Nurse Navigator

Presbyterian Healthcare Services; Albuquerque (NM); On-site; USD 66,000 - 112,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

tuition reimbursement

Staff Safety wearable badge

Night/weekend shift differentials

Malpractice liability insurance

Loan forgiveness through NMHED

EPIC electronic charting system

Job summary

The Nurse Navigator at Presbyterian Healthcare Services in Albuquerque provides individualized nursing support, education, and care coordination for patients throughout their healthcare journey. This role serves as a key contact for patients, families, and the interdisciplinary care team to help patients understand treatment plans and navigate appointments and resources.

Working with physicians, care management, and other professionals, the nurse navigator promotes continuity of care, addresses

Qualifications

• Experience coordinating patient care in oncology settings.
• Familiarity with NCCN distress assessments and care pathways.
• Ability to educate patients across the continuum of care.

Responsibilities

• Facilitates entry of patients into the specialty care program and coordinates care across multiple departments.
• Implements NCCN distress assessments and care pathways for cancer patients per NCCN guidelines.
• Develops relationships with providers to ensure continuity of care between patient, insurance, and physicians.
• Prepares for and coordinates multidisciplinary conferences as needed.
• Provides patient education across the continuum of care and communicates test results to patients and teams.
• Connects patients with community resources and support services such as social work and financial counseling.
• Assists with accrual of patients to clinical trials and tracks quality metrics and treatments.

Job description

Location Address:

8300 Constitution Ave NEAlbuquerque, NM 87110-7613

Compensation Pay Range:

Minimum Offer $65,520.00Maximum Offer $111,612.80

Summary:

The Nurse Navigator provides individualized nursing support, education, and coordination of care for patients throughout their healthcare journey. This role serves as a key point of contact for patients, families, providers, and the interdisciplinary care team, helping patients understand their treatment plan and successfully navigate appointments, services, and available resources.
The Nurse Navigator works collaboratively with physicians, advanced practice clinicians, nursing staff, care management, and other members of the healthcare team to promote continuity of care, address barriers, and support a positive patient experience within the Presbyterian Medical Group setting.

How you grow, learn and thrive matters here.

• Educational and career development options, including tuition and certification reimbursement, scholarship opportunities
• Staff Safety (a wearable badge that allows nurses to quickly and discreetly call for help when safety is a concern)
• Differentials for night/weekend shifts, higher education, certifications and various lead roles (for eligible positions)
• Malpractice liability insurance
• Loan forgiveness through the New Mexico Higher Education Department
• EPIC electronic charting system

Type of Opportunity: Full timeFTE: 1.00Job Exempt: YesWork Shift: Days (United States of America)

Responsibilities:

• Facilitates the entry of patients into the specialty care program and aids in the coordination of care of existing or returning patients. Coordinates care with patients, family, providers, and insurance representatives. Follows the patient throughout the continuum of services across multiple departments.
• Oncology Nurse Navigation requires the implementation of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network -NCCN distress assessments and healthcare pathways for patients, based upon the clinical treatments for the patient. Oncology requires the nurse navigator to follow the NCCN algorithm for all cancer patients in our accredited facilities. All areas evaluate the progress of patients along the continuum and are responsible to assist with professional and personal modifications along with healthcare team, as appropriate.
• Develops relationships with providers to ensure patientAs care continuum is maintained and serves as liaison between patient, insurance, and physicians.
• Prepares for and coordinates the multidisciplinary conference, as needed.
• Provides patient education across the continuum of care and provides test results for the patient and healthcare team.
• Works with the healthcare team to provide access to community resources and links patients to support services such as social work, nutrition, psychologist, pastoral care, physical therapy and rehabilitation, financial counseling, integrative medicine, pharmacy, legal services, palliative care, hospice, etc.
• Assists research nurses and providers with accruing eligible patients to clinical trials.
• Assists with tracking of metrics and quality indicators for diagnosing, timely treatments, and reimbursement.
• Works with team members to determine appropriate treatment protocols and develop a long-term plan for patients. t