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Job description
It's more than a career, it's a calling
MO-SSM Health SLUCare Academic Pavilion
Worker Type
Regular
Job Highlights
Join a team where your work matters – every moment, every patient, every community. At SSM Health, you'll be empowered to grow, supported to thrive, and inspired to make a lasting impact.
Department
Orthopedic Clinic
Schedule
Day shift, Monday-Friday, no nights, weekends, holidays
Preferred Qualifications
Strong organizational and multitasking skills
Excellent written and verbal communication abilities
Proficiency with Microsoft Office and other technology platforms
Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a fast-paced environment
Job Summary
Provides services as a patient navigator throughout the continuum of care in a clinic setting.
Job Responsibilities and Requirements
Primary Responsibilities
Functions as a liaison for management staff, administration, physicians, managed care companies, community organizations, and other customers.
Collaborates with physicians and advanced practice providers to ensure quality outcomes. 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.
Utilizes the nursing process of assessment, planning, intervention, and evaluation in all patient encounters.
Assists medical provider with processing of diagnostic results bringing significant values to the provider's attention. Exhibits knowledge of tests and procedures and their significance as related to patient care.
Recognizes the implementation of dosages, interactions, side effects, adverse effects, routes of administration of drugs as they apply to individual patients. Uses knowledge of medications in instructing patients about medication therapy.
Establishes working relationships teaching protocols for patient education, family counseling and general public information.
Works in a constant state of alertness and safe manner.
Performs other duties as assigned.
Education
Graduate of accredited school of nursing or education equivalency for licensing
Experience
Three years' registered nurse experience
Physical Requirements
Constant use of speech to share information through oral communication.
Constant standing and walking.
Frequent lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 0-25 lbs.
Frequent sitting, reaching and keyboard use/data entry.
Frequent use of vision and depth perception for distances near (20 inches or less) and far (20 feet or more) and to identify and distinguish colors.
Frequent use of smell to detect/recognize odors.
Frequent use of hearing to receive oral communication, distinguish body sounds and/or hear alarms, malfunctioning machinery, etc.
Occasional lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 25-50 lbs.
Occasional lifting/moving of patients.
Occasional bending, stooping, kneeling, squatting, twisting, gripping and repetitive foot/leg and hand/arm movements.
Occasional driving.
Rare crawling and running.
Required Professional License and/or Certifications
State of Work Location: Illinois
Basic Life Support HealthCare Provider (BLS HCP) - American Heart Association (AHA)
And
Registered Professional Nurse (RN) - Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (IDFPR)
State of Work Location: Missouri
Basic Life Support HealthCare Provider (BLS HCP) - American Heart Association (AHA)
And
Registered Nurse (RN) - Missouri Division of Professional Registration
Or
Registered Nurse (RN) Issued by Compact State
State of Work Location: Oklahoma
Basic Life Support HealthCare Provider (BLS HCP) - American Heart Association (AHA)
And
Registered Nurse (RN) Issued by Compact State
Or
Registered Nurse (RN) - Oklahoma Board of Nursing (OBN)
State of Work Location: Wisconsin
Basic Life Support HealthCare Provider (BLS HCP) - American Heart Association (AHA)
And
Registered Nurse (RN) Issued by Compact State
Or
Registered Nurse (RN) - Wisconsin Department of Safety and Professional Services
Work Shift
Day Shift (United States of America)
Job Type
Employee
Department
SLUCR ORTHO CA CTR 2
Scheduled Weekly Hours
40
SSM Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer. SSM Health provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.
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Worksite address
st. louis, MO, 63146, US
Who can apply
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