Nurse Navigator - Pulmonary and Sleep Medicine Clinic - FT - Day

Position Status

Full time

Shift

First Shift (Days - Less than 12 hours per shift) (United States of America)

Hours Per Week

40

Job Information

Exemption Status: Non-Exempt

A Brief Overview

The Sleep Nurse Navigator serves as a clinical care coordinator and patient advocate within the Sleep Medicine program. This role helps navigate patients through diagnostic testing procedures, treatment initiation/activation and follow-up management for sleep disorders, including obstructive sleep apnea, insomnia, restless legs syndrome, and other sleep-related conditions. The Nurse Navigator collaborates closely with Sleep Medicine care team, ENT care team, Registered Polysomnography Technologists, primary care teams, and durable medical equipment (DME) providers to optimize patient outcomes and support long term adherence to treatment. The Sleep Nurse Navigator is essential in providing extensive patient education and personalized care coordination leading to improved patient outcomes, enhancing sleep therapy adherence, and contributes to the overall effectiveness of the Sleep Medicine program.

Education Qualifications

• Bachelor's of Science in Nursing (BSN) Preferred
  
  

Experience Qualifications

• 2 years Professional Nursing experience required, preferably in sleep medicine, pulmonary, ENT, neurology or other related specialty. Required
• Prior patient education roles and case management preferred Preferred
  
  

Skills And Abilities

• Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals. Ability to read, analyzes, and interprets general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations. Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from physicians, patients, co-workers and the general public.
• Professional nursing theory and practice to give and evaluate patient care:
• Medical equipment and instruments to administer patient care
• Common safety hazards and precautions to establish a safe work environment
• Ability to define problems collects data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions. Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in the mathematical diagram form and deal with several abstracts and concrete variables.
• Applying and modifying the principles, methods and techniques of professional nursing to provide on-going patient care.
• Developing and maintaining department quality assurances.
• Establishing and maintaining effective working relationships with patients, medical staff and the public.
  
  

Licenses and Certifications

• Registered Nurse - KSBN Required
• Basic Life Support required within 90 days of hire
  
  

What you will do

• Serves as the primary point of contact for patients navigating the sleep care continuum—from referral through diagnosis, treatment initiation, and ongoing follow up to enhance patient satisfaction and compliance.
• For Hypoglossal Nerve Stimulator patients, works directly with the Sleep Medicine care team, ENT care team, Sleep center care team and other team members to coordinate diagnostic tests, procedures and follow up appointments, ensuring patients remains on the patient pathway.
• Provides extensive education to Hypoglossal Nerve Stimulator patients from initial interest in device and procedure to activation and follow up appts.
• Collaborate with others to increase awareness among referral sources of services provided by the Sleep Medicine team to drive program growth.
• Maintain accurate documentation within the electronic health record (EHR), including patient encounters, care plans and education provided to the patient.
• Collects and maintains data to track patient information, pathway compliance and outcomes and presents data at quarterly administrative/provider meetings.
• Provide individualized education on sleep disorder diagnosis, CPAP therapy, mask fitting, and lifestyle modifications as needed in the Sleep Medicine Clinic.
• Work with provider on activations, titrating settings as needed for patient.
• Write and maintain standard work, policies and procedures.
• Evaluate workflows and continually seek opportunities to streamline the pathway.
• Participate in sleep medicine clinic performance improvement projects and center of excellence accreditation preparation.
• Maintain current knowledge of sleep medicine best practices and new therapies/treatments.
  
  

Required for All Jobs

• Complies with all policies, standards, mandatory training and requirements of Stormont Vail Health
• Performs other duties as assigned
  
  

Patient Facing Options

• Position is Patient Facing
  
  

Remote Work Guidelines

• Workspace is a quiet and distraction-free allowing the ability to comply with all security and privacy standards.
• Stable access to electricity and a minimum of 25mb upload and internet speed.
• Dedicate full attention to the job duties and communication with others during working hours.
• Adhere to break and attendance schedules agreed upon with supervisor.
• Abide by Stormont Vail’s Remote Worker Policy and will review and acknowledge the Remote Work Agreement annually.
  
  

Remote Work Capability

• Hybrid
  
  

Scope

• No Supervisory Responsibility
• No Budget Responsibility
  
  

Physical Demands

• Balancing: Occasionally 1-3 Hours
• Carrying: Occasionally 1-3 Hours
• Climbing (Ladders): Rarely less than 1 hour
• Climbing (Stairs): Rarely less than 1 hour
• Crawling: Rarely less than 1 hour
• Crouching: Rarely less than 1 hour
• Driving (Automatic): Rarely less than 1 hour
• Driving (Standard): Rarely less than 1 hour
• Eye/Hand/Foot Coordination: Frequently 3-5 Hours
• Feeling: Occasionally 1-3 Hours
• Grasping (Fine Motor): Frequently 3-5 Hours
• Grasping (Gross Hand): Frequently 3-5 Hours
• Handling: Frequently 3-5 Hours
• Hearing: Frequently 3-5 Hours
• Kneeling: Occasionally 1-3 Hours
• Lifting: Occasionally 1-3 Hours up to 50 lbs
• Operate Foot Controls: Rarely less than 1 hour
• Pulling: Occasionally 1-3 Hours up to 25 lbs
• Pushing: Occasionally 1-3 Hours up to 25 lbs
• Reaching (Forward): Occasionally 1-3 Hours up to 25 lbs
• Reaching (Overhead): Occasionally 1-3 Hours up to 25 lbs
• Repetitive Motions: Occasionally 1-3 Hours
• Sitting: Occasionally 1-3 Hours
• Standing: Occasionally 1-3 Hours
• Stooping: Occasionally 1-3 Hours
• Talking: Occasionally 1-3 Hours
• Walking: Occasionally 1-3 Hours
  
  

Working Conditions

• Burn: Rarely less than 1 hour
• Chemical: Rarely less than 1 hour
• Combative Patients: Occasionally 1-3 Hours
• Dusts: Rarely less than 1 hour
• Electrical: Rarely less than 1 hour
• Explosive: Rarely less than 1 hour
• Extreme Temperatures: Rarely less than 1 hour
• Infectious Diseases: Occasionally 1-3 Hours
• Mechanical: Rarely less than 1 hour
• Needle Stick: Occasionally 1-3 Hours
• Noise/Sounds: Occasionally 1-3 Hours
• Other Atmospheric Conditions: Rarely less than 1 hour
• Poor Ventilation, Fumes and/or Gases: Rarely less than 1 hour
• Radiant Energy: Rarely less than 1 hour
• Risk of Exposure to Blood and Body Fluids: Occasionally 1-3 Hours
• Risk of Exposure to Hazardous Drugs: Rarely less than 1 hour
• Hazards (other): Rarely less than 1 hour
• Vibration: Rarely less than 1 hour
• Wet and/or Humid: Rarely less than 1 hour
  
  

Stormont Vail is an equal opportunity employer and adheres to the philosophy and practice of providing equal opportunities for all employees and prospective employees, without regard to the following classifications: race, color, ethnicity, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, religion, national origin, citizenship, age, marital status, uniformed service, disability or genetic information. This applies to all aspects of employment practices including hiring, firing, pay, benefits, promotions, lateral movements, job training, and any other terms or conditions of employment.

Retaliation is prohibited against any person who files a claim of discrimination, participates in a discrimination investigation, or otherwise opposes an unlawful employment act based upon the above classifications.