Inpatient RN Navigator - Medical Imaging Olney

Company: CARLE
Location: Olney
Posted on: June 11, 2021

Job Description:

The Nurse Navigator acts as an advocate to assist patients in navigating throughout internal and external systems in order to facilitate the diagnosis and treatment process. Assumes responsibility for patients and provides care to these patients via the utilization of the nursing process, nursing trends, technology, financial and human resources within the philosophy of the institution.

• Maintains up-to-date and accurate documentation of nursing care provided to assure the integration of information for use by the healthcare team.
• Serves as a liaison in planning care between patients, caregivers and multi-disciplinary healthcare providers.
• Performs all essential job functions of Registered Nurse.
• Involved in Nuclear Medicine and Echo stress tests.
• Monitor patients for CCT and biopsy sedation.
• Assist with navigating Mammography and LDCT patients.
• Takes a proactive approach to anticipating and preventing problems. When problems occur, analyzes full scope of problem, investigates obstacles, gathers relevant information, generates and analyzes alternate solutions and arrives at a workable outcome.
• Builds and maintains a therapeutic team to support practice changes and team diversity.
• Takes action that results in a high level of morale and motivation among team members. Assesses and communicates progress on work goals and objectives as well as the level of morale on the team.
• Plans, develops, and implements a formal research project based upon unit specific nursing interventions or education.
• Fulfills all requirements of departmental competencies.

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