Baptist Health System KY & IN

Diagnostic Imaging Patient Navigator

Baptist Health System KY & IN  •  Paducah, KY (Onsite)  •  6 hours ago
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Summary

Monday - Friday

7:30am - 4pm

Job Description:

Diagnostic Imaging Patient Navigator

Monday-Friday 7:30am-4pm

The Imaging Navigator is responsible for overseeing and managing the imaging program, incidental findings, and preoperative imaging procedures, ensuring timely diagnoses and compliance with regulatory standards. This role includes tracking and documenting screenings, coordinating biopsies and imaging procedures, and collaborating with various departments such as radiology, cardiology, and pulmonology to ensure seamless patient care.

Job Duties:

  • Track and manage all lung cancer screenings, ensuring timely diagnoses and adherence to clinical protocols.
  • Maintain accurate records and communicate findings to providers for coordinated care.
  • Reports data to maintain compliance with CMS guidelines and ACR standards.
  • Review and document incidental lung findings from radiology reports and ensure proper follow-up. Serve as a liaison between radiologists and referring providers to facilitate patient care.
  • Provides patient education/teaching on test results and next steps in lung cancer coordination.
  • Represent lung cancer screening programs at local events and develop outreach strategies to engage the public and healthcare providers.
  • Educate the community about radiology services, career opportunities, and early detection programs.

Requirements

  • Bachelors degree
  • Two years of job related experience
  • Must be a Registered Nurse with a current KY or Compact RN License or a ARRT Board Certified Technologist

Benefits:

  • Tuition Assistance reimbursement program
  • Paid Time Off available for use upon hire
  • Company paid Maternity and Paternity Leave
  • Bereavement Leave (includes pets)
  • Employee Assistance Program
  • Retirement plans with company match

If you would like to be part of a growing family focused on supporting clinical excellence, teamwork and innovation, we urge you to apply now!

Baptist Health is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer.

Baptist Health System KY & IN

About Baptist Health System KY & IN

Founded in 1924 in Louisville, Kentucky, Baptist Health is a full-spectrum health system dedicated to improving the health of the communities it serves. The Baptist Health family consists of nine hospitals, employed and independent physicians, and more than 400 points of care, including outpatient facilities, physician practices and services, urgent care clinics, outpatient diagnostic and surgery centers, home care, fitness centers, and occupational medicine and physical therapy clinics.

Baptist Health’s eight owned hospitals include more than 2,300 licensed beds in Corbin, Elizabethtown, La Grange, Lexington, Louisville, Paducah, Richmond and New Albany, Indiana. Baptist Health also operates the 410-bed Baptist Health Deaconess Madisonville in Madisonville, Kentucky in a joint venture with Deaconess Health System based in Evansville, Indiana. Baptist Health employs more than 23,000 people in Kentucky and surrounding states.

Baptist Health is the first health system in the U.S. to have all of its hospitals recognized by the American Nursing Credentialing Center with either a Magnet® or Pathway to Excellence® designation for nursing excellence.

Baptist Health’s employed provider network, Baptist Health Medical Group, has nearly 1,500 providers, including more than 750 physicians and more than 740 advanced practice clinicians. Baptist Health’s physician network also includes more than 2,000 independent physicians.

Learn more at BaptistHealth.com.

Industry
Healthcare & Social Services
Company Size
5,001-10,000 employees
Headquarters
Louisville, 40223
Year Founded
1924
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