RN - Neuro Patient Navigator

Location:

Carbondale, IL

Shift: Days
Time Type:
Full-Time
Facility/Clinic Name:
Professional Office Building

• Responsible for coordination of care for neurosurgery or neurology patient
• population.

• Standards of Performance:
  Respect, Integrity, Compassion, Collaboration,
• Stewardship, Accountability, Quality

• Associate, Diploma, Bachelor Degree or Master’s in Nursing

• Current Illinois RN licensure

• Technical
  
  Experience:
  
  3 years

• Intermittent hand manipulation
• Intermittent lifting and carrying of 20 lbs.

• Serves as a clinical expert to help neurosurgery or 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 referrals to these facilities
• Assists physicians in coordination of care of neuroscience or neurology patients with other health care professionals.
• Refers patients to other community resources, as necessary
• Provides ongoing navigation for patients receiving pre-appointment treatment
• 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 or neurology 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
• Neurology:
• Responsible for all triaging of neurology referrals sent to Brain and Spine
• Responsible for transitional care management of discharged neurology patients including: imaging, wellness checks, referrals, appointments and medication refills/order
• Responsible for any follow up indicated on Emmi report

• $67475.2
• To
• $104582.4

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