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Munson Healthcare
Gaylord, Michigan

Nurse Navigator - OMH Family Practice and OMH Internal Medicine

Registered Nurse 8.0 Work-LifeNo weekendsNo nightsFull-Time

Compensation

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Posted 1mo ago

Job Description

  • Company Description
  • Location: 829 N Center Ave #266, Gaylord, MI
  • Schedule: 40 Hours Weekly - Monday - Friday - Day Shift - 8am-4:30 OR 7am-5:30
  • More Than Just Care, It’s Community

Imagine doing meaningful work in a place where people vacation. That’s life at Munson Healthcare - northern Michigan’s largest healthcare system, with eight award-winning community hospitals serving over half a million residents across 29 counties.

If you want a career in healthcare and a lifestyle most people only dream about – with freshwater lakes, scenic trails, charming downtowns, a vibrant arts scene, and endless outdoor adventures - you might just be Munson Material.

To us, that means teammates who live by our values of excellence, teamness, positivity, creativity, and a commitment to creating exceptional experiences for our patients and each other. Join a team that delivers outstanding care in one of the most beautiful regions in the country.

Invested in You

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

Job Description

A Day in the Life

Act as a liaison between patients, professional staff and physicians by providing care management and coordination for adult and pediatric patients with complex conditions, social needs and educational needs.

Serves in an expanded health care role to collaborate with primary care providers, specialists, and patient/families to ensure the delivery of quality cand cost-effective health care 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.

Support quality improvement initiatives and adherence to safety standards.

Qualifications

  • What’s Required
  • Licensed RN in the State of Michigan
  • Experience in complex chronic disease management preferred
  • Bachelor of Science degree in nursing preferred
  • Five years' (5) experience as an RN preferred
  • Additional Information

Are you Munson Material? Apply today!

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 that they are hired and annually thereafter, or receive an approved medical or religious exemption.

Shift: Day Shift

Status: Full Time

Key Responsibilities

The Nurse Navigator acts as a liaison between patients, staff, and physicians to coordinate care for complex adult and pediatric conditions. They assess, plan, and monitor health services to optimize patient outcomes and reduce hospital utilization.

Qualifications

Education
Professional certificate or licensure
Experience
5+ years of experience

Key Skills

Patient coordinationHealth care liaisonPatient assessmentCare planningClinical evaluationPediatric careAdult carePrimary care collaboration

Family Medicine — Registered Nurse Career Context

Of the 50 active Registered Nurse listings this role was benchmarked against, 20% are remote, 54% have no call, 84% require no weekends.

The cost-of-living index for Michigan is 96.2 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 61.8% of Michigan clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Registered Nurse pay on WeekdayDoc is up 6.1% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Nurse Navigator - OMH Family Practice and OMH Internal Medicine at Munson Healthcare a 8.0 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as excellent. This places the position in the top 5% in Family Medicine (RN) — ranked against 46 active Family Medicine (RN) listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no weekend requirements, no night shifts.

Top Registered Nurse Jobs

34 matches · ranked by pay

Salary Distribution30 jobs · 29 employers

11
<$100k
6
$100k-125k
9
$125k-150k
4
$150k-175k

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks23 jobs

401k / retirement match
100%
Sign-on bonus
17%
CME allowance
9%
Loan repayment
4%
Relocation assistance
4%

Share of similar jobs offering each benefit

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Work-life snapshot

median 6.0this job 8.0
Among the best 10% of Family Medicine (RN) listings for work-life

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 46 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • No weekends
  • No nights
  • Includes call

Living in Gaylord

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$280k
Median resident rent
$977/mo
Residents’ average commute
18 min
State income tax
Up to 4.3%
Sources & methodology

Sources: Zillow home values (Aug 2026), U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.

City-level figures. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.

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About Munson Healthcare

Hospitals and Health Care
Traverse City, MI
1,001-5,000 employees

Benefits & Perks

Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
Retirement
PTO
Tuition Reimbursement
Wellness Program