RN Navigator- AFib Center of Excellence
About the position 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. Requirements • Graduate of an accredited school of nursing. • 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's or Bachelor's degree in nursing. • Certification in clinical specialty area. Benefits • Equal Opportunity Employer • Great Place to Work Certification • Top Workplaces USA award • Recognition for diversity and workplace culture