Job Description Summary

Are you looking for an awesome growth opportunity? MUSC Orangeburg is hiring a Nurse Navigator to join their award-winning team. This position will focus on Orthopedics and our preoperative Clinic Support. Apply today!

Entity

Medical University Hospital Authority (MUHA)

Worker Type

Employee

Worker Sub-Type​

Regular

Cost Center

CC004760 ORBG - Recovery Room

Pay Rate Type

Salary

Pay Grade

Health-28

Scheduled Weekly Hours

40

Work Shift

Job Description

The RN Patient Navigator reports to the Surgical Services Director of MUSC Orangeburg. Under general supervision, the RN Patient Navigator functions in a collaborating role with hospitalists, gastroenterologists, all clinic staff, all outpatient staff within the surgical service line. This role facilitates care through participation in clinic, individualized goal-directed care utilizing principles and practices of the nursing process and interacts with the interdisciplinary team members to achieve desired results. Job duties will consist of but will not be limited to scheduling appointments for patients for specialty services and testing (cardiac, pulmonary, etc.) under the direction of the unit’s attending physicians, reminding at risk patients of these upcoming appointments, and follow up and record retrieval of these appointments within our system or from outside institutions. The nurse navigator will communicate each step of the care plan to all pertinent medical staff. These steps will include appointment dates, no shows for these appointments if applicable, and results gathered from appointments. The nurse navigator will play a vital role in the overall health care continuum for qualifying patients in the Orthopedic Service line as well.

Additional Job Description

Bachelor's degree in Nursing from an accredited school of nursing and a minimum of three years related clinical nursing experience required. Master of Nursing (MSN) or Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) in lieu of BSN. Excellent written and verbal communications skills as well as mentoring/coaching and organizational skills required. Demonstrated ability to develop, implement and evaluate effective patient and staff educational programs. Creative and resourceful in problem solving and exceptional critical thinking required. Licensure as a registered nurse by the South Carolina Board of Nursing or a compact state. Current Basic Life Support (BLS) required, either a certification from an American Heart Association (AHA) BLS for Healthcare Providers (or AHA recognized equivalent) or an American Red Cross CPR/AED for Professional Rescuer and Healthcare Provider.

If you like working with energetic enthusiastic individuals, you will enjoy your career with us!

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