Registered Nurse Navigator - Stony Brook
Location: Stony Brook, NY
Schedule: Full Time
Days/Hours: Monday - Friday; 8 AM - 4:30 PM
Pay: $42.64 - $53.25
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The above salary range (or hiring range) represents Stony Brook CPMP’s good faith and reasonable estimate of the range of possible compensation at the time of posting
Responsibilities:SUMMARY: The Neuro Navigator for the Concussion Program serves as the central point of contact and care coordinator for patients with suspected or diagnosed a concussion or mild traumatic brain injury. This role guides patients and families through the continuum of care—from initial referral and evaluation through treatment, recovery, and safe return to school, work, and play—ensuring timely access, clear communication, and evidence-based, patient centered care. This role will engage in interface with contracted school districts around clinical care, professional development, and parent/student educational support and will require periodic travel in Suffolk County
Job Duties & Essential Functions:
1. Care Coordination & Navigation
• Serve as the primary contact for patients and families, facilitating communication between patients, providers, schools, athletic trainers, and other care team members.
• Reach out to patients who were discharged from Urgent care or Emergency Department to check in on their status
• Coordinate patient’s care, including triage, scheduling of initial visit.
• When necessary, assist patients with follow up visits, imaging, neuropsychological testing, therapy, and specialty referrals.
• Follow up on missed appointments, test results, etc.
2. Clinical Assessment & Support
• Perform nurse-level assessments under established protocols (e.g., symptom scales, red-flag symptom review).
• Identify urgent or emergent symptoms and escalate care to appropriate providers or emergency services as needed.
• Reinforce provider-developed care plans, including symptom management strategies, activity modification, sleep hygiene, headache management, hydration, and medication education.
3. Patient & Family Education
• Provide individualized education, expected recovery, warning signs, and when to seek urgent care.
• Offer written and verbal instructions tailored to age, literacy level, culture, and role (e.g., parent, coach, school nurse, employer).
• Promote self-management strategies and realistic expectations to reduce anxiety and improve adherence.
• Provide parent education and professional development within school settings.
4. Interdisciplinary Collaboration
• Collaborate closely with physicians, advanced practice providers, neuropsychologists, physical/occupational/speech therapists, athletic trainers, case managers, and school liaisons.
• Participate in interdisciplinary team meetings and case conferences to review complex cases and update care plans.
• Communicate recommendations and restrictions to schools, teams, and employers, with appropriate patient consent.
• Work closely with school district CARE Initiative staff and faculty to build team.
5. Program Development & Quality Improvement
• Contribute to the development, implementation, and refinement of clinical pathways, policies, and patient education materials.
• Identify barriers to care (transportation, insurance, communication gaps) and propose solutions to improve access and patient experience.
• Support staff education and community outreach (e.g., school nurse in services, coach education sessions, concussion awareness events).
• Responds timely to requests from CARE Initiative contracted school districts in collaboration with CARE leadership.
6. Documentation & Compliance
• Document all patient encounters, education, assessments, and coordination activities in the electronic health record (EHR) in a timely and accurate manner.
• Ensure that care is consistent with organizational policies, concussion management guidelines, and regulatory requirements.
• Maintain patient confidentiality and comply with HIPAA and other privacy regulations.
Qualifications
Required Education & Qualifications:
• Current Registered Nurse (RN) license in New York.
• Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) or equivalent; or ADN with relevant experience (BSN preferred if required by organization).
• Minimum [2–3] years of nursing experience in neurology, emergency medicine, pediatrics, sports medicine neuro-surgery, trauma surgery, or related field.
• Current BLS certification.
• Ability to deliver effective presentations about related subject matter.
Preferred Qualifications:
• Experience in concussion management, brain injury, sports medicine, or neurology clinics.
• Certification in relevant specialty (e.g., CNRN, CCRN, or case management certification) or willingness to obtain within a specified timeframe.
• Experience with patient education and care coordination across multiple settings (clinic, school, community, athletics).
Physical Demands:
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to communicate with patients, staff and medical providers. The employee must be able to exchange accurate information in these situations. This position is active and requires the employee to constantly move about in the office to assist patients, staff and medical providers. Any additional physical demands will be outlined and provided by management.
The responsibilities and tasks outlined in this job description are not exhaustive and may change as determined by the needs of CPMP.
StaffCo is a Professional Employer Organization, commonly referred to as a PEO, duly organized and registered under the New York Professional Employer Organization law. StaffCo and SUNY have entered into a professional employer agreement under which StaffCo is the employer of Stony Brook Clinical Practice Management Plan employees and responsible for all aspects of employment, including hirings, promotions, disciplines, terminations, the day-to-day direction and supervision of work, as well as labor relations and collective bargaining. StaffCo is fully responsible for providing all payroll and human resources services, including the payment of wages, collecting and reporting payroll taxes and maintaining any and all employee benefits. SUNY Stony Brook Hospital is responsible for the operation of the hospital and provision of health care and is the co-employer as is necessary to conduct its responsibilities and for related licensure, regulatory or statutory requirements and obligations.
Given StaffCo’s employment responsibilities, it is deemed the “employer” for employment and labor law purposes. Thus, the employees are private sector employees of StaffCo, not public sector employees of SUNY. The private sector nature of the StaffCo employees has been approved by NYS Civil Service and upheld in a decision by the US National Labor Relations Board.
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