RN Navigator Ortho

HonorHealth
United States, Arizona, Scottsdale
9003 East Shea Boulevard (Show on map)
Nov 13, 2024
Overview up to $10,000 Sign-On Bonus Monday - Friday; 8am to 5pm Located at E. Shea Blvd & N. 90th Street Ortho highly preferred but not required Experience in total joint preferred but not required Looking to be part of something more meaningful? At HonorHealth, you'll be part of a team, creating a multi-dimensional care experience for our patients. You'll have opportunities to make a difference. From our Ambassador Movement to our robust training and development programs, you can select where and how you want to make an impact. HonorHealth offers a diverse benefits portfolio for our full-time and part-time team members designed to help you and your family live your best lives. Visit honorhealth.com/benefits to learn more. HonorHealth is looking for a RN Navigator to support the Ortho Institute. This team is made up of Case Managers, Community Ortho Surgery Schedulers, PeriOp RNs, PTs and more. This is a new department and a new role with lots of opportunity to help determine work-flow through input and feedback. With this role we are also able to bring back the Total Joint class across the Network. This role will work with high risk total joint patients before surgery to confirm medical clearance and office visits, and follow up appointments with Primary Care Providers. You will also facilitate the total Joint class, responsible for RN rounding while patients are hospitalized while working with the Quality Department and tracking data to show the success rate with the program. The ideal candidate must meet the minimum requirements of Bachelor's degree in Nursing (BSN), five (5) years clinical experience in a hospital or ASC, three (3) years clinical experience working with surgical patients along with a current RN license with the State of Arizona or a Compact State license, and a current Basic Life Support (BLS) card. To ensure success in the role the candidate must be able to work independently and autonomously, be a "go-getter" and takes the initiative along with having a heart for Ortho, positive energy and a good attitude. Join us. Let's go beyond expectations and transform healthcare together. HonorHealth is one of Arizona's largest nonprofit healthcare systems, serving a population of five million people in the greater Phoenix metropolitan area. The comprehensive network encompasses six acute-care hospitals, an extensive medical group with primary, specialty and urgent care services, a cancer care network, outpatient surgery centers, clinical research, medical education, a foundation, an accountable care organization, community services and more. With nearly 15,000 team members, 3,700 affiliated providers and close to 2,000 volunteers dedicated to providing high quality care, HonorHealth strives to go beyond the expectations of a traditional healthcare system to improve the health and well-being of communities across Arizona. Learn more at HonorHealth.com. Responsibilities Job Summary The Orthopedic Nurse Navigator is a Registered Nurse with orthopedic and Total Joint-specific clinical skills and comprehensive knowledge of Total joint arthroplasty, pre-operative and post operative treatment modalities, and preoperative medical optimization. Responsible for patient coordination, episode of care coordination, risk assessment, post discharge follows up and organization with priority focus in the high-risk patient to decrease preventable re-admissions and postoperative complications and improve quality of care and patient satisfaction. The Orthopedic Nurse Navigator will demonstrate commitment to quality patient care, implement creative and innovative ways to meet diverse, complex patient needs and ensure best practices and standard of care for total joint patients are followed. Serves as clinical advocate and educator for patients. The Orthopedic Nurse Navigator will build and maintain relationships with orthopedic surgeons, APP's, office surgery schedulers and staff to provide reliable consistent communication regarding high-risk total joint patients. The position is associated with a significant level of autonomy; therefore, the individual must be highly motivated and able to work independently. Demonstrates skill as a clinician and educator. Pre-Surgical introduction to HH and initiation of seamless care by connecting with surgeon's clinics, surgery schedulers and staff to identify high risk patients' multiple weeks prior to surgery. Contact high risk patients to assess needs, coordinate appointments for in-person total joint class and any other identified needed appointments prior to surgery for optimization. Post -surgical follow up by rounding and reconnecting with patients during their stay at the Hosptial, assist with needs and requests. Ensure patients are on complex care post op order sets. Continued follow up with post operative phones calls on a set cadence once patients are discharged from the hospital to help patients be complaint with plans of care for optimal outcomes. Teach in-person total joint class at more than one primary hospital location. Obtain patients signatures on the pre/post expectation form. Provide important needed contact information. Answer questions and concerns that are in the Orthopedic nurse navigator expertise and then coordinate all other questions to appropriate team members to obtain needed answers. Partners with quality department, service line leader, program leader and surgeons to develops measures and reports for outcomes to assure continuous improvement. Maintains appropriate and timely documentation through medical record entries, daily logs, and monthly statistics. Prepares and maintains required documentation on every patient. Tracks individual patient activities related to the plan of care. Present current program standings when needed for service line and surgeon leaders. Provides education to medical and hospital staff of inpatient and outpatient programs, including appropriate use of resources, discharge planning, and complex patient needs and directs to appropriate available resources. Performs other duties as assigned. Qualifications Education Bachelor's Degree in Nursing Required Experience 5 years clinical experience in a hospital or ASC Required 3 years clinical experience working with surgical patients Required Licenses and Certifications Nursing\RN - Registered Nurse - State Licensure And/Or Compact State Licensure Required Clinical Other\BCLS - Basic Life Support Required