Nurse Navigator - General Surgical Clinic
Location: 1221 Sixth Street, Suite 300, Traverse City, Michigan 49684
Schedule
Full Time, 7:30 am - 4:30 pm Monday - Thursday and Friday 8:00 am - 12:00 pm
About the role
The navigator functions in an organized and time-conscious manner using effective customer service and interpersonal skills at all times. The Nurse Navigator will act as a liaison between patients, professional staff, and physicians by providing care management and care coordination for adult and pediatric patients with complex conditions, complex social needs, and education needs. Serves in an expanded healthcare role to collaborate with primary care providers, specialists, members of the healthcare team, and patients/families to ensure the delivery of quality, efficient, and cost-effective healthcare services.
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. Integrates evidence-based clinical guidelines and protocols in the development of individualized care plans that are patient-centric, promoting quality and efficiency in the delivery of healthcare.
Qualifications
- Currently licensed as a Registered Nurse in the State of Michigan.
- Bachelor of Science degree in nursing preferred.
Benefits
- 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.
Additional Information
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 they are hired and annually thereafter, or receive an approved medical or religious exemption.