Nurse Navigator, Outpatient (FT - Day) - Abington

Nurse Navigator Outpatient Neurology

Reporting to the Director of Operations, the Nurse Navigator Outpatient Neurology will serve as advocate, educator, facilitator, and guide for patients who are moving through the treatment process at Abington Hospital Jefferson Health (AH).

Job Description

• Interacts with co-workers, visitors, and other staff consistent with the values of Jefferson.
• Facilitate patient care throughout various stages of treatment through consultation with patients, coordination of services, and communication with physicians and other healthcare providers to offer comprehensive, patient centered care.
• Provides education to patients, family and care givers regarding disease processes, treatment options and potential side effects. Help patients prepare a list of questions and concerns to raise with physicians/healthcare providers prior to office visits. Assist patients, family and care givers with treatment decision making; develop and use education aids as appropriate. Provide community outreach in the form of community education.
• Responsible for business development by actively soliciting and recording feedback from physicians and healthcare providers and develop recommendations for improving operations to better meet the needs of physicians and the patients who they serve. Meet with physicians that are potential referral sources for the program to provide information about the program offerings.
• Obtains pre certifications and/or pre authorizations for medications/procedures.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Work Shift: Workday Day (United States of America)

Worker Sub Type: Regular

Employee Entity: Abington Memorial Hospital

Primary Location Address: 225 Newtown Road, Warminster, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Jefferson, which is principally located in the greater Philadelphia region, Lehigh Valley and Northeastern Pennsylvania and southern New Jersey, is reimagining health care and higher education to create unparalleled value. Jefferson is more than 65,000 people strong, dedicated to providing the highest-quality, compassionate clinical care for patients; making our communities healthier and stronger; preparing tomorrow's professional leaders for 21st-century careers; and creating new knowledge through basic/programmatic, clinical and applied research.

Jefferson is committed to providing equal educational and employment opportunities for all persons without regard to age, race, color, religion, creed, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, marital status, pregnancy, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, military status, veteran status, handicap or disability or any other protected group or status.

Jefferson offers a comprehensive package of benefits for full-time and part-time colleagues, including medical (including prescription), supplemental insurance, dental, vision, life and AD&D insurance, short- and long-term disability, flexible spending accounts, retirement plans, tuition assistance, as well as voluntary benefits, which provide colleagues with access to group rates on insurance and discounts. Colleagues have access to tuition discounts at Thomas Jefferson University after one year of full time service or two years of part time service. All colleagues, including those who work less than part-time (including per diem colleagues, adjunct faculty, and Jeff Temps ), have access to medical (including prescription) insurance.