RN Transitional Care Navigator (Population Health)

Health eCareers; Arlington Heights (IL); On-site; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare organization seeks a full-time RN Transitional Care Navigator in Arlington Heights to enhance patient care coordination. The role focuses on managing patient transitions through the healthcare system, improving clinical outcomes, and ensuring high-quality care. Candidates should possess a nursing degree, an RN license, and relevant experience in case management and care coordination.

Benefits

Premium pay for eligible employees

Tuition Reimbursement

Health Savings Account Options

Retirement Options with Company Match

Paid Time Off and Holiday Pay

Qualifications

• RN license is required.
• Minimum 3 years of utilization review or case management experience preferred.
• Experience working with high-risk patients beneficial.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate care transitions and patient management across multiple settings.
• Develop individualized care plans using evidence-based guidelines.
• Act as a liaison between patients and healthcare providers.

Skills

Care Coordination

Case Management

Patient Advocacy

Disease Management

Education

Bachelor's degree in Nursing

Bachelor's degree in healthcare or related field

Job description

RN Transitional Care Navigator (Population Health)

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Hourly Pay Range

$40.45 - $62.70 - The hourly pay rate offered is determined by a candidate's expertise and years of experience, among other factors.

Hourly Pay Range

$40.45 - $62.70 - The hourly pay rate offered is determined by a candidate's expertise and years of experience, among other factors.

RN Transitional Care Navigator (Population Health)

Position Highlights

• Position: RN Transitional Care Navigator (Population Health)
• Location: 3040 W Salt Creek Lane. Arlington Heights, IL.
• Full Time: 40 hours/week
• Hours: Monday ? Friday (8:30a-5pm), Weekend and holiday required per rotation
  
  

What You Will Do

The RN Transitional Care Navigator (Population Health) is responsible for the case management, care coordination management, and utilization management of his/her population of patients across multiple care levels and settings. Serves as a catalyst to promote patients understanding their diagnosis, treatment options, and available resources and ensure that they are connected with the optimal resources across the continuum of care. This role will coordinate and facilitate smooth and safe care transitions while ensuring quality cost-effective patient outcomes. Serves as a liaison between their patient population and all other providers. Will be responsible for key metrics of success, which include improving the overall cost of care, length of stay optimization, reduction in excess days, reduction in SNF utilization and improvement in SNF care transitions, reduction in 30-day readmission rate and ED utilization.

• Guides high-risk patient and family through the health system from diagnosis, testing, treatment and follow-up care to assist patients with navigating the continuum of care. Eliminates barriers to patient's access to health care services and facilitates continuity of care/care coordination.
• Establishes and documents an individualized plan of care for assigned patients using evidence-based treatment guidelines considering the patients individual health goals with a focus on wellness, health management, disease prevention and chronic disease management.
• Partners with the healthcare team to ensure clinical decision-making, implementation of recommendations, and discharge planning are timely and appropriate.
• Performs daily coordination between multiple departments, multi-disciplinary team, medical clinics, and community outreach to gain knowledge of patient, assure patient safety, smooth transitions of care, and manage utilization and total cost of care.
• Acts as advisor/educator by partnering with social work in providing emotional support including goals of care and counseling. Provides and/or arranges clinical education including medication management, community resources, financial resources, and expert guidance to patients and families to promote their ability to understand and meaningfully participate in the healthcare process and personal decision-making.
• Facilitates appointments for appropriate consultations and support services within established protocols
• Completes Utilization Management for assigned patients.
• Applies Milliman Care Guidelines (Indicia) criteria to monitor appropriateness of admissions and continued stays and documents findings based on Department standards.
• Monitors LOS and ancillary resource use on an ongoing basis. Takes actions to achieve continuous improvement in both areas.
• May need to travel to visit the patient at home from time to time.
  
  

What You Will Need

• Education: Bachelor?s degree in healthcare or related field required, Bachelor?s degree in Nursing from an NLN accredited school of nursing is preferred.
• License: RN required
• Certification: BLS/CPR Certification for the Healthcare Provider required, Clinical certification, such as case management certification, ambulatory care nursing certification is preferred.
• Experience: Minimum three (3) years of utilization review, discharge planning, case management or disease management preferred. Nursing experience in home services, ambulatory services working with high-risk patients beneficial, 2+ years of clinical nursing experience preferred.
  
  

Benefits

• Premium pay for eligible employees
• Career Pathways to Promote Professional Growth and Development
• Various Medical, Dental, and Vision options
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Free Parking
• Wellness Program Savings Plan
• Health Savings Account Options
• Retirement Options with Company Match
• Paid Time Off and Holiday Pay
• Community Involvement Opportunities
• Visa Sponsorship Available (Nursing and Lab roles)
  
  

Endeavor Health is a fully integrated healthcare delivery system committed to providing access to quality, vibrant, community-connected care, serving an area of more than 4.2 million residents across six northeast Illinois counties. Our more than 25,000 team members and more than 6,000 physicians aim to deliver transformative patient experiences and expert care close to home across more than 300 ambulatory locations and eight acute care hospitals ? Edward (Naperville), Elmhurst, Evanston, Glenbrook (Glenview), Highland Park, Northwest Community (Arlington Heights) Skokie and Swedish (Chicago) ? all recognized as Magnet hospitals for nursing excellence. For more information, visit www.endeavorhealth.org.

When you work for Endeavor Health, you will be part of an organization that encourages its employees to achieve career goals and maximize their professional potential.

Please explore our website (www.endeavorhealth.org) to better understand how Endeavor Health delivers on its mission to ?help everyone in our communities be their best?.

Endeavor Health is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to individuals with disabilities. Please refer to the main career page for more information.

Diversity, equity and inclusion is at the core of who we are; being there for our patients and each other with compassion, respect and empathy. We believe that our strength resides in our differences and in connecting our best to provide community-connected healthcare for all.

EOE: Race/Color/Sex/Sexual Orientation/ Gender Identity/Religion/National Origin/Disability/Vets, VEVRRA Federal Contractor.

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