NICU Nurse Navigator

About the Role

At Hackensack Meridian Health, our team members are the heart of what makes us better. We help our patients live better, healthier lives and support one another to succeed. With a culture rooted in connection and collaboration, our employees thrive as part of a team. This role involves navigating patient care in collaboration with surgeons, providers, and the entire healthcare team to assess and address patient and family needs, including educational, financial, psychosocial, nutritional, and clinical aspects. The Nurse Navigator connects patients and families to resources within the health system and community, assesses eligibility for clinical trials, and facilitates access to care.

Responsibilities

• Navigation:
  • Coordinates and navigates outpatient care for patients.
  • Identifies new patients as they are diagnosed and offers navigation services.
  • Provides initial and periodic detailed patient and family needs assessments.
  • Develops disease site expertise and provides patient and family education.
  • Connects patients and families with available resources in the health system and community.
  • Maintains a database of community resources and facilitates access to services.
  • Tracks patient flow through diagnostic and treatment services.
  • Documents assessments and follow-up notes in medical records.
  • Provides monthly activity reports to the Director.
• Survivorship Care Plan:
  • Gathers information required by the Commission on Cancer for applicable patients.
  • Formulates a survivorship care plan at the end of treatment.
  • Distributes and discusses the care plan with patients, families, and providers per protocol.
• Relationships:
  • Builds and maintains professional relationships with surgeons, physicians, and other healthcare professionals.
  • Establishes communication with physicians, physician extenders, and office staff to outline navigation programs and resources.
  • Collaborates with primary providers/surgeons to act as a resource for patients and families from initial consultation through treatment.
• Multidisciplinary Care Conferences:
  • Collaborates with physicians and uses pathology reports to identify patients for multidisciplinary care conferences.
  • Ensures disease site or general tumor conferences are prepared, promoted, and documented for prospective treatment planning.
• Quality:
  • Participates in appropriate committees and ensures standards are met.
  • Ensures compliance with Joint Commission standards and supports certification initiatives.
• Community Marketing:
  • Represents the program’s services to the community.
  • Collaborates with marketing for brochures and other materials.
  • Provides community organizations with information about services offered to patients.
  • May participate in community programs relevant to the promotion of the program.

Requirements

• Education, Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities Required:
  • Graduate of a licensed school of nursing; RN with at least 5 years of clinical experience in a relevant clinical specialty.
  • Proficient computer skills, including proficiency in MS Office.
  • Strong organizational, time management, and critical thinking skills.
  • Ability to work independently and exercise sound judgment in interactions with physicians, APNs, patients, and families.
• Licenses and Certifications Required:
  • NJ State Professional Registered Nurse License.
  • BLS AHA Basic Health Care Life Support HCP Certification.
• Licenses and Certifications Preferred:
  • BSN.
  • National Certification.

Pay

The posted rate of pay for this role is a reasonable good-faith estimate of the minimum base pay at the time of posting, in accordance with the New Jersey Pay Transparency Act. The starting rate of pay is $113,609.60 annually and may vary based on factors such as labor market data, experience, education, certifications, skills, geographic location, internal equity, and budget considerations. Full-time and part-time positions (20+ hours/week) are eligible for a comprehensive benefits package, including health, dental, vision, paid leave, tuition reimbursement, and retirement benefits. Some roles may also qualify for shift differentials, performance-based incentives, bonuses, or commissions.