RN - Neuro Patient Navigator
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Location: Carbondale, IL
Shift: 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
• Intermittent hand manipulation
• Intermittent lifting and carrying of 20 lbs.
Role Specific Responsibilities
o Serves as a clinical expert to help neurosurgery or neurology patients
and families navigate the health care system.
o Provides initial coordination of care for patient receiving pre-appointment
treatment
o 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 to
these facilities
o Assists physicians in coordination of care of neuroscience or neurology
patients with other health care professionals.
o Refers patients to other community resources, as necessary
o Provides ongoing navigation for patients receiving pre-appointment
treatment
o 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
o Provides on-going documentation of nurse navigation activities on each
patient, including the time involved in these activities
o Assists in the development, documentation and analysis of program
performance
o Serves as a clinical resource to Intake Specialists
o Collaborates with other department members to facilitate effective triage
of new neuroscience or neurology patients
o Eliminates unnecessary delays in clinician reviews, including supervising
the collection of patients’ diagnostic studies
o 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 Spine
o Responsible for transitional care management of discharged neurology patients including: imaging, wellness checks, referrals, appointments and medication refills/order
o Responsible for any follow up indicated on Emmi report
Compensation (Commensurate with experience):
$67475.2To
$104582.4To access our Benefits Guide/Plan Information, please click the link below: