* Establishes rapport and routinely interfaces with interdisciplinary and community resources to ensure that patients and providers are connected to comprehensive care management modalities (rehab, pain management, radiology, etc.).
* Collaborates with administration and spine surgeons to determine prioritization for process improvement and piloting new initiatives based on outcome data, patient experience, and current research literature.
* Initiates self-learning by routinely reviewing literature and enrolling in appropriate continuing education opportunities (webinars, conferences, etc.)
* Actively participates in spine leadership and staff meetings to provide productive feedback on program and propose solutions for improvement.
* Collects and analyzes data when needed to evaluate program outcomes.

Education, Experience and/or Skills Required:

* Bachelor's degree in nursing
* Minimum three years of RN clinical experience
* Strong problem-solving and communication skills
* Ability to function in an organized and time conscious manner

Education, Experience and/or Skills Preferred:

* Five years of clinical RN experience
* Experience in delivering care to spine patient populations

License/Certification Required:

* Current State of Illinois Registered Nurse licensure
* Current CPR Certification issued by American Heart Association or American Red Cross

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