Nurse Navigator

Duties & Responsibilities

• Demonstrates the knowledge, skill, and coordination to provide nursing care and guidance to the cancer patient from screening to survivorship.
• Systematically and continually performs the functions of assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating the care according to the nursing process and Oncology Nursing Society Standards of Practice.
• Provides education and information to the patients and their family, helping to make the care seamless, continuous and comprehensive.
• Initiates and documents patient teaching including family and significant others based on assessment of needs, including psychosocial, and lifestyle practices.
• Responds to patient request for information regarding the disease process, expected side effects of treatment and community resources.
• Uses appropriate patient Education documentation modality.
• Supports the patient during difficult decision-making periods.
• Affords assistance in coordination of end of life care for patient and family and provides emotional support.
• Functions in an organized and time conscious manner.
• The Navigator partners with patients, families, interdisciplinary team, and community resources to provide well-coordinated, timely, compassionate, exemplary, interdisciplinary care and communicates with all members of the healthcare team, as appropriate about patient/family needs and concerns.
• Initiates and performs ongoing review of policies related to service provided and when appropriate, updates or writes new policies to enhance professional practice.
• Serves as a resource for community educational events, such as health fairs, screenings, symposiums, and lectures as well as support for staff education.
• Preserves and protects patient rights to confidentiality.

Requirements

• Bachelor of Science in Nursing required with at least 5 years of nursing experience, in Oncology.
• Nurse Navigator experience required.
• Must have and maintain current licensure as a Registered Nurse (RN) in Rhode Island and CPR certification.
• Oncology Nursing Society certification required. Nurse Navigation Certification Preferred and/or obtained within 6 months of hire.