Mercy Health - Sappington, MO
posted 3 months ago
Full-time - Mid Level
Sappington, MO
Ambulatory Health Care Services
About the position
The Nurse Navigator is a leadership role focused on providing support, mentorship, and guidance to direct patient care providers. This position is responsible for coordinating patient care delivery, ensuring timely and high-quality care, and managing both inpatient and outpatient populations. The Nurse Navigator collaborates with bedside nurses to set care expectations and holds care providers accountable for their professional responsibilities, all while promoting a seamless care model and optimizing performance metrics.
Responsibilities
- Coordinate the delivery of patient care by assessing individual patient care requirements.
- Ensure patients receive timely, safe, effective, and high-quality care.
- Collaborate with bedside nurses to coordinate the patient's plan of care.
- Set expectations regarding professional conduct for care providers.
- Hold direct and indirect care providers accountable for their responsibilities and adherence to regulatory guidelines.
- Manage the assigned inpatient and outpatient population.
- Facilitate patient discharge planning for post-acute services.
- Conduct pre-op education and daily rounding while patients are hospitalized.
- Oversee patient discharge disposition and follow-up care.
Requirements
- Graduate from an approved school of nursing.
- Current RN (Registered Nurse) license in the state of practice.
- 2-3 years of nursing experience required.
- BLS (Basic Life Support) certification.
Nice-to-haves
- Bachelor of Science in Nursing preferred.
- ACLS (Advanced Cardiac Life Support) certification preferred.
Benefits
- Comprehensive health, vision, and dental coverage starting on day one.
- Paid Time Off (PTO).
- Tuition reimbursement.
- Employer-matched retirement funds.
