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Patient Navigator roles qualify for H-1B sponsorship when the position requires a bachelor's degree in social work, public health, nursing, or a directly related field. Large health systems, federally qualified health centers, and cancer centers are active H-1B filers for this occupation. Cap-exempt hospital employers can file outside the annual lottery.
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Get Access To All JobsPrimary City/State:
Tucson, Arizona
Department Name:
Imaging Nrsg Support-Hosp
Work Shift:
Day
Job Category:
Clinical Care
Better Than Ever for Nurses. At Banner Health, we are more committed than ever to investing in our nurses with better pay, better benefits, better opportunities, better well-being, better flexibility, better experiences - better nursing.
Tucson is set in a Sonoran Desert valley surrounded by five mountain ranges. Boasting an average 350 sunny days a year and warm dry air, the climate is ideal for year-round outdoor recreation. Tucson offers one-of-a-kind experiences for those interested in outdoor adventure and nature, heritage and culture, arts and attractions, golf and original Southwest-inspired dining.
As an RN Patient Navigator at BUMC Tucson, you will coordinate patient care across the continuum, supporting a holistic, patient-centered approach from diagnosis through treatment. This role collaborates with a multidisciplinary team to ensure timely care, optimize outcomes, and remove barriers. The navigator educates and supports patients and families while coordinating services and communication among providers. This position also promotes quality, efficiency, and continuous improvement in patient care.
Schedule:
Monday through Friday working 8AM to 4:30PM at BUMC Tucson
If you are a New Graduate Nurse with less than 12 months of experience, please visit the main job search page and under the Job Type filter, select New Nurse Experience.
Banner - University Medical Center Tucson is nationally recognized for providing exceptional patient care, teaching future health-care professionals and conducting groundbreaking research. Also located on the campus is Diamond Children's - recognized for its specialized pediatric services including neonatal and intensive care, emergency medicine and cancer therapies. Banner - University Medical Center Tucson is a Level 1 Trauma Center, meaning we care for the most critically injured patients. The hospital is consistently listed among the nation's top hospitals in the prestigious Best Hospitals ranking by U.S. News & World Report. The academic medical center has earned Magnet Recognition becoming the only hospital in southern Arizona to meet the rigorous standards of the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Magnet Recognition Program® for nursing excellence. The hospital's physicians are full-time faculty of the University of Arizona College of Medicine - Tucson. Our specialty services include comprehensive heart and cancer care, advanced neuroscience techniques and a multi-organ transplant program.
Position Summary
This position provides comprehensive care coordination, supporting a holistic and coordinated approach across the continuum of care. This position assists with informed decision-making; collaborating with a multi-disciplinary team to allow for timely screening, diagnosis, treatment and increased supportive care throughout the patient experience. This position provides individual assistance to patients, families and caregivers to help identify and overcome barriers which may hinder quality medical and psychosocial patient care.
CORE FUNCTIONS
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Assesses the patient’s plan of care and develops, implements, monitors and documents the utilization of resources and progress of the patient through their care, facilitating options and services to meet the patient’s health care needs.
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Evaluates the medical necessity and appropriateness of care, optimizing patient outcomes. Serves as a liaison for referring physicians and assists with scheduling initial tests and consultations.
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Assists the patient/family through diagnostic services, treatment and care. Coordinates disease care using an interdisciplinary holistic approach, making appropriate referrals and consultations in coordination with physicians and providers.
-
Ensures that the patient and family understand the diagnostic processes, care strategy and recommended actions, and are provided with appropriate information in coordination with physician and health care providers. Responds to patient requests for information regarding the disease process, expected side effects and community resources.
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Evaluates patient’s functional abilities and limitations. Determines if intervention is needed. Establishes treatment goals that are functional, measurable, patient related and reflect key limiting factors. Establishes and implements a plan of care to achieve treatment goals. Collaborates with patient and family when setting goal; initiates discharge planning. Recommends additions to or modifications of referring orders.
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Supports the patient and family during difficult decision-making periods. Assist in coordination of end of life care for patient and family and provides emotional support.
-
Supports process improvement activities for populations of patients to achieve the optimal clinical, financial, operational, and satisfaction outcomes. Participates in staff development to maintain current standards of practice and ensure the highest quality of care.
-
Establishes and promotes a collaborative relationship with physicians, payers, and other members of the health care team. Collects and communicates pertinent, timely information to payers and others to fulfill utilization and regulatory requirements.
-
This position works independently, with freedom to determine how to best accomplish functions within established procedures. This position confers with supervisor on any unusual situations. This position is facility-based with no budgetary responsibility. Internal customers include all levels of staff, including physicians. External customers include patients, families, employees of other healthcare institutions, physician offices, referring physicians, community providers and agencies, payers, provider networks, and regulatory agencies. This position requires making decisions related to patient care coordination throughout various facilities and with various specialty practices. Decision making required for treatment and standardization of care of patients. This position requires complex problem solving related to plan of care for evaluation, treatment, and discharge planning for patients.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
Must possess knowledge as normally obtained through the completion of a Bachelor's degree in nursing or related field.
