Clinical Navigator

Join Cleveland Clinic Tradition Hospital’s team of caregivers that provide top-quality patient care to the Port St. Lucie area. Opening its doors in 2013 and expanding in 2017, this state-of-the-art acute care facility has 177 patient rooms and offers a wide variety of services to meet community needs. Here, you will be supported as you follow your dreams and find where you belong, here at Tradition Hospital.

The Clinical Navigator NE serves as a key point of coordination, facilitating communication among nursing staff, physicians, and the broader multidisciplinary care team. This role helps ensure timely and effective collaboration to support patient-centered care throughout the treatment process.

In addition, the Clinical Navigator assists patients in accessing appropriate treatment and services, helping to reduce barriers to care and improve continuity across the care journey. The role may also provide follow-up support after discharge to help patients transition successfully and maintain access to needed resources.

A caregiver in this position works days| part-time| 8:00am—5:00pm.

A caregiver who excels in this role will:

• Review surgical, diagnostic, and interventional procedures and provide an overview of expectations for outcomes.
• Prepare families for a realistic initial visit post procedure.
• Review appropriate rehabilitation programs.
• Conduct rounds on designated patients daily and determine status based on nursing expertise and assessment.
• Solicit patient concerns; demonstrates responsiveness and respect; communicates plan of care to patients and family as appropriate.
• Assist patients and families with financial and administrative issues (e.g. FMLA paperwork, advanced directives, Medicaid, Social Security, etc.) by referring to appropriate resources.
• Follow up on phone calls as indicated upon discharge.
• Collaborate with support services (Global Patient Services, Medical Concierge, Pastoral Care, Care Management, Healing Services, Mended Hearts) to coordinate care and maintain communication.
• Facilitate transfers as needed.
• Other duties as assigned.

Minimum qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:

• Graduate of an approved school of nursing
• 3 years of experience with emphasis on specialty (i.e. digestive disease, cardiovascular, etc.)
• Current state licensure as an Registered Nurse (RN)
• Basic Life Support (BLS) through American Heart Association (AHA) or American Red Cross

Preferred qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:

• Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN)
• Labor and Delivery experience

Physical Requirements

• Requires full range of motion, manual and finger dexterity and hand-eye coordination.
• Requires standing and walking for extensive periods of time.
• Requires corrected hearing and vision to normal range.
• Requires some exposure to communicable disease of bodily fluids.
• Sedentary Work -; Exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally (Occasionally: activity or condition exists up to 1/3 of the time) and/or a negligible amount of force frequently (Frequently: activity or condition exists from 1/3 to 2/3 of the time) to lift, carry, push, pull, or otherwise move objects, including the human body. Sedentary work involves sitting most of the time, but may involve walking or standing for brief periods of time. Jobs are sedentary if walking and standing are required only occasionally and all other sedentary criteria are met.

Personal Protective Equipment

• Follows standard precautions using personal protective equipment as required.

Pay Range

Salaries [which may be] shown on independent job search websites reflect various market averages and do not represent information obtained directly from The Cleveland Clinic. Because we value each individual candidate, we invite and encourage each candidate to discuss salary/hourly specifics during the application and hiring process.