Nurse Navigator - Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Oncology
Company: SSM Health
Location: Saint Louis
Posted on: October 15, 2024
Job Description:
It's more than a career, it's a callingMO-SSM Health Ambulatory
Care Center CSMWorker Type:RegularJob Highlights:SIGN ON BONUSE
ELIGIBLE** UP TO $15,000Setting: outpatient clinic, Monday-Friday
8am-5pm**Sign on bonuses are for external qualified candidates. -
Internal candidates, please check with your recruiter to see what
options are available for you.Job Summary:Provides services as a
patient navigator throughout the continuum of care.Job
Responsibilities and Requirements:PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES
- Functions as a liaison for management staff, administration,
physicians, managed care companies, community organizations, and
other customers.
- Collaborates with physicians and advanced practice providers to
ensure quality outcomes. Coordinates efforts for treatment and
promotes quality improvement and educational efforts.
- Compiles data, tracks outcomes, and makes recommendations for
process improvement.
- Provides referrals/support for follow-up care for patients who
are uninsured or underinsured.
- Utilizes the nursing process of assessment, planning,
intervention, and evaluation in all patient encounters.
- Assists medical provider with processing of diagnostic results
bringing significant values to the provider's attention. Exhibits
knowledge of tests and procedures and their significance as related
to patient care.
- Recognizes the implementation of dosages, interactions, side
effects, adverse effects, routes of administration of drugs as they
apply to individual patients. Uses knowledge of medications in
instructing patients about medication therapy.
- Establishes working relationships teaching protocols for
patient education, family counseling and general public
information.
- Works in a constant state of alertness and safe manner.
- Performs other duties as assigned.EDUCATION
- Graduate of accredited school of nursingEXPERIENCE
- Three years' registered nurse experiencePHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS
- Constant use of speech to share information through oral
communication.
- Constant standing and walking.
- Frequent lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing
0-25 lbs.
- Frequent sitting, reaching and keyboard use/data entry.
- Frequent use of vision and depth perception for distances near
(20 inches or less) and far (20 feet or more) and to identify and
distinguish colors.
- Frequent use of smell to detect/recognize odors.
- Frequent use of hearing to receive oral communication,
distinguish body sounds and/or hear alarms, malfunctioning
machinery, etc.
- Occasional lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects
weighing 25-50 lbs.
- Occasional lifting/moving of patients.
- Occasional bending, stooping, kneeling, squatting, twisting,
gripping and repetitive foot/leg and hand/arm movements.
- Occasional driving.
- Rare crawling and running.Work Shift:Day Shift (United States
of America)Job Type:EmployeeDepartment:4841210235 SLUCR OTO CSM
GLScheduled Weekly Hours:40SSM Health is an equal opportunity
employer. SSM Health does not discriminate on the basis of race,
color, religion, national origin, age, disability, sex, sexual
orientation, gender identity, pregnancy, veteran status, or any
other characteristic protected by applicable law. Click here to
learn more. Benefits SSM Health values our exceptional employees by
offering a comprehensive benefits package to fit their needs. -
- Paid Parental Leave: we offer eligible team members one week of
paid parental leave for newborns or newly adopted children
(pro-rated based on FTE). -
- Flexible Payment Options: -our voluntary benefit offered
through DailyPay offers eligible hourly team members instant access
to their earned, unpaid base pay -(fees may apply) -before
payday.
- Upfront Tuition Coverage: -we provide upfront tuition coverage
through FlexPath Funded for eligible team members. -
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