Diagnostic Imaging Patient Navigator
Paducah, KYFull-time$7.25/hrSeen todaySeen in employer's feed today
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The Diagnostic Imaging Patient Navigator oversees imaging programs, incidental findings, and preoperative imaging procedures to support timely diagnoses and regulatory compliance. The role tracks screenings, coordinates biopsies and imaging procedures, documents findings, and collaborates with clinical departments. It also provides patient and community education and represents lung cancer screening programs at local events.
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Full job description
Experience Required
2 - 20 years
Minimum Education Required
Bachelor's Degree
Compensation
$7.25 / hourly
Hours Per Week
40
Number Of Positions
1
Work Schedule and Shift Requirements
First (Day)
Job Description
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.
"EEO Statement: Baptist Health is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer, and seeks to employ individuals without regard to r ace, color, national origin, gender, s exual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, marital status, citizenship status, military status, religious or political beliefs, protected veteran status, employment status or any other protected class identified in any federal, state, or local law. Baptist Health specifically encourages minority, female, disabled, veteran and other candidates from diverse backgrounds to apply and strengthen our team. Please note that Baptist Health is a drug-free workplace and employment with Baptist Health is subject to post offer, pre-employment drug testing.
NOTICE OF NONDISCRIMATION AND ACCESSIBILITY TO SERVICES
Persons with hearing and speech impairments can contact Baptist Health facilities by using the Kentucky Relay Service, a toll-free telecommunication device for the deaf (TDD). For voice to TDD, call 800.648.6057. For TDD to voice, call 800.648.6056."
Job Type
Full time
Benefits Offered
Not specified
Veteran Preference
No
Place of Work
On-site
Requisition ID
R26109525
How this job compares
Set against the 58,872 open Registered Nurse jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 4, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$7.25/hr
- Kentucky median$7/hr689 hourly ranges
- US median$38–54/hr24,677 hourly ranges
This rate, $7.25/hr, is close to the Kentucky median midpoint ($7/hr) — in the middle half of Registered Nurse hourly ranges in Kentucky.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 1,497 open Registered Nurse jobs in Kentucky and 58,872 across the US. Under 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Kentucky
- Aya Healthcare, Inc.526 open
- Baptist Health (this employer)280 open
- Norton Healthcare155 open
- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 2 years of experience; Registered Nurse postings that state a minimum ask for 1 year at the median (28,674 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for a bachelor's degree; 4,372 of the 58,872 open Registered Nurse jobs (7%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 4, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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