WHY UT SOUTHWESTERN?
With over 75 years of excellence in Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas, UT Southwestern is committed to excellence, innovation, teamwork, and compassion. As a world-renowned medical and research center, we strive to provide the best possible care, resources, and benefits for our valued employees. Ranked as the number 1 hospital in Dallas-Fort Worth according to U.S. News & World Report, we invest in you with opportunities for career growth and development to align with your future goals. Our highly competitive benefits package offers healthcare, PTO and paid holidays, on-site childcare, wage, merit increases and so much more. We invite you to be a part of the UT Southwestern team where you’ll discover a culture of teamwork, professionalism, and a rewarding career!

JOB SUMMARY
Work requires minimal supervision to manage and coordinate the patient navigation services and staff.

BENEFITS
UT Southwestern is proud to offer a competitive and comprehensive benefits package to eligible employees. Our benefits are designed to support your overall wellbeing, and include:

• PPO medical plan, available day one at no cost for full-time employee-only coverage
• 100% coverage for preventive healthcare-no copay
• Paid Time Off, available day one
• Retirement Programs through the Teacher Retirement System of Texas (TRS)
• Paid Parental Leave Benefit
• Wellness programs
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) Qualified Employer
• Learn more about these and other UTSW employee benefits!

EXPERIENCE AND EDUCATION
Required

• Education
  Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited nursing program

• Experience
  6 years of general nursing experience

• Licenses and Certifications
  (RN) REGISTERED NURSE – current licensure as Registered Nurse by Board of Nurse Examiners for State of Texas Upon Hire
  (BLS) BASIC LIFE SUPPORT course accredited by the American Heart Association (AHA) or American Red Cross (ARC) Upon Hire

JOB DUTIES

• Supervises and supports patient navigation and patient centered quality improvement projects. Coordinates, performs and ensures activities are completed, develops strategies for continued growth and promotes efficiencies. Identifies resources, completes project documentation and ensures deliverables are met. Completes all required reporting accurately and in a timely manner.
• Supervises and manages day to day activities for patient navigators, identifies best practices for patient navigation and staff challenges. Addresses challenges and promotes possible solutions.
• Works in conjunction with individual departments and health system leadership to build awareness of patient navigator services, develops policies and procedures for the patient navigator team.
• Oversees and evaluates the performance of patient navigators, supervises and facilitates development of the patient navigators. Responsible for hiring, performance evaluations, and disciplinary actions. Ensures the new employees are oriented and trained appropriately.
• Designs and develops a formalized evidence based patient navigation program that includes but is not limited to addressing health disparities, psychosocial aspects of disease process and care coordination. Develops course materials, tutorials, and competency testing.
• Works as a team member and promotes teamwork with the patient navigation stakeholders (care coordinators, social workers and faculty).
• Duties performed may include one or more of the following core functions: (a) Directly interacting with or caring for patients; (b) Directly interacting with or caring for human-subjects research participants; (c) Regularly maintaining, modifying, releasing or similarly affecting patient records (including patient financial records); or (d) Regularly maintaining, modifying, releasing or similarly affecting human-subjects research records.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

SECURITY AND EEO STATEMENT
Security
This position is security-sensitive and subject to Texas Education Code 51.215, which authorizes UT Southwestern to obtain criminal history record information. To the extent this position requires the holder to research, work on, or have access to critical infrastructure as defined in Section 113.001(2) of the Texas Business and Commerce Code, the ability to maintain the security or integrity of the critical infrastructure is a minimum qualification to be hired and to continue to be employed in the position.

EEO Statement
UT Southwestern Medical Center is committed to an educational and working environment that provides equal opportunity to all members of the University community. As an equal opportunity employer, UT Southwestern prohibits unlawful discrimination, including discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, disability, genetic information, citizenship status, or veteran status.