University Health Care System
Augusta, GA, USA
The Orthopedic/Spine Navigator is responsible for ensuring that the hospital's mission to provide clinically excellent patient care, coordination of care, discharge planning, service excellence, and cost-efficiency be achieved. Insures that legal, professional and institutional policies, regulations and standards are met. The Orthopedic/Spine Navigator is a registered nurse with advanced knowledge and skills in coordinating and providing care for patient population served within assigned areas. Attends community education classes and preoperative classes for the patient population assigned. Functions with limited supervision utilizing independent and collaborative judgment in decision making. Embraces shared governance nursing organizational principals by serving on nursing councils as participant or leader so that outcome, goals and objectives of nursing are achieved. Accountability will be monitored by a peer through direct observations; achievement of team service goals including...