Nurse Navigator Stroke Neuro Critical Care FT Days OrlandoOrlando, FL

Nurse Navigator Stroke Neuro Critical Care

At AdventHealth Orlando, what started as a converted farmhouse in rural Central Florida has become Central Florida's major tertiary health care facility. Patients come from the Southeast, the Caribbean and even as far as South America for our proven expertise and compassionate health care.

With a variety of Orlando hospital jobs, we invite you to start or elevate your career with a new job at AdventHealth Orlando. We constantly seek out Orlando nurses, medical assistants, nurse assistants, patient care and health administration professionals who share our passion for whole-person health care. Learn more about our open positions and apply to become an invaluable part of our team.

Every day, our fellow team members show up to work, unified by one shared mission: Extending the Healing Ministry of Jesus Christ. As a faith-based health care organization, our story is one of hope as we strive to heal and restore the body, mind and spirit. Though our facilities are spread across the country, this unwavering belief binds us together. Across every office, exam and patient room, we're committed to providing individualized, holistic care. This is our Christian mission, and it inspires us to help make communities healthier and happier.

The Stroke Nurse Navigator coordinates all services required to provide multidisciplinary, quality assured, appropriate case selection and cost-effective care to stroke patients. The Stroke Nurse Navigator serves as a resource for patients, physicians and others serving in the role of educator, quality improvement and consultant to patients referred. Makes initial contact with the patient/family to establish a professional relationship and understanding of the diagnosis, treatment and follow-up regimen. The nurse assesses the patients status and works with physicians to determine appropriate plan for patient and assess appropriateness per regulatory and vendor guidelines. Develops, manages and redesigns, as needed, the process for scheduling a procedure through discharge for patients in the Neuroscience Institute Stroke Program. Actively participates in outstanding customer service and accepts responsibility in maintaining relationships that are equally respectful to all.

Develops, plans and implements evidenced-based measures that increases the quality of care for the stroke spectrum of patient care and ensures compliance with all regulatory guidelines.

Supports and assists with data collection for process and quality improvement while understanding the department performance trends and established standards. Works collaboratively with the Neuroscience Institute department.

Keeps Manager and Director informed and seeks assistance and direction from appropriate individuals when confronted with unfamiliar procedures and techniques before implementing them to ensure delivery of safe and effective patient care.

Coordinates patient education and care serves as an ongoing resource for patients and families during their diagnosis and treatment period; communicates information regarding patient status and needs; collaborates with other providers regarding how to best meet needs and sequence care; assesses patients learning style and health literacy in order to provide education on the appropriate patient level.

Navigates a diagnosed patient from the diagnostic phase through the treatment phase, ensuring appropriate/timely medical/supportive services. This includes responding to all stroke alerts and transfers from other facilities for INR treatment and/or Neurosurgery to aid in patient navigation.

Provides telephone and face-to-face consultation with patients to answer pertinent questions throughout their hospital experience; provides educational information to patient/family and reviews information with patient at discharge. Communicates with patient and family after discharge to clarify any outstanding concerns to ensure patient understands follow-up and completes a functional assessment.

Communicates and collaborates with multidisciplinary team to ensure high-quality patient care.

Participates in community education as needed.

Maintains a professional relationship with all customers and completes assigned work comprehensively and in a timely manner.

Qualifications:

• Effective verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to read, write and explain moderately complex information to hospital staff with a great deal of attention to detail
• Ability to communicate effectively in a supportive manner to patients, family, staff and physicians
• Ability to explain information to patients and families in a way the patient understands, and/or explain departmental or hospital procedures to employees, visitors and patients
• Ability to observe assess, guide and evaluate others
• Ability to communicate timely and in an open and honest manner
• Ability to collect data, interpret findings, set priorities and carry out established plans
• Flexibility in prioritization; ability to multitask; critical thinking/problem-solving skills
• Self-motivated with ability to work independently and in a group setting
• Strong organizational skills
• Bachelors degree in Nursing or other healthcare related field (Required)
• Three years Critical care and/or Emergency care setting (Required)
• Current valid State of Florida license as a registered nurse (Required)
• Current valid BLS and ACLS certification (Required)

This facility is an equal opportunity employer and complies with federal, state and local anti-discrimination laws, regulations and ordinances.