Oncology Nurse Navigator (RN), Radiation Oncology

About the role

The Oncology Nurse Navigator is a licensed nurse who has experience in cancer clinical care coordination and care management. This position will optimize care coordination, patient experience and improve the clinical outcome for patients by providing nurse-led navigation throughout the patient journey from diagnosis to survivorship.

Responsibilities

• Ensures the clinical care meets the guidelines as outlined in the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) and/or Stanford clinical care pathways, including clinical trials available across the Cancer DSL Network.
• Assesses the education needs of the patient, providing the patient with disease-specific information including available clinical trials, treatment options, symptom management and supportive care programs.
• Addresses clinical and health system barriers to care and provisions of services to at-risk populations as identified by the nurse navigation tracking tools.
• Works in collaboration with social work and nutrition to address environmental barriers impacting the patients' ability to adhere to their cancer care pathways as appropriate.
• Facilitates communication with all members of the cancer clinical care team and provides one-on-one oncology nurse navigation to address the mental, emotional, and physical needs of the patient, caregiver(s), and family.
• Focuses on clinically oriented referrals, second opinions, outside testing, local treatment options, and supportive care options in the community where the patient lives.
• Provides clinical care and educational materials in a culturally appropriate manner and facilitates additional services as needed to meet the cultural needs of the patient and their family.
• Screens and assesses for distress and refers to appropriate support services within the cancer destination service line and/or community.
• Helps support appropriate accreditation requirements within the Cancer DSL Cancer Centers and ensure that quality standards are met with the accreditation team (i.e., CoC, NAPBC, QOPI).
• Serves as Stanford Cancer DSL representative and liaison to academies and associations, including but not limited to Academy of Oncology Nurse and Patient Navigators (AONN), Association of Community Cancer Centers (ACCC) and Oncology Nursing Society (ONS).

Requirements

• Minimum of 5 years of nursing experience
• Minimum 2-3 years experience in oncology
• Experience with nurse navigation and/or ambulatory oncology case management

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree of Science in Nursing from an accredited college/university
• MS or MSN preferred

Skills

• Knowledge of the overall cancer disease processes and treatment
• Knowledge of medical terminology required
• Strong problem-solving, decision-making, and critical-thinking skills
• Ability to implement professional and community-based education programs
• Ability to deliver educational programs to staff and community
• Experience with MS Office
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills
• Organized and detailed oriented with strong follow-through abilities

Benefits

Base Pay Scale: Generally starting at $79.21 - $104.97 per hour

The salary of the finalist selected for this role will be set based on a variety of factors, including but not limited to, internal equity, experience, education, specialty and training.

This pay scale is not a promise of a particular wage.

Pay

$2,000 a year in continued education funds that you can use to go to the top conference in your field each year, to use for advanced certifications, or to go back to school.

$15,000 scholarship opportunity towards degrees

See a full overview of our benefits here!

Schedule

Monday – Friday, 8:00am – 5:00pm, Hybrid position with 4 days onsite and 1 remote day based on clinic needs. No evenings, weekends, holidays, or on-call.