What are the responsibilities and job description for the Nurse Navigator- Oakland position at UPMC?
UPMC Otolaryngology head and Neck is hiring a full-time Nurse Navigator! This is a Monday-Friday, daylight position. No nights, weekends, or holidays!
Responsibilities:
- Collaborates with the interdisciplinary team in guiding the patient and family regarding diagnostic and treatment options. Provides emotional support specialized patient care, support, and educational needs. Assumes the role of care coordinator and patient advocate throughout the process.
- Uses all components of the nursing process, to provide comprehensive nursing care, support, and education to patients and their families during screening and diagnostic tests, treatment, recovery, and rehabilitation.
- Provides expert knowledge of specialty (i.e. women's, breast health, oncology, etc.) issues to healthcare professionals and patients/families. Works closely with the interdisciplinary team to meet the education and development needs of the professional and ancillary staff.
- Possesses the ability to obtain and interpret information considering age-specific needs. Provides health promotion, disease prevention, and nursing care while cognizant of age, developmental status, culture, ethnicity, and sexual orientation to individual patients and members of the community.
- Integrates current research findings and technology into practice, performance improvement, and education as appropriate.
- Participates in the evaluation of patient care and programs through quality improvement activities. Identifies and coordinates performance improvement activities, including monitoring, evaluation, and development of appropriate outcomes; participates in processes to implement change.
- Monitors changes in legislation and regulations to ensure that effective actions are taken in a timely and consistent manner.
- Demonstrates UPMC's commitment to service excellence by understanding the needs of patients, their families, physicians, and co-workers and doing what is required the first time, every time by being responsible, sensitive, accurate, timely, coordinated, and thorough
- Assesses and addresses the educational needs of individual patients and members of the community as a whole, in regard to health issues with an emphasis on specialty practice. Participates in the evaluation and development of patient education materials and provides individualized teaching based on the needs of the patients and the community.
- Provides staff development and serves as a clinical resource and consultant to members of the interdisciplinary team, identifying additional resources as needed.
- Coordinates tests, treatments, referrals, and appointments as necessary to meet the physical, spiritual, and psycho-social needs of the patient and family. Provides clinical support and patient care during procedures.
- Works as a team member to plan, develop, market, and implement community health and wellness educational programming and health care services, with an emphasis on specialty care.
Salary : $37 - $57
