RN Patient Navigator

Company: Ascension, A53
Location: Austin
Posted on: March 27, 2020

Job Description:

We Are Hiring RN-Patient Navigator - SFC Hem Onc DCMC Support - Full-Time,Day - Strictly Peds Medical Office Building - Austin,TXSchedule: M-F 8:30am to 5pmLocation: Children's Blood and Cancer Center -Why Join Ascension? Ascension Seton, based in Austin, Texas, is a faith-based non-profit healthcare system founded in 1902 by the Daughters of Charity. Called to be a sign of God's unconditional love for all, Ascension Seton strives to expand access to high-quality, low-cost, person-centered care and services. Ascension Seton operates more than 100 clinical locations, including four teaching hospitals which serve as training sites for Dell Medical School at The University of Texas.Ascension is a faith-based healthcare organization dedicated to transformation through innovation across the continuum of care. As one of the leading non-profit and Catholic health systems in the U.S., Ascension is committed to delivering compassionate, personalized care to all, especially to those most in need. In FY2018, Ascension provided nearly $2 billion in care of persons living in poverty and other community benefit programs. -What You Will Do As a RN Patient Navigator -with Seton Family of Hospitals-TX, you will have the opportunity to serve -as a patient navigator throughout the continuum of this role, you will coordinate for the Pediatric Neuro-Oncology program. You will manage the weekly neuro-oncology conference, clinic and various team meetings. New patient education and coordination of Neuro Oncology services. This role, provides opportunity to work very closely with neurosurgery team, neuro oncology team with various interesting cases. This role also provides an opportunity to help patients and families by educating them and help them maneuver a very complicated system and is the main point of contact for the neuro oncology program.Responsibilities:Functions as a liaison for management staff, administration, physicians, managed care companies, community organizations, and other customers.Coordinates efforts for treatment and promotes quality improvement and educational efforts.Compiles data, tracks outcomes, and makes recommendations for process improvement.Provides referrals/support for follow-up care for patients who are uninsured or underinsured.What You Will Need Licenses/Certifications/Registration:Required Credential(s):Registered Nurse -credentialed from the -Texas Board of Nursing -. - -Preferred Credential(s):BLS Provider -credentialed from the -American Heart Association (AHA). -Education:Diploma -Diploma from an accredited school/college of nursing requiredBachelor's in Nursing Preferred.Work Experience:Pediatric Nursing, Pediatric Oncology Nursing Preferred.None requiredEqual Employment Opportunity Seton Healthcare Family is an equal employment opportunity / Affirmative Action employer and complies with all applicable federal, state and local equal employment regulations and laws. It is the policy of the Seton Healthcare Family to afford equal employment opportunities to all employees and prospective employees without regard to their race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, physical or mental disability, citizenship status, veteran status, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic or status that is protected by federal, state, or local laws. This policy applies to all personnel actions, such as hiring, promotion, transfer, demotion, termination, layoff and all other conditions and privileges of employment in accordance with applicable federal, state, and local laws. Affirmative Action goes beyond the concept of equal employment opportunity. Affirmative Action policies and programs are required to overcome the present effects of past discrimination and to achieve equal employment opportunity for members of groups that are or have been formerly under-represented. Affirmative Action policies and programs are tools whereby additional efforts are made to recruit, employ and promote qualified members of formerly excluded groups, even if that exclusion cannot be traced to particular discriminatory actions. Through specific and result-oriented activities, Seton Healthcare Family's goals are to ensure that every person is given full consideration through equal employment opportunity policies and practices and to achieve a representative workforce through its affirmative action efforts. -It is further the policy of the Seton Healthcare Family to encourage vendors, contractors, affiliate institutions and others doing business with the Seton Healthcare Family to observe the principles of Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action. -Seton Healthcare Family is an EEO/AA employer: M/F/Disabled/Vet.For further information regarding your EEO rights, click on the following link to the "EEO is the Law" - poster:is the Law Poster Supplement -note that Ascension will make an offer of employment only to individuals who have applied for a position using our official application. Be on alert for possible fraudulent offers of employment. Ascension will not solicit money or banking information from applicants.

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