Nurse Navigator (RN) - Pulmonary

hhccareers; Hartford (CT); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Hartford HealthCare Medical Group in Connecticut seeks a PH Nurse Navigator to support multidisciplinary care and coordinate care for pulmonary hypertension patients across inpatient and outpatient settings.

The nurse serves as a central liaison among patients, physicians, advanced practice providers, and care teams, ensures accreditation requirements are met, and helps optimize access to therapies while enhancing overall care quality.

Qualifications

• RN license and current licensure to practice nursing.
• Five years’ nursing experience OR one year experience in Cardio/Pulmonary Disease.
• Two years supervisory/management and patient education experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Navigate patients through the continuum to remove barriers to care and improve satisfaction.
• Collaborate with the health care team and act independently to ensure prompt and efficient patient hand-offs.
• Apply the nursing process within the organization’s professional practice framework.
• Participate in community education outreach programs when needed.

Skills

Nurse navigator

Care coordination

Patient advocacy

Interdisciplinary teamwork

Education

RN license

Job description

Work whereevery momentmatters.

Every day, more than 40,000 Hartford HealthCare colleagues come to work with one thing in common: Pride in what we do, knowing every moment matters here. We invite you to become part of Connecticut's most comprehensive healthcare network.

Hartford HealthCare Medical Group is one of the largest medical practices in New England with multiple locations throughout Connecticut and Rhode Island. We consist of a team of professionals ranging from Medical Assistants to Physician Assistants and everything in between. Our physician led medical group enjoys an excellent reputation with patients and the medical community, offering primary care, urgent care and more than 30 different specialties.

Job Description

This individual is responsible for supporting the multidisciplinary care and coordination of patients with PH across the inpatient and outpatient settings while helping ensure ongoing compliance with PHA accreditation standards and best practices.

The PH Nurse Navigator functions as a central liaison between patients, physicians, advanced practice providers, specialty pharmacies, nursing staff, respiratory therapists, pharmaceutical representatives, hospital departments, and external referring providers. The nurse plays a key role in facilitating seamless transitions of care, optimizing patient access to PH therapies, supporting clinical operations, maintaining accreditation requirements, and enhancing the overall quality of care delivered to PH patients.

• Navigates patients through the continuum to eliminate barriers to health care and enhancing patient and physician satisfaction.
• Function as collaborating member of the health care team, but also must be able to act independently to assess patient and physician needs to ensure appropriate hand-offs so that patients receive services promptly and efficiently.
• Applies the nursing process as appropriate within the context of the organization’s framework for professional practice and in accordance with guidelines established by the team.
• Participate as needed in community education outreach programs/workshops/seminars/support services.

• Five years’ experience as a nurse OR One year experience within the specialty (Cardio/Pulmonary Disease)
• Two years supervisory/management and patient/staff education experience preferred
• RN license

We take great care of careers.

With locations around the state, Hartford HealthCare offers exciting opportunities for career development and growth. Here, you are part of an organization on the cutting edge - helping to bring new technologies, breakthrough treatments and community education to countless men, women and children. We know that a thriving organization starts with thriving employees-- we provide a competitive benefits program designed to ensure work/life balance. Every moment matters. And this isyour moment.