Registered Nurse Navigator - Neurology (sluhn)

Job Description

St. Luke's is proud of the skills, experience and compassion of its employees. The employees of St. Luke's are our most valuable asset! Individually and together, our employees are dedicated to satisfying the mission of our organization which is an unwavering commitment to excellence as we care for the sick and injured; educate physicians, nurses and other health care providers; and improve access to care in the communities we serve, regardless of a patient's ability to pay for health care.

The Registered Nurse (RN) delivers nursing care for patients across their life span, and through the nursing process, assesses, plans, implements, and documents the effects of care. Works cooperatively with ancillary, nursing and other patient-team personnel to maintain standards for professional nursing practice. These nursing functions of the RN are carried out according to the Pennsylvania Nurse Practice Act, hospital policy, the hospital Mission Statement, and the Philosophy of the Department of Nursing.

JOB DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Responsible for overseeing the gathering of appropriate baseline intake information (from patients and referring physician offices) for working lung group program (charts, medical reports, clinical office notes, medications, pathology reports, radiology reports, and demographics). Establishes priorities based on patient assessment.
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• Provides multidisciplinary team with appropriate information and patient summaries.
• Attends all assigned working lung conferences, facilitating the conference with physician leader.
• Disseminates Lung Working Group recommendations within one day of meeting and disseminates appropriate documentation to each physician involved in patent’s care, including referring physician.
• Provides individualized patient/family information, support, education and resources regarding lung cancer, diagnostic testing, procedures and surgeries.
• Serves as a consistent contact for patient/family throughout the process of diagnosis and treatment. Empowers patient/family to participate in the plan of care, documents compliance and concerns, monitors patient progress, consults with physicians and other members of the health care team at agreed upon intervals.
• Appropriately refers/assists with coordination of appointments for consultations, physician referrals, and community resources as related to the lung cancer program.
• Interacts with administration, manages and facilitates program improvement, keeps team up to date with program and monitors progress in achieving desired outcomes.
• Manages the cross continuum care of multidisciplinary patients to provide high quality of care in an effective and efficient manner with close attention to service excellence.
• Acts as network-wide lung oncology resource nurse and program coordinator of lung working group.
• Identifies patient and/or provider needs and ensures delivery of quality services to patients.
• Collaborates with Network Clinical Studies Coordinator in clinical trials enrollment and data collection. Reviews and identifies appropriate cases for clinical trial eligibility with the study coordinator.
• Other related duties as assigned.

PHYSICAL AND SENSORY REQUIREMENTS:

Sit up to 7 hours per day; 3 hours at a time. Stand for up to 3 hours per day; 2 hours at a time. Walk 1 hour per day; 10 minutes at a time. Frequently lifting, carrying and pushing objects up to 10 pounds. Rarely lifting, carrying and pushing objects up to 75 pounds. Frequently stooping and bending. Frequently reaching above shoulder level. Must be able to perceive attributes of an object through touch. Must be able to hear as it relates to normal conversation, high and low frequencies. Must be able to see as it relates to general near, far, color and peripheral vision. Must be able to speak as it relates to normal conversation and projection as it relates to lectures and presentations.

EDUCATION:

Bachelor’s Degree required

Registered Professional Nurse with current license to practice in the State of Pennsylvania.

TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE:

Three to five years Nursing experience required.

Please complete your application using your full legal name and current home address.  Be sure to include employment history for the past seven (7) years, including your present employer.  Additionally, you are encouraged to upload a current resume, including all work history, education, and/or certifications and licenses, if applicable.  It is highly recommended that you create a profile at the conclusion of submitting your first application.  Thank you for your interest in St. Luke's!!

St. Luke's University Health Network is an Equal Opportunity Employer.