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Sentara Norfolk General Hospital is now Hiring a Women's Health Navigator!

This is a full-time onsite position located at Norfolk, VA

Standard Working Hours: Monday – Friday, 8am – 5pm.

The Women's Health Navigator is the entry access for women across the life span for Sentara Norfolk General Hospital which includes inpatient, outpatient and community services. Daily activities typically account for 60% of the Navigators time include those duties required to ensure the ongoing operational and managerial elements for the program to run smoothly. These daily activities may include patient and family relations, physician relations, quality patient care through physical assessment, preventative health care, case management, consultation, and referrals.
Program development activities include the activities necessary to ensure the long term success and growth of the program. Program development activities typically account for 40% of the Navigators time and include: patient education, program development, patient satisfaction, continuous improvement and data collection, research and marketing. This integral position designed to decrease fragmentation of care and coordinate services. The navigator creates a seamless flow through the health care system for the patient and family with family centered care as the focus.

Education

  • Bachelor's Degree in Nursing required

Certification/Licensure

  • Registered Nurse License (RN) – Nursing License – Compact/Multi-State License required.

Experience

  • 3 years of clinical experience required
  • Demonstrated experience in coordinating and delivering care across the continuum of women's health services, including inpatient, outpatient, and community-based programs.
  • Skilled in conducting physical assessments, delivering preventative care, making appropriate consultations and referrals, and ensuring high-quality patient outcomes.
  • Experience building and maintaining strong relationships with patients, families, and physicians to enhance care coordination and satisfaction.
  • Background in program development, including planning and implementing educational initiatives, tracking patient satisfaction metrics, and participating in continuous improvement activities.
  • Ability to lead or contribute to marketing and outreach efforts to support visibility and engagement with women's health services.
  • Proven commitment to family-centered care, with a focus on reducing fragmentation and improving navigation through the healthcare system
  • Strong interpersonal, organizational, and communication skills to support multidisciplinary collaboration and patient advocacy.

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Sentara Health, an integrated, not-for-profit health care delivery system, celebrates more than 135 years in pursuit of its mission – “we improve health every day.” Sentara is one of the largest health systems in the U.S. Mid-Atlantic and Southeast, and among the top 20 largest not-for-profit integrated health systems in the country, with 34,000 employees, 12 hospitals in Virginia and Northeastern North Carolina including 10 hospitals with the prestigious Magnet® recognition, and the Sentara Health Plans division which serves more than 1 million members in Virginia and Florida. Sentara is recognized nationally for clinical quality and safety, and is strategically focused on innovation and creating an extraordinary health care experience for our patients and members. Sentara was named a Health Quality Innovator of the Year (2024), was recognized by Forbes as “America’s Best-In-State Employer” (2024), “Best Employer for Veterans” (2022, 2023), and “Best Employer for Women” (2020), and named to IBM Watson Health’s “Top 15 Health Systems” (2021, 2018).

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At Sentara, our differences are our strengths. The unique backgrounds, skills, and experiences that each Sentara colleague brings to work make Sentara special and allow us to deliver excellent service and care to our patients, members, and communities.

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We are committed to consistently enhancing our training, advancement tracks, work-life benefits, and more. Our goal is to make you feel more excited to be here every day!

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Making a meaningful impact on health requires compassion, dedication, continuous learning, teamwork and collaboration. At Sentara, we also recognize that in valuing the professional and personal well-being of our nurses, we build a stronger, more supportive workplace for our nurses. And that’s making us healthier from the inside out. These principles unite our nurses across various roles and locations.

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No matter where you choose to join us, in an inpatient or outpatient setting, you will be part of an interdisciplinary Clinical team passionate about quality care and patient safety. You will have access to the tools and technologies you need to succeed and the chance to learn and grow through training and educational programs so you can advance your career as a Clinical professional.

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Each day, the Sentara Support Services team helps improve healthcare at more than 300 Virginia and Northeastern North Carolina sites. We perform various patient care activities, provide multiple services, and handle administrative functions that support our patients and their families. These vital functions include assisting the medical team in all aspects of medical care, such as treatments, procedures, and diagnostic and laboratory testing.

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As part of Sentara Health, Sentara Medical Group providers have diverse opportunities across regions and inpatient and outpatient locations. For those providers based in one of 12 hospitals, we have close working relationships with the administration, ensuring a collegial and collaborative environment where all can come together around shared initiatives.

Guided by a dedicated board of providers, Sentara Medical Group not only offers leadership opportunities for its providers but also underscores the group’s crucial role in fulfilling Sentara’s overarching mission to meet the needs of our diverse patient populations, some of our most vulnerable communities. Our physicians and APPs enjoy opportunities for both personal and professional career growth through a network of resources aimed to cultivate an environment suitable for a lifelong career home.

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Nurses are the heartbeat of our exceptional team. Our approach empowers nurses to actively participate in decision-making. Our nurses have a stake in shaping their workplace as well as their own career growth; one of the benefits of our focus on supporting and valuing team members. This framework encompasses our nursing mission, vision, values, philosophy, and the essential elements of our Professional Practice Model.

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