Current Career Opportunities at Oaklawn

Job Summary: The Orthopedic Clinical Navigator at Oaklawn is an individual with expertise in orthopedics, acts as clinician, care coordinator, discharge planner, educator, and patient advocate. Is responsible for the development, coordination, and maintenance of the care continuum for orthopedic patients. The Nurse Navigator provides leadership for all aspects of the continuum of care beginning before surgery through discharge post-operatively. This includes pre-admission testing, inpatient unit, and all other applicable entities within the orthopedic service line related to evidence-based practice for orthopedic patients. Works collaboratively with physicians, physician office staff, hospital nursing staff, care management, home care programs, and rehabilitation facility staff to promote a successful program and exceptional patient experience. Assists the patient and family in the smooth navigation of their needs throughout the ortho surgery journey. Oversees the quality metrics for the program and works collaboratively with physician offices, pre-operative testing and admission, peri-operative and inpatient care areas to develop protocols to address issues.

Essential Functions:

• Orthopedic Case Management
• Reviews medical surgical history and medication list, order preoperative testing per protocol, arrange clearances if needed, review lab results, education regarding scheduled procedure, discuss discharge planning with patient, family or caregiver.
• Rounds on the patient independently or/and with the surgeon to assess patient needs/problems including d/c instructions, and discharge planning per protocol for anything outside of nursing standard of work/practice.
• Calls patient to follow up after discharge and communicate with the office or surgeon if further action is needed.
• Assists in educating nursing staff providing education to nursing staff with the surgeon’s treatments and protocols, and discharge instructions. Be a coordinator between the office and hospital.
• Conducts data analysis including collecting number of surgeries per surgeon and surgery type. Post discharge data to improve patients care and financial perspective and prospective.
  
  

Minimum Qualifications: Must have current RN licensure or be eligible for licensure by Michigan State Board of Nursing. Five (5) years’ experience working as a registered nurse in an acute hospital setting.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities: Bachelor’s in nursing, preferred. Consistent logic, rationality and objectivity in decision making. Neither indecisive nor overly reactive. Generates sensible, realistic practical solutions to problems. Takes calculated risks with generally favorable outcomes. Neither avoids risk-taking nor rushes into it with too little information. Recognizes own strengths and weaknesses. Communicates well one-on-one. Keeps people informed. Seeks and uses feedback. Writes in a clear, precise, well-organized manner using appropriate vocabulary, grammar and word usage as appropriate to their job. Generates new approaches to problems or innovations to established best practices. Shows imagination. The ability to know right from wrong, even in complex or confusing situations; is accountable and does not ethically cut corners. Has the courage to do the right things consistently without regard to personal consequences. Puts interests of organization above self-interest. Passionately finds ways over, around or through barriers to success. Achieves results despite lack of resources. Takes action; doesn’t just talk about what “someone” should fix. A results-oriented “doer”. Willingness to take independent stand. Not swayed by last person spoken with. Ability to read, analyzes, and interprets professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations. Ability to work with diverse patient and staff populations with knowledge and sensitivity to cultural and spiritual influences impacting patient care. Demonstrated ability to efficiently and independently manage own time and tasks with minimal supervision. Knowledge of state and federal programs that provide medical care and financial support to individuals and community resources. Knowledge of the continuum of care and utilization process.

Working Conditions: Work in an unpredictable environment encountering stressful situations and exposure to body fluids and infectious diseases. May experience traumatic situations including deceased patients.

Physical Requirements: Constantly see/visual acuity, talk/hear. Frequently stand, sit, walk, handle/grasp/feel. Occasionally lift/carry 1 to 50 lbs.