Registered Nurse Navigator; RN; Neurology Clinic; Palos Heights

Job Description Summary

Navigates patient and family members through the diagnosis, treatment, and follow-up of the patient throughout the continuum of care ensuring smooth transitions between care settings. Collaborates with a multi-disciplinary team to support patients and families in addressing the following dimensions of care: education, psychosocial needs, advocacy, and continuity of care.

02240 AMG Palos Heights - Neurology

Full time

Yes

40

Must have previous Neurology experience

$41.10 - $61.65

Navigates patient and family members through the diagnosis, treatment, and follow-up of the patient throughout the continuum of care ensuring smooth transitions between care settings. Collaborates with a multi-disciplinary team to support patients and families in addressing the following dimensions of care: education, psychosocial needs, advocacy, and continuity of care.

Advocate Medical Group (AMG) is part of Advocate Health, one of the nation’s largest nonprofit health systems. With more than 350 locations across Illinois and Wisconsin, AMG offers a wide range of specialties and services, including primary care, medical and surgical care, pediatrics, women’s health, behavioral health, and more. Our team is dedicated to delivering exceptional care and improving health outcomes in the communities we serve.

Joining AMG means being part of a collaborative, patient-focused environment where innovation and quality care thrive.

• Registered Nurse license issued by the state in which the team member practices
• Bachelor's Degree in Nursing.
• Typically requires 5 years of experience in nursing that includes performing nursing assessments, care plan development, and educating patients.
• Seeking strong neurology background
• Must be able to work independently

Monday-Friday 8:30am-5:00pm

No weekends, no holidays

• Provides continuity of care by ensuring smooth transitions between care settings. Develops a relationship with patient and their multidisciplinary team to facilitate and/or navigate through subsequent treatment and follow-up to reflect continuity of care.
• Completes a nursing assessment to identify the patient’s individualized needs and collaborates with multidisciplinary team and other departments to develop an interdisciplinary plan of care.
• Supports the patient and family by providing education, addressing psychosocial needs, advocating, providing continuity of care and identifying barriers to care. Navigates patients and family members throughout the diagnosis, treatment and follow-up of the patient throughout the continuum of care.
• Provides expert clinical advice to the multidisciplinary team in designing collaborative teaching plans/programs and in planning/providing patient/family education and discharge planning including wellness and health maintenance within designated specialty.
• Coordinates timely, seamless, evidenced based care across the care continuum resulting in best patient outcomes.

Advocate Health’s Neurology Clinic in Palos Heights, IL is a highly collaborative, fast-paced outpatient practice dedicated to delivering exceptional, patient-centered neurological care. Our team includes experienced neurologists, advanced practice providers, nurses, and support staff who work together to manage a wide range of neurological conditions, including migraines, epilepsy, multiple sclerosis, movement disorders, and neuromuscular diseases.

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