Position Summary

/ Career Interest:The nurse navigator is a licensed registered professional nurse who is a clinical expert and actively promotes the delivery of evidence-based nursing interventions. The navigator has expertise in a specialty nursing area and/or specific patient populations. The navigator role crosses care settings to promote health and healing for a specific patient population. The primary focus of the role is to improve access, timeliness to treatment, and care coordination within the health care organization.Responsibilities and Essential Job Functions

Assess needs for new patients referred to a specialist prior to their first visit to identify the need for support services or other resources.

Demonstrates thorough documentation of patient assessment and interventions completed in the electronic medical record.

Refer new patients to the specialty program’s supportive services based on the navigation needs asse...