Job Description

Your job is more than a job.


Join our team as a Patient Navigator and play a pivotal role in coordinating all aspects of specific assigned clinical services. As a Patient Navigator, you will serve as a liaison with other departments and interface with internal and external agencies, including diverse levels of medical and non-medical personnel, to ensure optimal clinical coordination. Your primary responsibility will be to assist patients in navigating clinical services, helping them overcome any barriers that may inhibit access to these services. If you are passionate about improving patient care and ensuring seamless access to healthcare services, we invite you to join us in this important role.

Your Everyday

Coordinates communication between patients, families, physicians, and other team members to ensure continuity of patient care and understanding of treatment plans.


Facilitates appointments for consults and support services, tracking outcomes and collaborating with inpatient care management resources.


Provides nursing care and guidance to patients from screening to survivorship, systematically assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating care.


Assists patients in understanding their diagnosis, treatment options, and available resources, initiating and documenting patient teaching based on assessment of needs.


Acts as a liaison between patients and care providers, helping navigate the healthcare system and supporting patients during difficult decision-making periods.


Supports the development and implementation of policies related to patient care services, updating or writing new policies as needed.


Represents the organization at community educational events such as health fairs, screenings, symposiums, and lectures, serving as a resource for both community members and staff education.

The Must-Haves

Minimum:

Bachelor's degree in Nursing (BSN) or must be able to obtain a BSN within three years of their date of hire.


2 Years of professional nursing experience in a specialty area


Current nursing license to practice in Louisiana and as defined by the Louisiana State Board of Nursing.


Current American Heart Association BLS certification.

WORK SHIFT:

Days (United States of America)

LCMC Health is a community.

Our people make health happen. While our NOLA roots run deep, our branches are the vessels that carry our mission of bringing the best possible care to every person and parish in Louisiana and beyond and put a little more heart and soul into healthcare along the way. Celebrating authenticity, originality, equity, inclusion and a little "come on in" attitude is the foundation of LCMC Health's culture of everyday extraordinary

About University Medical Center

University Medical Center,

a world class academic medical center in LCMC Health's incredible community of care, is the largest medical training center for healthcare professionals in Louisiana and has long served as the region's safety net hospital for poor and underserved communities for 300+. Learn more about University Medical Center's legacy and our vision of becoming the epicenter of medical care, education, and research.

Your extras

Deliver healthcare with heart. Give people a reason to smile. Put a little love in your work. Be honest and real, but with compassion. Bring some lagniappe into everything you do. Forget one-size-fits-all, think one-of-a-kind care. See opportunities, not problems - it's all about perspective. Cheerlead ideas, differences, and each other. Love what makes you, you - because we do

You are welcome here.

LCMC Health is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.


The above job summary is intended to describe the general nature and level of the work being performed by people assigned to this work. This is not an exhaustive list of all duties and responsibilities. LCMC Health reserves the right to amend and change responsibilities to meet organizational needs as necessary.

Simple things make the difference.

1. To get started, take your time to fully and accurately complete the application for employment. Incomplete applications get bogged down and are often eliminated due to missing information.


2. To ensure quality care and service, we may use information on your application to verify your previous employment and background.


3. To keep our career applications up-to-date, applications are inactive after 6 months and, therefore, require a new application for employment to be completed.


4. To expedite the hiring process, proof of citizenship or immigration status will be required to verify your lawful right to work in the United States.