Nurse Navigator

The Nurse Navigator performs basic nursing skills, patient navigation, and data management in the outpatient setting, with a focus on enhancing both the patient experience and the quality of interdisciplinary medical care provided by this Korman Respiratory Institute Program of Excellence. The Nurse Navigator will assist patients undergoing lung cancer screening through the comprehensive, centralized Lung Cancer Screening Program at Jefferson Health. A critical quality for success in this position is the ability to develop high-functioning interpersonal relationships with patients, physicians, and scheduling services for navigation of the Jefferson Health system.

Essential Functions

• Interacts with co-workers, visitors, and other staff consistent with the values of Jefferson.
• Assists with scheduling, shared decision-making, and education for patients undergoing lung cancer screening, supervised by a CRNP.
• Opportunity to obtain master tobacco treatment specialist (MTTS) certification. Training will be provided.
• Reviews test results and coordinates additional workup for patients, including follow-up scans, diagnostic procedures, and/or evaluation by additional subspecialists in Pulmonary Medicine or in the NCI-designated Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center.
• Records results and tracks patients who are due for follow-up in the Lung Cancer Screening Program using state-of-the-art radiology tracking software. Training will be provided.
• Leads community outreach efforts together with support organizations to provide education and increase enrollment in lung cancer screening.
• Participation and collaboration on clinical research projects focused on early detection of lung cancer will also be expected as a minor part of this role.

Qualifications

Minimum Education and Experience Requirements:

EDUCATION: BSN is required, and MSN is preferred

And

EXPERIENCE:

Current PA RN License and current BLS certification is required

Two (2) to three (3) years of clinical experience in a patient care setting is required

Conditions of Employment

Covid Vaccination is a requirement for employment at Jefferson for employees working at Jefferson's clinical entities or at the University. If you are not currently vaccinated you will be required to receive the vaccination prior to hire date if you are offered employment, unless you request and receive an approved medical or religious exemption from Jefferson.

Closing Statement

Jefferson includes Thomas Jefferson University and Jefferson Health, a dynamic university and health system with broad reach across the Delaware Valley. Jefferson is the second largest employer in Philadelphia and the largest health system in Philadelphia based on total licensed beds.

Through the merger of Thomas Jefferson University and Philadelphia University in 2017, our University includes ten colleges and four schools. We are an NCAA Division II university and an R2 national doctoral university offering undergraduate and graduate-level programs that provide students with a forward-thinking education in architecture, business, design, engineering, fashion and textiles, health, medicine and social science.

Jefferson Health, the clinical arm of Thomas Jefferson University, has grown from a three-hospital academic health center in 2015, to an 18-hospital health system through mergers and combinations that include hospitals at Abington Health, Aria Health, Kennedy Health, Magee Rehabilitation and Einstein Healthcare Network. We have over 50 outpatient and urgent care centers; ten Magnet -designated hospitals (recognized by the ANCC for nursing excellence); the NCI-designated Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center (one of only 70 in the country and one of only two in the region); and one of the largest faculty-based telehealth networks in the country. In 2021, Jefferson Health became the sole owner of HealthPartners Plan, a not-for-profit health maintenance organization in Southeastern Pennsylvania. We are the first health system regionally to create an aligned payer-provider partnership.

Jefferson's mission, vision and values create an organization that attracts the best and the brightest students, faculty, staff, and healthcare professionals, as well as the most visionary leaders to drive exceptional results.

• OUR MISSION: We improve lives.
• OUR VISION: Reimagining health, education and discovery to create unparalleled value
• OUR VALUES: Put People First, Be Bold & Think Differently and Do the Right Thing

As an employer, Jefferson maintains a commitment to provide equal access to employment. Jefferson values diversity and encourages applications from women, members of minority groups, LGBTQ individuals, disabled individuals, and veterans.