New Patient Nurse Navigator Oncology

About the role

The role of New Patient Nurse Navigator is designed to serve as the first point of contact for new oncology referrals, ensuring patients move quickly and appropriately from referral to provider appointment. Rather than scheduling directly with an oncologist, the navigator functions as an intake and coordination step.

Responsibilities

• Affords appropriate assessment of physical, social, and psychological status (including cognitive, communicative, and developmental skills as appropriate).
• Seeks and evaluates information acquired from other members of interdisciplinary team: patient, family, physician, non-nursing disciplines, support staff, others.
• Uses assessment information and critical thinking skills to collaboratively develop individualized plan of care.
• Actively seeks patient, family, team, and physician involvement to develop plan of care including needed education.
• Collaboratively plans and prepares patients for further support needs once the current episode of care outcomes are met (i.e., teaching, referrals, and follow-up).
• Directs the interdisciplinary care team via delegation, coordination, and collaboration as appropriate.
• Provides or delegates care consistent with plan of care, guidelines of care and professional licensure provisions.
• Demonstrates the ability to set priorities and to coordinate and organize patient care delivery through effectively managing time, supplies, and resources.
• Evaluates patient response to interventions through review of achievement of goals, clinical outcomes, patient, and family satisfaction.
• Revises plan of care as indicated and reassesses changes as appropriate.
• Promotes nursing profession and participates in development of others.

Requirements

• Current license to practice as a Registered Nurse in state of practice.
• Valid compact licenses must be transferred to the state of practice within 60 days of the start of employment.
• RNs with less than 12 months of experience must obtain their Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) within four (4) years of their hire date.
• Basic Life Support Certification (BLS) for healthcare providers.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in nursing (BSN).
• Oncology background is strongly preferred to understand the care coordination of patient scheduling from booking appointments to needs during specific intake and outreach calls.

Skills

• Cross-specialty scheduling support.
• Referring clinics can schedule patients directly into a navigator intake slot.
• The navigator then contacts the patient and coordinates the appropriate oncology appointment.
• Coordinate intake calls for both hematology and solid tumor referrals.
• Discuss appointments with patients, gather needed information, and guide them through the next steps in care.
• Gather outside records and information needed before provider scheduling.
• Manage scheduling templates and scheduling rules/constraints related to navigator appointments.

Benefits

We care about your well-being – mind, body, and spirit – which is why we provide our caregivers a generous benefits package that covers a wide range of programs to foster a sustainable culture of wellness that encompasses living healthy, happy, secure, connected, and engaged. Learn More About Our Comprehensive Benefits Package Here.

Pay

The hourly range for this position is listed below. Actual hourly rate dependent upon experience. $45.31 - $67.01

Schedule

Scheduled Weekly Hours 40