Registered Nurse (RN) Patient Care Navigator - Transplant Infectious Diseases

Inova Fairfax Hospital is looking for a dedicated Registered Nurse (RN) Patient Care Navigator to join the Transplant Infectious Disease team. This role will be full-time, day shift: Monday – Friday, 8:00 a. m. – 4:30 p. m. (must be flexible).

Will require rotation between inpatient and outpatient care at Inova Fairfax Hospital and the Inova Center for Personalized Health, located near Inova Fairfax Hospital.

Inova is consistently ranked a national healthcare leader in safety, quality and patient experience. We are also proud to be consistently recognized as a top employer in both the D.C. metro area and the nation.

Featured Benefits

• Committed to Team Member Health: offering medical, dental and vision coverage, and a robust team member wellness program.
• Retirement: Inova matches the first 5% of eligible contributions – starting on your first day.
• Tuition and Student Loan Assistance: offering up to $5,250 per year in education assistance and up to $10,000 for student loans.
• Mental Health Support: offering all Inova team members, their spouses/partners, and their children 25 mental health coaching or therapy sessions, per person, per year, at no cost.
• Work/Life Balance: offering paid time off, paid parental leave, & flexible work schedules.

Registered Nurse (RN) Patient Care Navigator - Transplant Infectious Disease Job

Responsibilities:

• Travel involved: rotation between inpatient and outpatient care at Inova Fairfax Hospital and the Inova Center for Personalized Health, located near Inova Fairfax Hospital.
• Guides patient and family through the health system from diagnosis, testing, treatment and follow-up care to assist patients with navigating the continuum of care.
• Coordinates a patient's plan of care with the Transplant Infectious Disease team which may include diagnostic test coordination and specialty medicine coordination and scheduling, patient education and knowledge assessment for complex treatment regimens.
• Assists patients and families with accessing treatment resources by advising of options and engaging appropriate resources.
• Manages complex cases effectively and efficiently. Collaborates with multidisciplinary teams to address patient questions and responses about the care process and treatment options.
• Participates in obtaining quality outcomes such as decreasing patient infection and readmission rates.
• Develops/maintains reliable systems to document, track and monitor patient data.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications

• Education: Bachelors Degree in Nursing
• Experience: 3 years of nursing experience
• Certification: Licensed in the Commonwealth of Virginia as a Registered Nurse; Basic Life Support from the American Heart Association

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience: Telemetry, Transplant, Infectious Diseases

We are Inova, Northern Virginia’s leading nonprofit healthcare provider. Every day, our 26,000+ team members provide world-class healthcare to the communities we serve. Our people are the reason we're a national leader in healthcare safety, quality and patient experience.

And from best-in-class facilities to professional development opportunities, we support them at every step. At Inova, we're constantly striving to be ever better — to shape a more compassionate future for healthcare.

Inova Health is an Equal Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, color, disability, gender identity or expression, marital status, national or ethnic origin, political affiliation, pregnancy (including childbirth, pregnancy-related conditions and lactation), race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, veteran status, genetic information, or any other characteristics protected by law.