Proactive Palliative Care Navigator—RN or LMSW

Baptist Health Arkansas; Little Rock (AR); On-site; USD 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Baptist Health Arkansas is seeking a Palliative Care Navigator to coordinate upstream palliative services for ACO patients. The role involves goals-of-care conversations, advance care planning, and seamless transitions across inpatient, outpatient, and post-acute settings.

The Navigator works under clinical direction within Population Health Services, ensuring timely recognition of palliative and hospice needs and acting as a continuous contact for patients and teams.

Qualifications

• Must hold an active, unencumbered Arkansas license as RN or LMSW.
• BSN preferred for RN candidates; LCSW preferred for Social Work candidates.
• Minimum 2 years of clinical or patient-facing healthcare experience required.
• Experience with palliative care, hospice, oncology, transitions of care, or care management preferred.
• Experience conducting goals-of-care and advance care planning conversations preferred.

Responsibilities

• Identify ACO-attributed patients on a readmission trajectory and provide upstream palliative navigation.
• Facilitate goals-of-care conversations, advance care planning, and coordinated transitions.
• Serve as a single contact across inpatient, outpatient, and post-acute settings to address palliative and hospice needs.

Skills

Clinical navigation

Palliative care experience

Communication skills

Documentation skills

Education

Arkansas RN license

LMSW license (CSWE-accredited)

Tools

Epic

Population health analytics

Job description

Baptist Health Arkansas is seeking a Palliative Care Navigator to coordinate upstream palliative services for ACO patients. The role involves goals-of-care conversations, advance care planning, and seamless transitions across inpatient, outpatient, and post-acute settings.

The Navigator works under clinical direction within Population Health Services, ensuring timely recognition of palliative and hospice needs and acting as a continuous contact for patients and teams.