RN - Neuro Patient Navigator

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Location:

Carbondale, ILShift: Days Time Type:
Full-Time Facility/Clinic Name:
Professional Office Building Position Summary
• Responsible for coordination of care for neurosurgery or neurology patient population.

Principal Accountabilities
• Standards of Performance:
Respect, Integrity, Compassion, Collaboration,Stewardship, Accountability, Quality Education
• Associate, Diploma, Bachelor Degree or Master’s in Nursing Licenses and Certification
• Current Illinois RN licensure

Experience and Skills
• Technical

Experience:

3 years

Physical Activities
• Inte r mittent hand manipulation
• Intermittent lifting and carrying of 20 lbs.

Role Specific Responsibilitieso Serves as a clinical expert to help neurosurgery or neurology patient sand families navigate the health care system.o Provides initial coordination of care for patient receiving pre-appointmenttreatmento Reviews patient’s diagnosis, medical history, and physician disposition and communicate information to patient.o Directs patient to facilities listed on the Network Provider list when pre-appointment treatment is recommended and facilitates referrals tothese facilitieso Assists physicians in coordination of care of neuroscience or neurology patients with other health care professionals.o

Refers patients to other community resources, as necessaryo Provides ongoing navigation for patients receiving pre-appointmenttreatmento 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 Instituteo Provides on-going documentation of nurse navigation activities on each patient, including the time involved in these activitieso Assists in the development, documentation and analysis of programperformanceo Serves as a clinical resource to Intake Specialist so Collaborates with other department members to facilitate effective triageof new neuroscience or neurology patientso Eliminates unnecessary delays in clinician reviews, including supervising the collection of patients’ diagnostic studieso Returns Southern Illinois Healthcare Brain and Spine Institute phone messages and other communication within 24 hours

Neurology:o Responsible for all triaging of neurology referrals sent to Brain and Spineo Responsible for transitional care management of discharged neurology patients including: imaging, wellness checks, referrals, appointments and medication refills/ordero Responsible for any follow up indicated on Emmi report

Compensation (Commensurate with experience):$67475.2

To $104582.4

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