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DLNH - PATIENT NAVIGATOR - RN
Job Title: DLNH - PATIENT NAVIGATOR - RN
Job Code: 4722
FLSA: N
Job Level: G1
Revised Date: 02/24/2025
Supervisory Responsibility: No
General Description of the Job Class
Nurse Navigator is responsible for facilitating and assisting patients through the healthcare continuum. This role increases the efficiency and quality of that delivered to the patient. Take a lead role in coordinating the multidisciplinary approach to planning and providing care. Serves as a patient advocate and liaison between the patient/family members and the physicians, surgeons and other healthcare professionals. Delivers supportive care in a personal manner and ensures that patients/family members receive all the needed resources and services required.
Duties and Responsibilities of this Level
Required Qualifications at this Level
Education
Bachelor's Degree in Nursing Preferred
Experience
Two years of Nursing Experience in the area of "navigation concentration," i.e. oncology, bariatrics, orthopedics, preferably in a lead role. Prior nurse navigator experience preferred.
Degrees, Licensure, and/or Certification
BLS
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
Distinguishing Characteristics of this Level
The intent of this job description is to provide a representative and level of the types of duties and responsibilities that will be required of positions given this title and shall not be construed as a declaration of the total of the specific duties and responsibilities of any particular position. Employees may be directed to perform job-related tasks other than those specifically presented in this description.
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