Nurse Navigator Palliative Care Clinic
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Job Description
Job Description
- BHMG
- Palliative Care
Job Summary
The Nurse Navigator, under the direction of the Practice Manager, serves as the primary clinical point of contact for specialty care patients and their families, providing comprehensive coordination across the continuum of care.
This role leverages deep specialty-specific knowledge to guide patients from diagnosis through treatment, discharge, and follow-up, eliminating barriers to timely care, facilitating system flow, and ensuring seamless transitions between referring providers, specialists, clinical research teams, ancillary services, and clinical outcomes departments.
Acting as educator, advocate, and care coordinator, the Nurse Navigator supports informed decision-making, reinforces treatment plans, promotes adherence, and enhances both patient and provider satisfaction by delivering proactive, patient-centered navigation within a complex specialty care environment.
Minimum Education, Experience, Training and Licensures Required:
Bachelors of Science in Nursing, required.
A minimum of three years of job-related experience required.
Current Kentucky or Compact State unrestricted license as a Registered Nurse Basic Life Support certification via the American Heart Association
RN, registered nurse, BSN
If you would like to be part of a growing family focused on supporting clinical excellence, teamwork and innovation, we urge you to apply now!
Baptist Health is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer.
Key Responsibilities
The Nurse Navigator serves as the primary clinical point of contact for specialty care patients, coordinating care across the continuum from diagnosis through follow-up. They act as an educator and advocate to facilitate system flow, ensure seamless transitions, and support informed decision-making for patients and families.
Requirements
Candidates must hold a Bachelor of Science in Nursing and possess at least three years of relevant experience. A current Kentucky or Compact State unrestricted Registered Nurse license and Basic Life Support certification are required.
Qualifications
- Education
- Professional certificate or licensure
- Experience
- 2+ years of experience
Certifications
Key Skills
Palliative Care — Registered Nurse Career Context
Of the 50 active Registered Nurse listings this role was benchmarked against, 20% are remote, 70% have no call, 76% require no weekends.
Registered Nurse pay on WeekdayDoc is up 6.6% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).
The cost-of-living index for Kentucky is 90.2 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 61.6% of Kentucky clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).
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