Nurse Navigator - VIR Lab

Essential Responsibilities:

• Responsible for ensuring all patients in assigned area receive quality and comprehensive care.
• Coordinates patient care throughout the continuum of care in collaboration with the multidisciplinary team.
• Ensures proper documentation (Orders and Authorizations) are available and correct for each individual patient.
• Serves as a clinical resource for care management.
• Provides expert nursing care which includes direct clinical practice, consultation, education and research.
• Uses clinical expertise and management skills to direct patient/family education and services to ensure the delivery of high quality care in the most family-centered, efficient and economical manner.
• Communicates with all members of the team on behalf of the patient.
• Works in collaboration with internal and external interdisciplinary team members to achieve excellence patient service throughout the plan of care.
• In collaboration with the management team, is responsible for planning, implementing, evaluating and documenting staff development related to patient/family education and quality patient care.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications:

Education:  Associate's of Bachelor's Degree in Nursing (BSN preferred).

Experience: 3 years of experience in patient care as a Registered Nurse in the acute care setting.

License(s)/Certification(s)/Registration(s) Required:  Current Registered Nurse License (RN License issued by the Oklahoma State Board of Nursing, or a current multistate compact Registered Nurse (eNLC)).

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Knowledge of nursing theory, practices, techniques, procedures and standards.
• Knowledge of the principles of supervising staff.
• Skill in planning and organizing nursing care, applying advanced nursing clinical skills, maintaining records and charts, and preparing written reports.
• Skilled in maintaining effective working relationships with others.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to work effectively as part of a team.