Clinical Advocate - Orthopedics - Per Diem Days

Responsibilities

• Provides ongoing assessment of patient needs including educational, financial, psychosocial, nutritional, and clinical
• Connects patients and families to available resources within the health system and in the community
• Affirms patients for clinical trials and facilitates access to care
• Buils and maintains referral relationships with medical staff
• Establishes communication with physicians and their offices regarding the availability of programs
• Meets with doctors and their office staff to outline programs and available resources
• Establishes mechanisms for new patient referrals from various sources including hospital departments, the physician, or their office
• Develops knowledge base of available clinical trials for defined patient populations
• Collaborates with research nurses to identify appropriate open clinical trials and become knowledgeable of eligibility requirements
• Screens patients for clinical trial eligibility at initial assessment
• Refers patients to research nurse(s) for follow-up with a potential candidate for a trial
• Coordinates department specific education including, but not limited to disease prevention, screening(s), diagnosis and treatment through the planning, implementation, and evaluation of educational programs
• Education services continually meet the needs of the community
• Provides appropriate curriculum educational programs
• Coordinates inpatient and outpatient care for patients
• Provides initial detailed patient/family needs assessment and periodic updates throughout the course of care
• Provides patient and family education
• Connects patients/families with available resources in the health system and community
• Facilitates access to services
• Tracks and documents the flow of patients through diagnostic and treatment services
• Develops and participates in performance improvement activities and development of guidelines in collaboration with Medical Directors and physician leaders
• Participates in department specific committees
• Represents patient navigation services at committee meetings
• Provides detailed reports on patients served
• Ensures all requirements of regulatory standards for patient care are met
• Represents services to the community and participates in promotional activities
• Takes initiative and seeks out opportunities that may prove to be in the program's best interest
• Collaborates with the marketing department to provide consumer brochures for the program
• Provides community organizations with information about services offered to patients
• Works with an outreach team to promote service and community awareness
• Coordinates clinical care, in collaboration with the physician providers and APPs
• The delivery of patient care is well within the acceptable standard
• Utilizes the principles of performance improvement to organize, implement, direct, and evaluate the delivery of services

Qualifications

• Current and valid New Jersey Nursing license is required
• BSN required; MSN preferred
• Two years of nursing experience required
• Orthopedics nursing experience preferred
• National certification preferred