Requires a current RN license in the state of practice. BLS certification required.
Requires a proficiency level typically achieved with 5 years clinical experience. Requires excellent organizational skills and clinical knowledge regarding specialty care services, as well as care coordination of services, legal and financial aspects of diagnostic services and health services in specialty area. Requires effective communication and writing skills, good time management skills and knowledge of word processing and database software applications. Requires the ability to teach both clinical and non-clinical personnel regarding care and diagnostics services. Also requires a good understanding of process improvement.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
Current certification in specialty area preferred. Prior Case Management experience preferred.
Additional related education and/or experience preferred.
EEO Statement:
EEO/Disabled/Veterans
Our organization supports a drug-free work environment.
Privacy Policy:
Privacy Policy
Primary City/State:
Tucson, Arizona
Department Name:
Imaging Nrsg Support-Hosp
Work Shift:
Day
Job Category:
Clinical Care
Better Than Ever for Nurses. At Banner Health, we are more committed than ever to investing in our nurses with better pay, better benefits, better opportunities, better well-being, better flexibility, better experiences - better nursing.
Tucson is set in a Sonoran Desert valley surrounded by five mountain ranges. Boasting an average 350 sunny days a year and warm dry air, the climate is ideal for year-round outdoor recreation. Tucson offers one-of-a-kind experiences for those interested in outdoor adventure and nature, heritage and culture, arts and attractions, golf and original Southwest-inspired dining.
As an RN Patient Navigator at BUMC Tucson, you will coordinate patient care across the continuum, supporting a holistic, patient-centered approach from diagnosis through treatment. This role collaborates with a multidisciplinary team to ensure timely care, optimize outcomes, and remove barriers. The navigator educates and supports patients and families while coordinating services and communication among providers. This position also promotes quality, efficiency, and continuous improvement in patient care.
Schedule:
Monday through Friday working 8AM to 4:30PM at BUMC Tucson
If you are a New Graduate Nurse with less than 12 months of experience, please visit the main job search page and under the Job Type filter, select New Nurse Experience.
Banner - University Medical Center Tucson is nationally recognized for providing exceptional patient care, teaching future health-care professionals and conducting groundbreaking research. Also located on the campus is Diamond Children's - recognized for its specialized pediatric services including neonatal and intensive care, emergency medicine and cancer therapies. Banner - University Medical Center Tucson is a Level 1 Trauma Center, meaning we care for the most critically injured patients. The hospital is consistently listed among the nation's top hospitals in the prestigious Best Hospitals ranking by U.S. News & World Report. The academic medical center has earned Magnet Recognition becoming the only hospital in southern Arizona to meet the rigorous standards of the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Magnet Recognition Program® for nursing excellence. The hospital's physicians are full-time faculty of the University of Arizona College of Medicine - Tucson. Our specialty services include comprehensive heart and cancer care, advanced neuroscience techniques and a multi-organ transplant program.
Position Summary
This position provides comprehensive care coordination, supporting a holistic and coordinated approach across the continuum of care. This position assists with informed decision-making; collaborating with a multi-disciplinary team to allow for timely screening, diagnosis, treatment and increased supportive care throughout the patient experience. This position provides individual assistance to patients, families and caregivers to help identify and overcome barriers which may hinder quality medical and psychosocial patient care.
CORE FUNCTIONS
-
Assesses the patient’s plan of care and develops, implements, monitors and documents the utilization of resources and progress of the patient through their care, facilitating options and services to meet the patient’s health care needs.
-
Evaluates the medical necessity and appropriateness of care, optimizing patient outcomes. Serves as a liaison for referring physicians and assists with scheduling initial tests and consultations.
-
Assists the patient/family through diagnostic services, treatment and care. Coordinates disease care using an interdisciplinary holistic approach, making appropriate referrals and consultations in coordination with physicians and providers.
-
Ensures that the patient and family understand the diagnostic processes, care strategy and recommended actions, and are provided with appropriate information in coordination with physician and health care providers. Responds to patient requests for information regarding the disease process, expected side effects and community resources.
-
Evaluates patient’s functional abilities and limitations. Determines if intervention is needed. Establishes treatment goals that are functional, measurable, patient related and reflect key limiting factors. Establishes and implements a plan of care to achieve treatment goals. Collaborates with patient and family when setting goal; initiates discharge planning. Recommends additions to or modifications of referring orders.
-
Supports the patient and family during difficult decision-making periods. Assist in coordination of end of life care for patient and family and provides emotional support.
-
Supports process improvement activities for populations of patients to achieve the optimal clinical, financial, operational, and satisfaction outcomes. Participates in staff development to maintain current standards of practice and ensure the highest quality of care.
-
Establishes and promotes a collaborative relationship with physicians, payers, and other members of the health care team. Collects and communicates pertinent, timely information to payers and others to fulfill utilization and regulatory requirements.
