Nurse Navigator - Breast Imaging

Responsibilities

• Serve as patient navigator for breast imaging patients to include mammography, breast MRI’s, breast ultrasounds, biopsies/procedures, and follow up care.
• Provides professional guidance to our patients in coordination with our women’s breast center.
• Main point of contact for referring provider or patient questions/scheduling breast procedure add-ons.
• Affords assistance with scheduling biopsies, reviewing consent for biopsy/procedures with patient prior to procedure, assist with procedures as needed.
• Maintains appropriate documentation through medical record entries, MQSA database and navigator dashboard, daily logs, computer entries and monthly statistics in a timely manner.
• Revamp patient scheduling template to accommodate add-on surgical procedures from breast center and to validate open procedure spots not utilized are filled with other exams.
• Provides high quality, patient centered clinical care.
• Performs initial and ongoing assessment of the patient, utilizing appropriate data (i.e. physical, psychological, educational).
• Demonstrates clinical judgment in responding to priority patient needs.
• Communicates and documents assessment of patient with the interdisciplinary team, utilizing all available resources in order to meet the needs of the patient and family.
• Manages job related stressors and constructive feedback during intra/interdepartmental relations.
• Participates in problem solving activities in the breast imaging unit.
• Assists with scheduling biopsies, reviewing consent for biopsy/procedures with patient prior to procedure, assist with procedures as needed.
• Contact patient pre-procedure to review medications, identify patient is able to withstand prone procedure during stereotactic biopsy.
• Reviews and preps for interventional breast imaging procedures.
• Prepares and explains post procedure care with patients and their family.
• Maintains appropriate documentation through medical record entries in EPIC, daily logs, computer entries and monthly statistics in a timely manner.
• Follows up on patients post procedure care, to include directive of Radiologist on benign results.
• Helps to oversee pathology reports and follow up with radiologist on addendums made within one week.
• Oversees weekly all BiRADS 4 & 5 validating follow up care is completed within a timely manner.
• Initiates and documents education plan for the patient and family based on identified learning.
• IV starts and contrast injection for Contrast Enhanced Mammography, monitor patient during CEM procedure.
• Medical support for vasovagal and emergency events.
• Supports and helps maintain our patient risk assessment program, assess to identify high risk patients.
• Create weekly procedure list and procedure reference sheet for Radiologist – submitting in advance to them.
• Consistently upholds and promotes the mission of Rochester Regional Health through living core values with the workplace.
• May act as a liaison between Radiologist and staff Technologist.
• Complies with organizational policies, procedures and protocols including policies governing safety, medication administration and documentation.
• Orders supplies and maintains par levels as assigned.
• Affords assistance in DNV and DOH inspection compliance and training.
• Performs or has extensive knowledge of the various Ultrasound, MRI and Mammo procedures including stereotactic.
• Works with other departments to facilitate scheduling of procedures in a timely manner.
• Works closely with Breast Imaging Supervisor and Imaging Navigator.
• Requires a strong working relationship with breast radiologist and the breast surgeon along with breast center staff.
• Provides support, direction and assistance to the multiple ambulatory imaging sites that perform mammography.
• Performs or has extensive knowledge of the various Ultrasound, MRI and Mammo procedures including stereotactic.
• Works with other departments to facilitate scheduling of procedures in a timely manner.
• Works closely with Breast Imaging Supervisor and Imaging Navigator.
• Requires a strong working relationship with breast radiologist and the breast surgeon along with breast center staff.
• Provides support, direction and assistance to the multiple ambulatory imaging sites that perform mammography.

Requirements

• Diploma or Associates Degree in nursing required.
• NYS Registered Nurse license.
• Basic Life Support (BLS) Certification.

Qualifications

• Education

Minimum Requirements:

• Diploma or Associates Degree in nursing required.
• NYS Registered Nurse license.
• Basic Life Support (BLS) Certification.

Skills

• Strong working relationship with breast radiologist and the breast surgeon along with breast center staff.
• Supports and helps maintain our patient risk assessment program, assess to identify high risk patients.
• Performs or has extensive knowledge of the various Ultrasound, MRI and Mammo procedures including stereotactic.
• Works with other departments to facilitate scheduling of procedures in a timely manner.
• Works closely with Breast Imaging Supervisor and Imaging Navigator.

Benefits

• May act as a liaison between Radiologist and staff Technologist.
• Complies with organizational policies, procedures and protocols including policies governing safety, medication administration and documentation.
• Orders supplies and maintains par levels as assigned.
• Affords assistance in DNV and DOH inspection compliance and training.

Pay

$38.82 - $53.03

Schedule

Monday-Friday 8am-4:30pm