Nurse Navigator - OB
- Full-time
- Shift: Day Shift
- Status: Full Time
Company Description
Location: 7985 Mackinaw Trail, Cadillac, MI
Schedule: 40 Hours Weekly - Monday - Friday - Day Shift - 8AM-5PM
More Than Just Care, It’s Community
Imagine doing meaningful work in a place where people vacation. That’s life at Munson Healthcare - northern Michigan’s largest healthcare system, with eight award-winning community hospitals serving over half a million residents across 29 counties.
If you want a career in healthcare and a lifestyle most people only dream about – with freshwater lakes, scenic trails, charming downtowns, a vibrant arts scene, and endless outdoor adventures - you might just be Munson Material. To us, that means teammates who live by our values of excellence, teamness, positivity, creativity, and a commitment to creating exceptional experiences for our patients and each other. Join a team that delivers outstanding care in one of the most beautiful regions in the country.
Invested in You
Grow: Tuition reimbursement, in-person and online development, and access to our career hub to help you advance.
Thrive: Full benefits, paid holidays, generous PTO, employee discounts, and free individual retirement counseling.
Be Well: Free wellness platform for you and your family, plus personalized support for personal or family challenges.
Be Heard: Share your ideas and help shape the way we work through improvement huddles, employee surveys, and town hall meetings
Job Description
A Day in the Life
Act as a liaison between patients, professional staff and physicians by providing care management and coordination for adult and pediatric patients with complex conditions, social needs and educational needs.
Assesses plans, implements, coordinates, monitors and evaluates all options and services with the goal of optimizing the patient's health status and decreasing hospital and emergency room utilization.
Support quality improvement initiatives and adherence to safety standards.
The Nurse Navigator will coordinate and manage the care of OB/GYN/surgical patients to ensure continuity of care delivered with compassion, excellence, and reliability by serving as a single point of contact for referring physicians, patients, and caregivers.
Navigator will provide resources, education and assistance with accessing clinical and supportive care services offered within the Munson Health Care system and surrounding communities.
The Navigator will facilitate patient appointments including those made for diagnostic services or clearances needed and be a resource for patients before and after surgery/delivery. Reports to Director of Care Coordination.
Qualifications
What’s Required
- Must possess a current RN license to practice nursing in the State of Michigan.
- Bachelor of Science degree in nursing preferred.
- Previous experience in Pre-Admission Testing, Case Management or clinical experience relevant to patient population being served is necessary.
- Individual must be detail oriented, have computer application experience as well as excellent written and oral communication skills.
- Position requires problem solving, decision making, and critical thinking skills.
- BLS certification or obtain within 3 months of hire.
Additional Information
Are you Munson Material? Apply today!
Munson Healthcare requires all employees be vaccinated or have lab confirmed immunity for Measles, Mumps, Rubella and Varicella. MHC also requires all employees to receive a flu vaccine during the flu season in the year that they are hired and annually thereafter, or receive an approved medical or religious exemption.