-
This position works independently, with freedom to determine how to best accomplish functions within established procedures. This position confers with supervisor on any unusual situations. This position is facility-based with no budgetary responsibility. Internal customers include all levels of staff, including physicians. External customers include patients, families, employees of other healthcare institutions, physician offices, referring physicians, community providers and agencies, payers, provider networks, and regulatory agencies. This position requires making decisions related to patient care coordination throughout various facilities and with various specialty practices. Decision making required for treatment and standardization of care of patients. This position requires complex problem solving related to plan of care for evaluation, treatment, and discharge planning for patients.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
Must possess knowledge as normally obtained through the completion of a Bachelor's degree in nursing or related field.
Requires a current RN license in the state of practice. BLS certification required.
Requires a proficiency level typically achieved with 5 years clinical experience. Requires excellent organizational skills and clinical knowledge regarding specialty care services, as well as care coordination of services, legal and financial aspects of diagnostic services and health services in specialty area. Requires effective communication and writing skills, good time management skills and knowledge of word processing and database software applications. Requires the ability to teach both clinical and non-clinical personnel regarding care and diagnostics services. Also requires a good understanding of process improvement.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
Current certification in specialty area preferred. Prior Case Management experience preferred.
Additional related education and/or experience preferred.
EEO Statement:
EEO/Disabled/Veterans
Our organization supports a drug-free work environment.
Privacy Policy:
Privacy Policy
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding H-1B Visa Sponsorship in Patient Navigator
Verify your degree supports specialty occupation
USCIS requires your degree field to directly relate to the Patient Navigator role. A bachelor's in social work, public health, or nursing typically satisfies this. A general business degree usually won't unless the job description explicitly ties it to the clinical or health education function.
Target cap-exempt health system employers
Federally qualified health centers, nonprofit teaching hospitals, and university-affiliated medical centers are cap-exempt H-1B filers. They can file your petition any time of year, bypassing the April lottery and letting you start sooner.
Search LCA filings by occupation on Migrate Mate
Migrate Mate surfaces DOL Labor Condition Application filing history filtered by role, so you can see exactly which employers have sponsored Patient Navigator positions before and approach them with that context in hand.
Match your title to the correct SOC code
DOL classifies Patient Navigators under SOC 21-1094 (Community Health Workers) or 29-9099 (Healthcare Practitioners). The SOC code on your employer's LCA filing affects prevailing wage level. Use the OFLC Wage Search to confirm the correct wage tier for your specific duties before accepting an offer.
Ask about the LCA filing timeline before signing
Your employer must have a certified LCA from DOL before submitting the I-129 to USCIS. Certification typically takes seven business days. Confirm your employer has started this step so your start date isn't delayed by a documentation gap.
Document patient-facing duties for the RFE risk
USCIS sometimes issues Requests for Evidence on Patient Navigator petitions, questioning whether the role meets specialty occupation standards. A detailed offer letter tying each duty to a specific degree requirement significantly reduces that risk.
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Find Patient Navigator JobsPatient Navigator H-1B Visa: Frequently Asked Questions
Does a Patient Navigator role qualify as an H-1B specialty occupation?
It depends on how the employer defines the position. USCIS requires the role to normally require a bachelor's degree in a specific field like social work, public health, or nursing. Roles framed around administrative coordination without degree-tied clinical duties are more likely to face an RFE. A well-drafted job description tied to a specific degree field is what determines qualification, not the job title alone.
Which types of employers sponsor H-1B visas for Patient Navigators?
Large hospital networks, cancer centers, federally qualified health centers, and nonprofit health systems are the most active H-1B sponsors for this role. Many of these are cap-exempt institutions, meaning they can file year-round outside the annual lottery. You can browse Patient Navigator openings at verified H-1B-sponsoring employers on Migrate Mate, which filters results by DOL LCA filing history.
What happens to my H-1B status if my Patient Navigator contract ends?
You have a 60-day grace period after your employment ends to find a new sponsor, transfer your H-1B to a new employer, or depart the U.S. Your new employer must file an H-1B transfer petition before the grace period expires. USCIS allows you to start working for the new employer as soon as the transfer petition is filed, not when it's approved.
How does the prevailing wage requirement affect Patient Navigator hiring?
DOL requires your employer to pay at least the prevailing wage for the SOC code and geographic area listed on the LCA. Patient Navigator wages are benchmarked to community health worker or healthcare practitioner rates depending on how your duties are classified. Use the OFLC Wage Search to check the wage level your employer is required to meet before you negotiate your offer.
Can I use my O*NET profile to support my H-1B petition as a Patient Navigator?
Yes. O*NET documents the education and skill requirements for health-related occupations, and immigration attorneys commonly reference it to demonstrate that a role normally requires a specific degree. If your employer's offer letter aligns with the duties and education requirements listed in O*NET for community health workers or health educators, it strengthens the specialty occupation argument in your petition.
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