Registered Nurse - Nurse Navigator - Neurosciences

RN-Nurse NavigatorIt's more than a career, it's a callingWI-SSM Health Outpatient Center-MadisonWorker Type: RegularJob Highlights: Join a team where your work matters—every moment, every patient, every community. The RN-Nurse Navigator position is fully onsite, Monday–Friday from 8:00 a.m.–4:30 p.m., with no on-call requirement. Ideal candidates have experience in neuroscience, neurosurgery, spine, critical care, ED, or complex care coordination, along with strong patient advocacy, organization, communication, critical thinking, and relationship-building skills. At SSM Health, you'll be empowered to grow, supported to thrive, and inspired to make a lasting impact.Department: Nursing Schedule: DaysApply today. SSM Health – We bring out the incredible in you, everyday.Job Summary: Provides services as a patient navigator throughout the continuum of care.Job Responsibilities and Requirements:PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIESFunctions as a liaison for management staff, administration, physicians, managed care companies, community organizations, and other customers.Collaborates with physicians and advanced practice providers to ensure quality outcomes. Coordinates efforts for treatment and promotes quality improvement and educational efforts.Compiles data, tracks outcomes, and makes recommendations for process improvement.Provides referrals/support for follow-up care for patients who are uninsured or underinsured.Utilizes the nursing process of assessment, planning, intervention, and evaluation in all patient encounters.Assists medical provider with processing of diagnostic results bringing significant values to the provider's attention. Exhibits knowledge of tests and procedures and their significance as related to patient care.Recognizes the implementation of dosages, interactions, side effects, adverse effects, routes of administration of drugs as they apply to individual patients. Uses knowledge of medications in instructing patients about medication therapy.Establishes working relationships teaching protocols for patient education, family counseling and general public information.Works in a constant state of alertness and safe manner.Performs other duties as assigned.EDUCATIONGraduate of accredited school of nursing or education equivalency for licensingEXPERIENCEThree years' registered nurse experiencePHYSICAL REQUIREMENTSConstant use of speech to share information through oral communication.Constant standing and walking.Frequent lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 0-25 lbs.Frequent sitting, reaching and keyboard use/data entry.Frequent use of vision and depth perception for distances near (20 inches or less) and far (20 feet or more) and to identify and distinguish colors.Frequent use of smell to detect/recognize odors.Frequent use of hearing to receive oral communication, distinguish body sounds and/or hear alarms, malfunctioning machinery, etc.Occasional lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 25-50 lbs.Occasional lifting/moving of patients.Occasional bending, stooping, kneeling, squatting, twisting, gripping and repetitive foot/leg and hand/arm movements.Occasional driving.Rare crawling and running.REQUIRED PROFESSIONAL LICENSE AND/OR CERTIFICATIONS State of Work Location: IllinoisBasic Life Support HealthCare Provider (BLS HCP) - American Heart Association (AHA)AndRegistered Professional Nurse (RN) - Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (IDFPR)State of Work Location: MissouriBasic Life Support HealthCare Provider (BLS HCP) - American Heart Association (AHA)AndRegistered Nurse (RN) - Missouri Division of Professional RegistrationOrRegistered Nurse (RN) Issued by Compact StateState of Work Location: OklahomaBasic Life Support HealthCare Provider (BLS HCP) - American Heart Association (AHA)AndRegistered Nurse (RN) Issued by Compact StateOrRegistered Nurse (RN) - Oklahoma Board of Nursing (OBN)State of Work Location: WisconsinBasic Life Support HealthCare Provider (BLS HCP) - American Heart Association (AHA)AndRegistered Nurse (RN) Issued by Compact StateOrRegistered Nurse (RN) - Wisconsin Department of Safety and Professional ServicesWork Shift: Day Shift (United States of America)Job Type: EmployeeDepartment: 6290020164 DSMOC Neuro Scheduled Weekly Hours: 40SSM Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer. SSM Health provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.