About this role
Inspire health. Serve with compassion. Be the difference.
Job Summary
Provides direct patient and family education through the continuum of care. Acts as a liaison between nursing and providers, ensuring high quality patient care while pursuing quality performance metrics.Essential Functions
All team members are expected to be knowledgeable and compliant with Prisma Health's values: Inspire health. Serve with compassion. Be the difference.
Facilitates care to include service navigation, transmission of patient information, and care coordination.
Assesses, plans, develops, implements, and evaluates formal and informal educational opportunities and materials for patients, families, care providers, and the community.
Coordinates care and educates physicians and other staff to facilitate the effective use of clinical and financial resources, focusing on admission, concurrent/continued stay and discharge planning needs.
Collaborates and communicates with a diverse medical, nursing, and ancillary staff regarding strategies for improving and maintaining appropriate and timely resources.
Serves as a resource to physicians, social workers and other staff for quality and utilization issues as well as discharge planning needs.
Develops collaborative working relationships with medical staff members to coordinate data collection, processing, and project implementation.
Serves as a clinical resource and consultant to provide answers to questions pertinent to area of practice and determines appropriate resources for nursing units, ancillary departments, and the community/public.
Performs other duties as assigned.
Supervisory/Management Responsibilities
Job has direct and/or indirect supervision of team members that may include final budget authority, hire/termination authority, performance appraisal responsibility and disciplinary authority. Job will be considered a member of management staff at Prisma Health Company or affiliate and will have direct reports.
Minimum Requirements
Education - Associate degree in Nursing
Experience - Five (5) years of experience in Behavioral Health
In Lieu Of
NA
Required Certifications, Registrations, Licenses
RN licensure with the state of South Carolina
BLS certification
Valid SC Driver's License with an acceptable three-year motor vehicle record as defined by the Acceptable Motor Vehicle Record (MVR) chart, and a certificate of auto insurance.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
Computer proficiency
Clinical knowledge base with ability to interpret and analyze data
Communication skills are
Work Shift
Day (United States of America)Location
RichlandFacility
1510 Richland HospitalDepartment
15106596 Clinical ServicesShare your talent with us! Our vision is simple: to transform healthcare for the benefits of the communities we serve. The transformation of healthcare requires talented individuals in every role here at Prisma Health.
Other facts
About Prisma Health
Prisma Health is the largest not-for-profit health organization in South Carolina, serving more than 1.2 million patients annually. Our facilities in the Greenville and Columbia surrounding markets are dedicated to improving the health of all South Carolinians through improved clinical quality, access to care and patient experience, while also addressing the rising cost of health care.
Our Purpose: Inspire health. Serve with compassion. Be the difference.
What you'll do
- The Registered Nurse Navigator provides direct patient and family education and acts as a liaison between nursing and providers to ensure high-quality patient care. They coordinate care, educate staff, and develop educational materials for patients and the community.
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