Nurse RN-Outpatient Navigator

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The Nurse Navigator will contribute expertise as a member of a multi-disciplinary team to facilitate the provision of quality cost effective care for outpatients and their caregivers. The Nurse Navigator will provide ongoing patient management in the outpatient setting as directed by the physician. The Nurse Navigator will provide and coordinate outpatient education and resources to meet indicator outcomes. Will serve as an integrator between physician and other disciplines to expedite interventions which optimize clinical outcomes.

-Performs chart review.
-Work with Surgery schedulers to coordinate patient care prior to scheduled surgery.
-Contact patients to answer questions and explain necessary steps.
-Make pre op appointments for patients.
-Make an appointment 3 weeks prior to surgery for the following:

• Patient task review
• Medication review
• social history review

-Schedules Pre op appointments and clearances
-Meet with the hospitalist to conduct a risk stratification with patient.
-Makes post op call to patient for follow up.

• Makes post op appointment with provider.
• Provides post op education.
• Answers questions patients have

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Nationally ranked, Jefferson, which is principally located in the greater Philadelphia region, Lehigh Valley and Northeastern Pennsylvania and southern New Jersey, is reimagining health care and higher education to create unparalleled value. Jefferson is more than 65,000 people strong, dedicated to providing the highest-quality, compassionate clinical care for patients; making our communities healthier and stronger; preparing tomorrow's professional leaders for 21st-century careers; and creating new knowledge through basic/programmatic, clinical and applied research. Thomas Jefferson University, home of Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Jefferson College of Nursing, and the Kanbar College of Design, Engineering and Commerce, dates back to 1824 and today comprises 10 colleges and three schools offering 200+ undergraduate and graduate programs to more than 8,300 students. Jefferson Health, nationally ranked as one of the top 15 not-for-profit health care systems in the country and the largest provider in the Philadelphia and Lehigh Valley areas, serves patients through millions of encounters each year at 32 hospitals campuses and more than 700 outpatient and urgent care locations throughout the region. Jefferson Health Plans is a not-for-profit managed health care organization providing a broad range of health coverage options in Pennsylvania and New Jersey for more than 35 years.

Jefferson is committed to providing equal educational and employment opportunities for all persons without regard to age, race, color, religion, creed, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, marital status, pregnancy, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, military status, veteran status, handicap or disability or any other protected group or status.