Patient Navigator (RN) - Cardiology
Apply NowCompany: MaineHealth
Location: Scarborough, ME 04074
Description:
For a limited time MaineHealth is offering a $10,000 Sign on bonus for all eligible Registered Nurses with up to 2 years of RN experience and $20,000 for Registered Nurses with greater than 2 years of RN work experience!
- Eligible candidates are hired (offer accepted) into a Full or Part time RN position. Bonus amount prorated for Part time hires, per diem hires are ineligible.
- Current MaineHealth member employees are ineligible; former MaineHealth Members are ineligible until greater than 6 months' separation from employment.
- Position Summary
- The Patient Navigator supports safe patient and family centered care by meeting the specialized needs of patients in the assigned service line as they progress through a wide variety of health care settings. The position is responsible for facilitating care and surgical services to enhance quality, cost-effective clinical outcomes, to both meet patients' healthcare needs while also decreasing fragmentation and duplication of care.
The Patient Navigator works under the daily and clinical direction of the surgeons and providers within the practice, working collaboratively with providers and clinicians across the health care system to access resources, identify barriers, and to problem solve clinical and/or surgical access issues related to care-plan development and/or implementation. The position may also interact with external providers and agencies to identify and coordinate appropriate services.
- The Patient Navigator supports safe patient and family centered care by meeting the specialized needs of patients in the assigned service line as they progress through a wide variety of health care settings. The position is responsible for facilitating care and surgical services to enhance quality, cost-effective clinical outcomes, to both meet patients' healthcare needs while also decreasing fragmentation and duplication of care.
- Required Minimum Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities (KSAs)
- Education: Bachelor's degree in Nursing. Master's degree preferred.
- Licensure/Certifications: Current license to practice as a Registered Nurse in the State of Maine.
- Experience: Experience working with patients within the service line preferred, in inpatient, outpatient or community-based care settings.
- Evidence of ongoing education to maintain proficiency appropriate to the service line
- Knowledge of community resources
- Exceptional communication, interpersonal and organizational skills, to be able to function effectively in a complex health care environment and with patients and families from all backgrounds.
- Computer proficiency