Nurse Navigator Oncology

Responsibilities

• Acts as an advocate to assist the high-risk patient population in navigating throughout internal & external systems in order to facilitate the diagnosis and treatment process.
• Participates in a New patient visit and education in order to assist patients in understanding diagnosis, treatment options and resources available internal & external to the organization.
• Serves as liaison in planning care between clinic RN, patients, caregivers and multi-disciplinary health care providers with the goal being to reduce cancer morbidity and mortality by eliminating barriers to timely access to cancer care.
• Identifies strategies to eliminate barriers to care and coordinate among multi-disciplinary team to address.
• Facilitates transitions in care and communication (i.e. Hospice, survivorship, SNF, Home Care, etc.).
• Acts as a liaison between the physicians, health care staff, and the patient to ensure a successful episode of care.
• Follows up on patients after invasive procedures/surgeries/admissions/ED visits/chemotherapy treatments, etc.
• Communicates/Coordinates care among broader multi-disciplinary teams and patient's additional provider teams and referring physician to keep them informed of the status of a patients care/treatment from the start of their new patient visit note.
• Participates in review of quality metrics in an effort to maximize our outcomes, collects data and prepares various reports pertinent to the department, especially when pertaining to accreditations regionally & site specific.
• Assists with quality improvement activities.
• Captures patient paperwork needs, monitors and manages MediTech worklists, triages incoming critical results, and monitors for new symptom management needs.
• Assists in updating Care plans and Oncology history.
• Assists in policy and procedure development, revision, and implementation to maintain compliance with current state and national guidelines, standards and coding regulations.
• Participates in staff education on an individual or group basis as needed; updates nurse manager on changes that could impact care delivery; maintains regulatory knowledge of specialty area at the federal, state, and local level.
• Works towards proficiency of Oncology Nursing Society ONN competencies.
• Engages in professional development and ongoing learning.
• Completes any other duties required or delegated to the Oncology Nurse Navigator.
• Affords assistance with clinic throughput and efficiency as necessary.

Qualifications

• Nursing degree
• Previous experience in an oncology environment preferred; care coordination or navigation helpful.
• Minimum of two years of previous experience in clinical specialty.
• Current NH RN, BLS, ONCC related oncology certification must be obtained within 12 months of hire.