Orthopedic Surgery RN: Lead Care Coordinator & Navigator

* Supporting preoperative, postoperative, and follow-up patient needs.* Providing patient and family education to improve preparedness for treatment and surgery.* Coordinating patient communication through phone calls, MyChart messages, and internal team communication.* Reviewing and triaging clinical concerns in collaboration with the provider and APP team.* Assisting with surgical planning, imaging coordination, referrals, and follow-up needs.* Helping prepare patients and families for clinic visits, procedures, surgery, and next steps in care.* Providing lead coordination for Orthopedics and the Spine Tumor Board, including preparation, documentation, communication, and follow-through.* Collaborating with scheduling, medical assistants, APPs, physicians, and leadership to ensure timely completion of patient care tasks.* Maintaining clear, accurate, and timely documentation in Epic.* Supporting improved patient access, clinic flow, and throughput.**Preferred Qualifications:*** Demonstrated professionalism, responsiveness, initiative, and strong communication in a busy clinical environment.* The ideal candidate will be dependable, proactive, compassionate, and comfortable working in a complex specialty practice. This role requires excellent communication skills, strong nursing judgment, attention to detail, and the ability to manage multiple priorities while maintaining a calm and patient-centered approach.* Strong nursing judgment and clinical triage skills.* Graduate of an accredited nursing program with two years of nursing experience.* Current RN licensure in the state of Missouri and/or Illinois, depending on location, in accordance with the Compact Act.* Basic Life Support Certification or obtains certification within one month of employment. Online BLS certifications, those without a skills assessment component, are not sufficient to meet the BLS requirements.* Up to 22 days of vacation, 10 recognized holidays, and sick time.* Competitive health insurance packages with priority appointments and lower copays/coinsurance.* Take advantage of our free Metro transit U-Pass for eligible employees.* WashU provides eligible employees with a defined contribution (403(b)) Retirement Savings Plan, which combines employee contributions and university contributions starting at 7%.* WashU covers the cost of tuition for you and your family, including dependent undergraduate-level college tuition up to 100% at WashU and 40% elsewhere after seven years with us.Washington University in St. Louis' collective success is significantly attributed to the passion and outstanding efforts of our community. Our staff, faculty and trainees are committed to excellence and dedicated to carrying out our missions of research, teaching and patient care.WashU prides itself on being a place where people matter, and serious work is done. Our people work together in an inclusive community that celebrates diverse perspectives, collaboration and innovation. We are a community of individuals inspired to work together to develop big ideas and tackle challenging problems.We value the well-being of our people. WashU strives to create a positive employee experience where staff, faculty and trainees thrive, both personally and professionally. Our employees find meaning, connection and vitality in their work and life with a healthy work-life balance and support to learn, grow and make an impact at WashU, the community and the world.**Useful Links****Accommodation**If you are unable to use our online application system and would like an accommodation, please email View email address on click.appcast.io or call the dedicated accommodation inquiry number at View phone number on click.appcast.io and leave a voicemail with the nature of your request.**Regulatory Postings**Know Your Rights: Workplace Discrimination is Illegal Poster(;) #J-18808-Ljbffr Washington University