Infectious Disease Transition Services (IDTS) RN Navigator

Description

As the Infectious Disease Transition Services (IDTS) RN Navigator, you will be responsibilbe and accountable for patients receiving outpatient parenteral therapy (OPAT) or complex oral antimicrobial therapy, referred primarily by Infectious Disease physicians from inpatient services, emergency departments, and ambulatory clinics. You will coordinate care across the continuum for patients transitioning from acute and ambulatory settings to home infusion, infusion centers, or post-acute care environments. You will be instrumental in facilitating safe transitions of care and, whenever clinically appropriate, supporting patients to remain at home for antibiotic infusion therapy. You will also provide comprehensive care coordination, continuity, laboratory monitoring follow-up, patient assessment, education, and support for patients and their families throughout the duration of therapy.

Serving as the primary point of contact for patients, you will closely coor...