RN Nurse Navigator: Care Coordination & Patient Advocate

Allegheny Clinic; Pittsburgh (Allegheny County); On-site; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Allegheny Health Network is seeking a patient navigation professional to serve as the primary contact for referring physicians, patients, caregivers, families, and the community. You will coordinate appointments and access to clinical and supportive care services within the Network, working with a multidisciplinary team to ensure quality care for adult patients with specialized disease states.

Responsibilities include outreach to high‑risk populations, education about diagnosis and treatment

Qualifications

• Current State of PA RN licensure OR Current multi-state licensure through the enhanced Nurse Licensure Compact (eNLC)
• Bachelor's degree

Responsibilities

• Oversees community outreach, high risk populations and disease specific sites to establish and sustain working relationships within the network (health plan, physicians, office staff, social services staff, financial counselor, dietician, etc.). Travel to other facilities as required.
• Educates and coordinates care regarding patient's diagnosis, treatment options, course of treatment, clinical trial information and resources available.
• Works with health care team to ensure safe handoff, coordination of care between facilities as well as inpatient to outpatient or outpatient to inpatient coordination of care. May identify bereavement needs of families and develop plan of care. Works with Stroke Team to reduce re-admissions. May work with and/or assist Registry staff with data collection, patient outcomes and updates care delivery models.
• Coordinates appointments including all aspects of the multi-disciplinary team (physicians, consults, supportive care services, etc. and accompanies patients as needed to appointments. Ensures that medication adherence issues are addressed.
• Trends data and outcomes as established for the navigation program. Identifies gaps to improve patient care across the continuum.
• Develops or attends an existing clinical care conference to report out on active patients to the multidisciplinary team.

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Allegheny Health Network is seeking a patient navigation professional to serve as the primary contact for referring physicians, patients, caregivers, families, and the community. You will coordinate appointments and access to clinical and supportive care services within the Network, working with a multidisciplinary team to ensure quality care for adult patients with specialized disease states.

Responsibilities include outreach to high‑risk populations, education about diagnosis and treatment