Registered Nurse; RN; Nurse Navigator

Job Description & Requirements

Detroit Medical Center is seeking a Registered Nurse (RN) Nurse Navigator for a nursing job in Detroit, Michigan.

Specialty:
Nurse Navigator

Discipline: RN

Duration:
Ongoing

Employment Type:

Staff

Embark on a rewarding career with Children's Hospital of Michigan. If you are a compassionate healthcare professional eager to contribute to patient care, this is your opportunity where your skills make a difference every day. Join us in delivering exceptional healthcare with a personal touch.

• Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance
• 401(k) retirement savings plan with employer match
• Generous paid time off (PTO)
• Career development and continuing education opportunities
• Health savings accounts, healthcare C dependent flexible spending accounts
• Employee Assistance program, Employee discount program
• Voluntary benefits include pet insurance, legal insurance, accident and critical illness insurance, long term care, elder C childcare, auto C home insurance

• Patients appropriate for services may have acute or chronic conditions including, but not limited to, women’s health and pregnancy
• Functions as a facilitator of inter-disciplinary collaboration across care transitions.
• Coaches target patient populations and their caregivers to assume an active role in the formation and execution of a plan of care, encourage self management, and assist in coordination of communication between the patient, caregivers and primary care providers.
• Assesses patient and family understanding of disease process and reinforces discharge teaching including red flags that signal the patient that their condition may be worsening and how to respond.
• Collaborates and communicates with care providers both internal and external to coordinate service delivery and achieve optimal patient outcome of care.
• Collaborates and communicates with hospital care management teams to coordinate post acute care plan of care.
• Collaborates and communicates with attending physician regarding patient's post acute needs.
• Collaborate with Managed Care partners to support patient and family to understand benefits available
• Collaborate with Managed Care partners to identify key opportunities and to support execution
• Creates and maintains a Patient Centered Record that consists of the essential elements for facilitating productive interdisciplinary communication throughout any care transition or patient handover including disease specific education, community resources, adherence to evidence based practice, discharge checklists and medication reconciliation.
• Evaluates and improves care processes across patient populations. Problem solves care issues and concerns with patient and family.

'One-stop' access and coordination of services to pregnant patients of obstetric providers, both within the DMC system and external to the DMC, to imaging services tailored to the referring physician's needs.