Registered Nurse- Emergency Medicine- Pediatrics- Full Time

Registered Nurse Navigator - Stony Brook

Schedule: Full Time

Days/Hours: Monday - Friday; The Neuro Navigator for the Concussion Program serves as the central point of contact and care coordinator for patients with suspected or diagnosed a concussion or mild traumatic brain injury. This role guides patients and families through the continuum of carefrom initial referral and evaluation through treatment, recovery, and safe return to school, work, and playensuring timely access, clear communication, and evidence-based, patient centered care. This role will engage in interface with contracted school districts around clinical care, professional development, and parent/student educational support and will require periodic travel in Suffolk County

Care Coordination & Navigation

Serve as the primary contact for patients and families, facilitating communication between patients, providers, schools, athletic trainers, and other care team members.

Reach out to patients who were discharged from Urgent care or Emergency Department to check in on their status

Coordinate patient's care, including triage, scheduling of initial visit.

When necessary, assist patients with follow up visits, imaging, neuropsychological testing, therapy, and specialty referrals.

Perform nurse-level assessments under established protocols (e.g., Identify urgent or emergent symptoms and escalate care to appropriate providers or emergency services as needed.

Reinforce provider-developed care plans, including symptom management strategies, activity modification, sleep hygiene, headache management, hydration, and medication education.

Provide individualized education, expected recovery, warning signs, and when to seek urgent care.

parent, coach, school nurse, employer).

Collaborate closely with physicians, advanced practice providers, neuropsychologists, physical/occupational/speech therapists, athletic trainers, case managers, and school liaisons.

Participate in interdisciplinary team meetings and case conferences to review complex cases and update care plans.

Work closely with school district CARE Initiative staff and faculty to build team.

Program Development & Quality Improvement

Contribute to the development, implementation, and refinement of clinical pathways, policies, and patient education materials.

Identify barriers to care (transportation, insurance, communication gaps) and propose solutions to improve access and patient experience.

Support staff education and community outreach (e.g., school nurse in services, coach education sessions, concussion awareness events).

Responds timely to requests from CARE Initiative contracted school districts in collaboration with CARE leadership.

Document all patient encounters, education, assessments, and coordination activities in the electronic health record (EHR) in a timely and accurate manner.

Ensure that care is consistent with organizational policies, concussion management guidelines, and regulatory requirements.

Current Registered Nurse (RN) license in New York.

Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) or equivalent; Minimum [23] years of nursing experience in neurology, emergency medicine, pediatrics, sports medicine neuro-surgery, trauma surgery, or related field.

Experience in concussion management, brain injury, sports medicine, or neurology clinics.

CNRN, CCRN, or case management certification) or willingness to obtain within a specified timeframe.

Experience with patient education and care coordination across multiple settings (clinic, school, community, athletics).

StaffCo and SUNY have entered into a professional employer agreement under which StaffCo is the employer of Stony Brook Clinical Practice Management Plan employees and responsible for all aspects of employment, including hirings, promotions, disciplines, terminations, the day-to-day direction and supervision of work, as well as labor relations and collective bargaining. StaffCo is fully responsible for providing all payroll and human resources services, including the payment of wages, collecting and reporting payroll taxes and maintaining any and all employee benefits.? SUNY Stony Brook Hospital is responsible for the operation of the hospital and provision of health care and is the co-employer as is necessary to conduct its responsibilities and for related licensure, regulatory or statutory requirements and obligations.

Thus, the employees are private sector employees of StaffCo, not public sector employees of SUNY.? The private sector nature of the StaffCo employees has been approved by NYS Civil Service and upheld in a decision by the US National Labor Relations Board.

CPMP provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, creed, gender, national origin, age, disability, marital or veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other legally protected status. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall and transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.

CPMP expressly prohibits any form of workplace harassment based on race, color, religion, creed, gender, national origin, age, disability, marital or veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other legally protected status.