Medical Oncology Nurse Navigator
About the role
Why Join Us? At United Urology Group, our employees are at the heart of our mission and have incredible opportunities to impact our patients' lives with their urologic care. We foster a culture that thrives on compassion, teamwork, integrity, and diversity, all of which start with our staff! We deliver a cohesive approach to urologic care that provides patients with access to experienced specialists, a superb team of healthcare professionals, and the most advanced technology for patient treatments and therapies. This is a full-time position.
Benefits
- Tuition reimbursement
- Health insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- Corporate discounts
- Competitive salaries and great work/life balance (enjoy your weekends)
- And more outstanding benefits
Pay
Pay Range: $40.00 - $45.00 per hour. Actual compensation offered to candidates is based on work experience, education, skill level, and geographic location. Compensation may vary depending on the state or region in which the position is located, in accordance with applicable laws.
Responsibilities
- Performs coordination of care during the full continuum of cancer care experience.
- Identifies potential and real gaps in care delivery; seeks out opportunities for avoidance and/or closure.
- Prepares for, organizes, and participates in the Patient Care Conference (huddle) at regular intervals; communicates interventional outcomes to full care team in a timely manner.
- Performs assessment of patient risk stratification.
- Performs basic psychosocial assessments and provides emotional support; delegates and/or makes referrals for additional screening and support as needed.
- Develop appropriate nursing diagnoses and corresponding action plans as needed.
- Supports and/or provides oral chemotherapy education, adherence, and side effect monitoring.
- Holds or participates in survivorship and advance care planning visits; makes referrals as needed.
- Participates in research, quality, and performance improvement, including reporting on navigation metrics.
- Supports patient advocacy and empowerment.
- Participate in community outreach and cancer prevention education.
- Knowledgeable of practice