Nurse Navigator RN Pediatrics

About the Role:

Following a collaborative team model, the Nurse Navigator identifies and manages high risk patient populations, coordinates their care, and provides safe, age-appropriate patient care. Provides community-based care navigation, providing education and information to high-utilizer patients, working with the health care team of a nurse, social worker and community health worker. Navigator works with this team and the patient's physician to develop and implement a plan of care.

Responsibilities:

• Development of individual, multidisciplinary plan of care for each individual patient in coordination with the physician and other health care team members.
• Assisting patients in navigating through health care and community support systems to achieve quality care and follow up.
• Contact includes in-person visits in hospital, Emergency Department, physician offices, patients' homes, and over the phone.
• Advocating with or on behalf of patients, families, and caregivers to address their needs or for policies and programs that will benefit them.
• Completion of comprehensive nursing assessment to determine patient and family strengths and needs relative to effectively managing the disease process.
• Ensure that the agencies and institution are responsive to the needs of individual patient, families, and caregivers by conducting data collection, assessment and reporting for quality improvement and program growth.
• Participate with multidisciplinary team in the development of programs and resources to address the needs of high risk patient.
• Assists in the development of the community patient navigation program.

Requirements:

Experience: 1 to 3 years

Education: Bachelor's degree preferred

Licenses and Certifications: Registered Nurse License - Current Maryland license or eligibility to obtain Maryland license, American Heart Association Basic Life Support CPR

Pay Range: $40.12 to $62.94 Based On Experience

About Sinai Hospital

Sinai Hospital of Baltimore is a nationally recognized academic medical center, a designated Level II Trauma Center, and the largest community hospital in Maryland. As part of LifeBridge Health - one of the region's most comprehensive healthcare systems - Sinai delivers advanced care with a mission to improve the health of the communities we serve, and to take care of the people who take care of patients.