RN- Navigator: Iowa Heart Center

Employment Type:Full time
Shift:Day Shift
Description:At Mercy One, health care is more than just a doctor’s visit or a place to go when you’re in need of medical attention. Our Mission is based on improving the health of our communities – that means not only when you are sick but keeping you well.
Mercy One Central Iowa sets the standard for personalized and radically convenient care in the Des Moines metro area and surrounding counties. Mercy One Des Moines Medical Center, founded by the Sisters of Mercy in 1893, is the longest continually operating hospital in Des Moines and Iowa’s largest medical center, with 802 beds available. The hospital is one of the Midwest’s largest referral centers.
With more than 7,000 colleagues and a medical staff of almost 1,500 physicians and allied health professionals, Mercy One Central Iowa is one of Iowa’s largest employers.
Mercy One Iowa Heart Center Des Moines
At Mercy One Iowa Heart Center Des Moines, we bring advanced, high-quality cardiovascular care to the heart of central Iowa. Our team of experienced heart and vascular specialists are here to diagnose, treat and manage a wide range of heart and vascular conditions with advanced expertise and genuine care. Located on the Mercy One Des Moines Medical Center campus, our Des Moines location offers a variety of inpatient and outpatient cardiovascular services to meet your needs.

Join the Mercy One Family! We are looking to hire an RN
- Navigator:
Heart Failure for our Mercy One Iowa Heart Center Des Moines.

As a RN Navigator Cardiac at Mercy One, you will coordinate and provide care for groups of high-risk individuals and/or populations in the inpatient and/or community setting. Assists other health care personnel in identifying health care needs. Interacts with patients and families and all levels of personnel, medical staff, community services, and insurance providers. Identifies and coordinates educational programs for patients and health care professionals, as well as the community.

Interprets standards for the care of a specific patient population and provides clinical, consultative, educational and research support to ensure that quality cost-effective care is consistently provided. Communicates across health care areas to ensure that systems integrate efficiently in order to best serve patients, staff, physicians and community.

Schedule:

• Full time 40 hours a week
• 8:00-4:30
• No Weekends or Holidays

General Requirements:

• In collaboration with multidisciplinary team, evaluates patient referrals to develop individualized plan of care across the continuum of care
• Responsible for personalized education plan for patient and family
• Follows through with test results and plan of care with patient/family and other health care providers/services as directed by provider or established guidelines
• Acts as a liaison among the individual/family, community, provider and physician as well as other health care team members.
• Collaborates in developing, implementing and evaluating teaching/learning strategies for client/family in the hospital community.
• Provides clinical leadership by being a preceptor for visiting professionals, students and new graduates.
• Coordinates appropriate educational material/instructions for patients, families, medical staff and multidisciplinary personnel to accomplish patient care outcomes.
• Participates in planning and presentation of continuing education programs, seminars and meetings.
• Coordinates with the health care team to develop a mechanism to monitor patient outcomes and follows up on variances.
• Ensures collection and input of risk stratification data. Reports results to the health care team and participates in interpretation of data and formulation of action plan.
• Collaborates with…