NURSE NAVIGATOR

Description

Introduction

Experience the HCA Healthcare difference where colleagues are trusted, valued members of our healthcare team. Grow your career with an organization committed to delivering respectful, compassionate care, and where the unique and intrinsic worth of each individual is recognized. Submit your application for the opportunity below:
Nurse NavigatorWesley Medical Center

Benefits

Wesley Medical Center, offers a total rewards package that supports the health, life, career and retirement of our colleagues. The available plans and programs include:

• Comprehensive medical coverage that covers many common services at no cost or for a low copay. Plans include prescription drug and behavioral health coverage as well as free telemedicine services and free AirMed medical transportation.
• Additional options for dental and vision benefits, life and disability coverage, flexible spending accounts, supplemental health protection plans (accident, critical illness, hospital indemnity), auto and home insurance, identity theft protection, legal counseling, long-term care coverage, moving assistance, pet insurance and more.
• Free counseling services and resources for emotional, physical and financial wellbeing
  
• 401(k) Plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay (based on years of service)
  
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan with 10% off HCA Healthcare stock
  
• Family support through fertility and family building benefits with Progyny and adoption assistance.
  
• Referral services for child, elder and pet care, home and auto repair, event planning and more
  
• Consumer discounts through Abenity and Consumer Discounts
  
• Retirement readiness, rollover assistance services and preferred banking partnerships
  
• Education assistance (tuition, student loan, certification support, dependent scholarships)
  
• Colleague recognition program
  
• Time Away From Work Program (paid time off, paid family leave, long- and short-term disability coverage and leaves of absence)
  
• Employee Health Assistance Fund that offers free employee-only coverage to full-time and part-time colleagues based on income.

Learn more about Employee Benefits

Note:
Eligibility for benefits may vary by location.

We are seeking a(an) Nurse Navigator for our team to ensure that we continue to provide all patients with high quality, efficient care. Did you get into our industry for these reasons? We are an amazing team that works hard to support each other and are seeking a phenomenal addition like you who feels patient care is as meaningful as we do. We want you to apply!

Job Summary and Qualifications

• Demonstrates the ability to adapt technique/treatment to age of population served, including newborn, pediatric, adolescent, adult and geriatric patients, while providing care/service with respect to cultural differences and spiritual needs
• Build relationships with patients and physicians, to coordinate a plan of care including appointments, transportation, education, provision and/or enablement of support services and representation within the multidisciplinary care environment
• On an aggregate level, tracks performance of the program in line with HCA, division and facility goals (growth, quality, practice guidelines, etc. ) and identify opportunities to streamline care practice, through development of evidence-based guidelines
• Assumes responsibility and accountability for the management of resources to achieve efficient, high quality outcomes for each patient including support for interdisciplinary and cross facility collaboration (i. e. fetal boards, and communication with the referring physician
• Serves as a liaison between the patient and family, primary care physician, internal and external care providers, specialists, support network members e. g. social workers, and the wider healthcare community; Conducts internal and referral for external outreach and marketing; May include health fairs, screenings and other special events
• Assesses the medical, social, and psychosocial and other care needs of the patient and family
• Assess and initiates referrals to the hospital and community resources to connect patient as needed
• Provides appropriate teaching, outreach, and education to patients and families to ensure the patient is empowered to manage his or her own health
• Streamlines appointments and paperwork by helping patients with scheduling of appointments and preparation
• Establishes algorithms, documents, and formalized processes for transition in commonly followed care pathways
• Coaches and helps patients to remove barriers with issues of insurance, transportation, child care, financial resources, language so they may focus on getting the care they need
• Initiates referrals to hospital and community resources to connect patients with resources and support systems
• Conducts follow-up conversations as needed with all patients to communicate concerns, changes, or social needs in patient health to appropriate MD or other care providers
• Supports and conducts outreach to referrers, providers, other medical professionals and the community
• Organizes and attend patient education classes and other meetings as necessary
• Tracks and documents interventions and outcomes, including managing and updating the CV dashboards
• All other duties as assigned

What qualifications you will need:

Required Registration, Licensure or Certification:

• Current Licensure in the State of Kansas as a Registered Nurse (RN) or Current Multi-State Licensure as a Registered Nurse
• Current Basic Life Support (BLS) verification course through American Heart Assoc. or American Red Cross - Healthcare Provider CPR

• Certificate of qualification, Advanced Registered Nurse Practitioner according to the Kansas Nurse Practice Act
• Experience in program development
• Experience as a nurse navigator and/or patient educator

Required Education or Experience:

• Bachelor's Degree in Nursing or enrolled in Bachelors' Degree in Nursing within 6 months of hire

• Master's degree in Nursing or Healthcare Administration

For more than 100 years, Wesley Healthcare has provided exceptional care to thousands of families in Wichita and throughout Kansas and Northern Oklahoma. Wesley Medical Center is a member of the Wesley Healthcare network within Greater Wichita and has been an HCA Healthcare hospital since 1985.

Our physicians treat more than 24,000 patients annually, making Wesley Medical Center the most preferred hospital in Kansas and northern Oklahoma. Additionally, our obstetricians and childbirth staff deliver more than 6,000 babies each year, more than any hospital in a 13-state region.

Home to Wesley Children's Hospital, the region's first and Wichita's only children's hospital, we care for children in a unique space designed specially for kids and their families. And as a Level I Trauma Center and the only Level II Pediatric Trauma Center in Kansas, we are prepa.