Registered Nurse - Nurse Navigator - Neurosciences
SSM Health~$40–$55/hrtypicalWI-SSM Health Outpatient Center-MadisonFull timePosted 4w agoStill open, checked every night- BLS
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This posting does not state an hourly rate. Nurse navigators employed in Wisconsin earn a median of $45.93 an hour (source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics), according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (May 2025) (source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics).
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Union record
Registered nurses at SSM Health in Madison voted for SEIU Wisconsin on 25 Sep 2026, 103 to 48, and the National Labor Relations Board certified the union (case 18-RC-392573). By the bargaining notices filed with the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service, a union bargains for workers at SSM Health here: Service Employees International Union - Wisconsin (SEIU WI) at Madison, WI (850 workers, bargaining a first contract). Each union represents its own unit: ask the recruiter whether this position is in one. Healthcare union elections, union contracts.
Workplace injuries
St. Mary's Hospital - Madison in Madison reported 83 work injuries and illnesses to OSHA for 2025 over 3,457,615 hours worked: 4.8 per 100 full-time workers, against 5.1 per 100 full-time workers at general hospitalsnationwide. 7 of them describe violence by a patient, resident or client in the case's own words. This is the employer's own report. Workplace injuries by employer.
Medicare rating of Ssm Health St Mary's Hospital - Madison
Medicare gives Ssm Health St Mary's Hospital - Madison 4 of 5 stars (Jul 2026; Wisconsin's hospitals average 3.8). 79% of its patients said their nurses always communicated well (the middle US hospital: 79%). Patients' ratings of their care, not employees' of the job. Its other hospitals · Wisconsin hospitals by rating.
What this hospital paid
By Ssm Health St Mary's Hospital - Madison's report to Medicare, its registered nurse hours averaged $46.86 an hour in 2022 pay periods, its own and contract staff together, before benefits, against $54.59 an hour across Wisconsin's hospitals. An average over every such hour, not this job's pay: the posting states its own. What Wisconsin hospitals pay nurses.
Public Service Loan Forgiveness
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About the job
It's more than a career, it's a calling
WI-SSM Health Outpatient Center-Madison
Worker Type
Regular
Job Highlights:
Join a team where your work matters - every moment, every patient, every community. The RN-Nurse Navigator position is fully onsite, Monday–Friday from 8:00 a.m.–4:30 p.m., with no on-call requirement. Ideal candidates have experience in neuroscience, neurosurgery, spine, critical care, ED, or complex care coordination, along with strong patient advocacy, organization, communication, critical thinking, and relationship-building skills. At SSM Health, you'll be empowered to grow, supported to thrive, and inspired to make a lasting impact.
Department: Nursing
Schedule: Days
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Job Summary
Provides services as a patient navigator throughout the continuum of care.
Job Responsibilities and Requirements:
PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES
- Functions as a liaison for management staff, administration, physicians, managed care companies, community organizations, and other customers.
- Collaborates with physicians and advanced practice providers to ensure quality outcomes. Coordinates efforts for treatment and promotes quality improvement and educational efforts.
- Compiles data, tracks outcomes, and makes recommendations for process improvement.
- Provides referrals/support for follow-up care for patients who are uninsured or underinsured.
- Utilizes the nursing process of assessment, planning, intervention, and evaluation in all patient encounters.
- Assists medical provider with processing of diagnostic results bringing significant values to the provider’s attention. Exhibits knowledge of tests and procedures and their significance as related to patient care.
- Recognizes the implementation of dosages, interactions, side effects, adverse effects, routes of administration of drugs as they apply to individual patients. Uses knowledge of medications in instructing patients about medication therapy.
- Establishes working relationships teaching protocols for patient education, family counseling and general public information.
- Works in a constant state of alertness and safe manner.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
EDUCATION
- Graduate of accredited school of nursing or education equivalency for licensing
EXPERIENCE
- Three years' registered nurse experience
PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS
- Constant use of speech to share information through oral communication.
- Constant standing and walking.
- Frequent lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 0-25 lbs.
- Frequent sitting, reaching and keyboard use/data entry.
- Frequent use of vision and depth perception for distances near (20 inches or less) and far (20 feet or more) and to identify and distinguish colors.
- Frequent use of smell to detect/recognize odors.
- Frequent use of hearing to receive oral communication, distinguish body sounds and/or hear alarms, malfunctioning machinery, etc.
- Occasional lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 25-50 lbs.
- Occasional lifting/moving of patients.
- Occasional bending, stooping, kneeling, squatting, twisting, gripping and repetitive foot/leg and hand/arm movements.
- Occasional driving.
- Rare crawling and running.
REQUIRED PROFESSIONAL LICENSE AND/OR CERTIFICATIONS
State of Work Location: Illinois
- Basic Life Support HealthCare Provider (BLS HCP) - American Heart Association (AHA)
- And
- Registered Professional Nurse (RN) - Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (IDFPR)
State of Work Location: Missouri
- Registered Nurse (RN) - Missouri Division of Professional Registration
- Or
- Registered Nurse (RN) Issued by Compact State
State of Work Location: Oklahoma
- Or
- Registered Nurse (RN) - Oklahoma Board of Nursing (OBN)
State of Work Location: Wisconsin
- Or
- Registered Nurse (RN) - Wisconsin Department of Safety and Professional Services
Work Shift
Day Shift (United States of America)
Job Type
Employee
Department
6290020164 DSMOC Neuro
Scheduled Weekly Hours:
40
SSM Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer. SSM Health provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law. Click here to learn more.
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