Breast Oncology Patient Navigator

Position Summary

The Oncology Navigator assumes responsibility and accountability for the management of resources through interdisciplinary collaboration necessary and appropriate for the achievement of optimal patient care outcomes for oncology patients. Work is performed with general independence and decision making responsibility in accordance with clinical guidelines and scope of practice.

About the Role

Navigation in cancer care refers to individualized assistance offered to patients, families and caregivers to help overcome barriers to care and facilitate timely access to quality medical and psychosocial care, from diagnosis through all phases of care and survivorship.

Responsibilities

• Maintain accurate and concise record of patient observations, treatments, and procedures administered and documents the findings in the medical record and survivorship care plans.
• Maintains master document of survivorship care plans for breast patients, documenting and monitoring due dates for the plans.
• Meets with patient to present care plan, documents when plan is presented by other providers and ensures that care plans are provided to all breast cancer patients.

Requirements

• Educators in Nursing - Required
• 2-3 Years Clinical experience or related field in the past 5 years - Required
• Professional License with State of Practice - Required
• Oncology Certification (OCN) or other Breast Navigator certification preferred.
• Basic Life Support (BLS) - Required

Qualifications

• Clear written and verbal communication skills
• Self-direction
• Organizational skills

Skills

• Nursing process per the scope and standards for oncology nursing practice
• Facilitates physicians and staff involvement in developing new processes and organizing operations that enhance emerging practice standards.
• Develops, maintains and reports on clinical quality dashboards that are supported from multiple databases.
• Provides updates on nationally mandated cancer quality initiatives and draws correlations with current practices and the NCCCN guidelines.

Benefits

Not specified

Pay

Not specified

Schedule

Not specified