SM-RN NEURO PATIENT NAVIGATOR
Company: Southern Illinois Healthcare
Location: Carbondale
Posted on: January 26, 2023
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Job Description:
Your Career. Our Company. Together, We Grow. - -At -Southern
Illinois Healthcare (SIH), -we realize that in order to provide our
surrounding communities with excellent care, we must begin by
providing our employees with that same care and appreciation. We
offer rich opportunities to develop and grow professionally, an
environment of excellence in patient care, and the awareness that
everything we accomplish is a direct outgrowth of the superb
efforts and dedication of our employees. -As a non-profit system of
almost 4000 employees, we have won national acclaim for our cancer,
cardiac, stroke, bariatric, breast imaging, and rehabilitation
services. -$58,086.00 minimum - $87,129.00 maximum (range increases
based on education, experience and certifications) -Responsible for
coordination of care for neurosurgery and neurology patient
population.Responsibilities Safety
--- - Manages processes effectively in regard to employee/patient
safety. Record Keeping
--- - Maintains all required records, reports, statistics, logs,
files and other documents as required. Process Improvement
--- - Promotes a culture of process improvement by establishing
unit/department based programs that supports the system's process
improvement goals.
--- - Actively participates on system-wide or hospital-based teams.
Role Specific Responsibilities
--- - Serves as a clinical expert to help neurosurgery and
neurology patients and families navigate the health care
system.
--- - Provides initial coordination of care for patient receiving
pre-appointment treatment
--- - Reviews patient's diagnosis, medical history, and physician
disposition and communicate information to patient.
--- - Directs patient to facilities listed on the Network Provider
list when pre-appointment treatment is recommended and facilitates
prescriptions to these facilities
--- - Assists physicians in coordination of care of neuroscience
patients with other health care professionals.
--- - Refers patients to other community resources, as
necessary
--- - Provides ongoing navigation for patients receiving
pre-appointment treatment
--- - Follows-up with patients and therapists to discuss the
patient's response to treatment, as well as obtain written progress
reports
--- - Communicates written treatment completion information to the
Primary Care or referring physician if pre-treatment results in
symptom resolution and patient does not require an appointment with
the Southern Illinois Healthcare Brain and Spine Institute
--- - Provides on-going documentation of nurse navigation
activities on each patient, including the time involved in these
activities
--- - Assists in the development, documentation and analysis of
program performance
--- - Serves as a clinical resource to Intake Specialists
--- - Collaborates with other department members to facilitate
effective triage of new neuroscience patients
--- - Eliminates unnecessary delays in clinician reviews, including
supervising the collection of patients' diagnostic studies
--- - Returns Southern Illinois Healthcare Brain and Spine
Institute phone messages and other communication within 24 hours
Qualifications Education
--- - Associate, Diploma, Bachelor Degree or Master's in Nursing
Licenses and Certification
--- - Current Illinois RN licensure Experience and Skills
--- - Technical Experience: -3 years - -
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Navigator, Location: Carbondale, IL - 62901
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