Patient Navigator RN

Baylor Scott & White Memorial Hospital in Temple, TX, is seeking a Full Time Patient Navigator Registered Nurse to join our Ortho Trauma Progressive Care Unit (5 South). This is a 35-bed monitored nursing unit that provides the opportunity to work with a wide variety of patients ranging from adults to Geriatrics. The conditions that are within the scope of service include the following but are not limited to:

• Post ICU trauma patients (serious traumatic injury to 2 or more body systems)
• Complex Plastic reconstructive surgeries (including reconstructive flaps and graft sites, post cancer reconstruction, and trauma related reconstruction)
• Complex ENT patients including free muscle flaps and neck dissections.
• Complex ENT reconstructive tracheostomies and laryngectomies
• Traumatic Complex Fractures and musculoskeletal wounds
• Elective Joint Replacements – Rapid Recovery Program
• Sports Injuries
• Spinal Deformities
• Complicated Pelvic, Hip, and compression Fractures
• Skeletal Malformations and Abnormalities
• Amputations and Prosthesis
• Neurosurgery, Vascular Surgery, General Surgery
• Medical/Surgical patients including those requiring Telemetry

Goals of the Patient Navigator Nurse:

1. Help to reduce the length of stay- advocating and eliminating barriers that would prevent a patient going home safely.
2. Throughput/ discharges- help to facilitate speedy discharges - utilizing discharge lounge/ HUB
3. Executive presence- will facilitate MDR and collaborate with interdisciplinary team members- will require peer to peer accountability
4. PNT will see all new admissions within 24-48 hours - introduce themselves to the patient, explain role, and determine if there are any barriers that would prevent the patient from returning to home or where they were staying previously
5. Improve patient satisfaction- nursing communication, patient education, and discharge readiness

Benefits

Our competitive benefits package includes the following:

• Immediate eligibility for health and welfare benefits
• 401(k) savings plan with dollar-for-dollar match up to 5%
• Tuition Reimbursement
• PTO accrual beginning Day 1

Note: Benefits may vary based upon position type and/or level.

Why Baylor Scott & White Health

At Baylor Scott & White Health, we empower each other to create healthier communities and deliver safe and high-quality care across the state of Texas. With more than 52 hospitals, 800 access points, a quality health plan and an award-winning research institute, you’ll enjoy endless opportunities to make your mark on the future of healthcare. At Baylor Scott and White Health, you’ll be joining a team that’s committed to better. Because better never settles. And neither should you.

As the largest not-for-profit healthcare system in Texas and one of the largest in the United States, Baylor Scott & White Health has the resources to offer a variety of career opportunities to meet your personal and professional goals.

The Baylor Scott & White Health nursing team challenges each other to innovate, to constantly raise the bar and to never settle. Every day, our diverse group of team members bring unique talents, a passion for innovation and a deep commitment to those we serve.

Requirements of the Ideal Candidate:

• Graduate of RN School of Nursing
• ADN required
• Active RN License
• Basic Life Support (BLS) required or BLS within 30 days of hire or transfer

Qualifications:

• A Bachelor's degree.
• At least 3 years of relevant experience.
• Registered Licensed Nurse.
• You have, or are willing to obtain within your first 30 days, a Basic Life Support (BLS)