Oncology Nurse Navigator

YOUR ROLE

Thyme Care Inc., the management company to Thyme Care Medical PLLC, is the employing entity with your duties to be performed for Thyme Care Medical PLLC, a medical practice, and its patients. As a Thyme Care Oncology Nurse Navigator, you'll be a vital clinical resource for our members and their care network, providing triage, support, and education throughout their cancer journey via phone and email.

Under the guidance of our Nurse Team Lead, you'll conduct comprehensive clinical assessments, oversee member health, and facilitate end-of-life care discussions. Your main objective will be to actively engage with members, address clinical issues, and efficiently manage any escalations that arise.

• Conduct comprehensive clinical assessments
• Oversight of member health
• Facilitate end-of-life care discussions
• Actively engage with members
• Address clinical issues
• Manage escalations

In contrast to Specialty Oncology Nurse roles, this position focuses on symptom management and longitudinal care coordination, rather than on coordinating admissions, discharges, and post-discharge needs to prevent readmission.

Shifts

• 8:30 AM - 5 PM EST
• 11:30 AM - 8 PM EST

Within Your First Three Months

• Familiarize yourself with Thyme Care systems, tools, technology, and partners
• Conduct a minimum of 20 member calls per day
• Collaborate closely with Nurse leaders and Medical Directors
• Establish trusting relationships with members and their care network
• Identify and promptly address member needs
• Participate in case conferences
• Foster strong partnerships with payers and the members' oncology and primary care providers
• Collaborate with non-clinical Care Team members
• Be available for urgent clinical escalations

Qualifications

• An active, unrestricted compact Registered Nurse (RN) license is required.
• Degree in Nursing (ADN or BSN) required; BSN preferred.
• Compact and single-state licensure in New York and/or Illinois is preferred.
• At least 5 years of nursing experience, including 3 years in solid tumor oncology nursing.
• Certifications: Oncology-related certifications such as Oncology Certified Nurse (OCN), Advanced Oncology Certified Nurse (AOCN), Advanced Oncology Certified Nurse Specialist (AOCNS), or Certified Case Manager (CCM) are required or obtained within 2 years of hire.

Pay Rate

The pay rate for this role is $41.54/hour.

Location

To perform this role, you must be located within the lower 48 United States due to contractual limitations on accessing PHIs.

Benefits

• Great medical, dental, and vision insurance plans
• A generous vacation policy for full-time employees

Language Proficiency

Fluency in Spanish, both written and verbal, is preferred.

Holiday Work Requirement

We ask that our Care Team be prepared to work up to 2 holidays per year, compensated at a 1x hourly rate and a 2.5x holiday rate.

Equal Opportunity Employer

We embrace and celebrate a diversity of perspectives in reflection of our members and the patients our products serve. We are an equal-opportunity employer.