Job Description

 

Harris Health System is the public healthcare safety-net provider established in 1966 to serve the residents of Harris County, Texas. As an essential healthcare system, Harris Health champions better health for the entire community, with a focus on low-income uninsured and underinsured patients, through acute and primary care, wellness, disease management and population health services. Ben Taub Hospital (Level 1 Trauma Center) and Lyndon B. Johnson Hospital (Level 3 Trauma Center) anchor Harris Health’s robust network of 39 clinics, health centers, specialty locations and virtual (telemedicine) technology. Harris Health is among an elite list of health systems in the U.S. achieving Magnet® nursing excellence designation for its hospitals, the prestigious National Committee for Quality Assurance designation for its patient-centered clinics and health centers and its strong partnership with nationally recognized physician faculty, residents and researchers from Baylor College of Medicine; McGovern Medical School at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth); The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center; and the Tilman J. Fertitta Family College of Medicine at the University of Houston.

Skills / Requirements

The OB Nurse Navigator (OBNN) coordinates patient care before and after delivery for patients in Harris Health's Maternal Opioid Misuse Program. The OBNN provides individualized support to patients serving as their resource and advocate. The OBNN collaborates with Patient Education, Women and Infants, Ambulatory Care Clinics and other departments throughout Harris Health System along with community partners and ensures that women have full, equitable and convenient access to the clinical services they require and to the women-sensitive health education information needed to make informed decisions about their care.

The OBNN participates in quality improvement, research processes/utilization and community activities. The OBNN role models professionalism and promotes a customer-friendly environment by utilizing ServiceFirst behaviors while interacting with patients, families, and staff members.

Minimum Qualifications
Education: Graduation from an accredited School of Nursing with a Bachelor‘s degree in Nursing.  

Licensure/Certification: 
Licensed to practice nursing in the State of Texas, Related specialty certification required within two years of employment.
Basic Life Support from a hospital-based American Heart Association (AHA) approved program.

Work Experience: Three (3) - five (5) years of nursing experience.  Two (2) years minimum experience as inpatient/outpatient OB staff nurse.  Experience working with patients with Substance Use Disorders preferred.

Equipment Operated: PC and typical medical equipment related to job duties. 

Special Requirements
Communication Skills: Above Average Verbal (Heavy Public Contact).
Writing /Composing: Correspondence, Reports.

Other Skills: Medical Terms, PC, Word Proc.
 

Languages:
Bilingual Skills (Preferred): Spanish/English


Advanced Education: 
Advance Training-Certification in related specialty area within two years of employment.

Bachelor‘s Degree -Major: Nursing 

Work Schedule:  Flexible, Travel.

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