Neuroscience Nurse Navigator

Overview

To be part of our organization, every employee should understand and share in the YNHHS Vision, support our Mission, and live our Values. These values - integrity, patient-centered, respect, accountability, and compassion - must guide what we do, as individuals and professionals, every day.

To be part of our organization, every employee should understand and share in the YNHHS Vision, support our Mission, and live our Values. These values - integrity, patient-centered, respect, accountability, and compassion - must guide what we do, as individuals and professionals, every day.

Overview

The Renal Nurse Navigator works as a key member of the nephrology team serving as point person, consistent contact for, and coordinator of multidisciplinary clinical care delivery to achieve exceptional patient/family-centered care and clinical outcomes for an identified population of renal failure patients, especially for those receiving peritoneal dialysis. The Renal Nurse Navigator partners with other members of the team to identify the caseload of patients who can best benefit from navigation services, and to build and execute a customized plan of care for each of those patients. The Renal Nurse Navigator ensures patient preparedness for appointments, outpatient treatment, and treatment plans through education and psychosocial support, while also facilitating interaction between patients and their attending and referring physician(s) as appropriate. The Renal Nurse Navigator ensures patient safety and quality of care and contributes to quality driven performance improvement initiatives. The Renal Nurse Navigator assists the clinical and leadership team with program development, expansion and successful achievement of programmatic goals.

EEO/AA/Disability/Veteran

Responsibilities

1. The Nurse Navigator focuses on

• Navigating the patient and family across care settings according to the established patient care plan and clinical pathways. 2. Ensuring that the patient and family have appropriate information, understand and have the capacity and tools to adhere to the therapeutic plan. 3. Bridging patient and family care among and between various disciplines, services, and points of care encountered by the patient/family. 4. Optimizing patient for treatment protocols according to guidelines and best practices. 5.
• Clinical
• Practice:
• Patient and
• Family
• Assessment: Collects patient data for new patients using established assessment guidelines prior to initial visit to assess patient and family current and projected future needs. 6.