RN Navigator: Pulmonary Clinic & Lung Nodule Care

Ochsner Health; New Orleans (LA); On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Ochsner Health in New Orleans is seeking an experienced RN Care Manager to serve as the liaison among patients, families, and the healthcare team, coordinating discharge planning and post-acute care to ensure quality outcomes.

You will collaborate with physicians and nurses to ensure seamless transitions, manage high‑risk patients, and promote patient‑centered care. This role requires strong communication and a nursing license, with a minimum of 2 years of experience.

Qualifications

• Graduate of an accredited school of nursing.
• RN license in state of practice.
• BLS certification from American Heart Association.
• Preferred clinical specialty certification.
• Minimum 2 years of nursing experience.

Responsibilities

• Provides continuity of care by ensuring smooth transitions between care settings.
• Develops relationships with patients and their multidisciplinary team to facilitate and/or navigate through subsequent treatment and follow-up to reflect continuity of care.
• Manages high risk, complex patient care with the goal of minimizing readmission.
• Works closely with physicians to coordinate patient's care plan communication; works with multidisciplinary team to maintain and implement up-to-date coordinated patient centered care plan; communicates with all members of the healthcare team as patient advocate.
• Prepares, executes, and reinforces post-discharge care plan.
• Identifies barriers to care in an effort to elicit changes in processes for patients navigating the continuum of care.
• Collaborates with leadership to review processes with the goal of improving the clinical experience for referred patients and the referring physician.
• Adapts behavior to the specific patient population, including but not limited to respect for privacy, method of introduction to the patient, adapting explanation of services or procedures to be performed, requesting permissions and communication style.
• Performs other related duties as required.

Skills

EHR proficiency

Verbal communication

Written communication

Conflict resolution

Flexibility & travel

Education

RN license

Nursing degree (BSN/ADN)

Job description

Ochsner Health in New Orleans is seeking an experienced RN Care Manager to serve as the liaison among patients, families, and the healthcare team, coordinating discharge planning and post-acute care to ensure quality outcomes.

You will collaborate with physicians and nurses to ensure seamless transitions, manage high‑risk patients, and promote patient‑centered care. This role requires strong communication and a nursing license, with a minimum of 2 years of experience.