Patient Navigator

Responsibilities

• Performs key role in assuring care on a continuum, coordinating patient care activities for individuals with clinically significant cancers.
• Refers patients to other health professionals and support services as appropriate.
• Ensure healthcare provider team is apprised of patient’s condition.
• Participates in developing policies, procedures, and standards of patient care in conjunction with Comprehensive Cancer Center Clinical Manager and Medical Director.
• Participates in developing specific patient care protocols.
• Provides for appropriate patient and family education and counseling regarding disease and treatment, potential complications, signs and symptoms requiring immediate attention.
• Documents patients’ progress, compliance, and other essential information in the medical record.
• Ensures patient’s primary care and sub-specialty providers are provided with timely information on patient’s progress and additional needs.
• Participates in ongoing quality assurance activities by collecting and analyzing statistical data and auditing patient records.
• May assist in preparation of grant proposals, writing program reports, and the like.
• Collects and reports information to ensure compliance with grant expectations and reporting requirements.
• Participates in ongoing education and networking regarding navigation of patients with complex cancers.

Requirements

• Licensure as Registered Nurse in the State of Rhode Island by the Rhode Island Board of Nursing or licensure as a Registered Nurse in accordance with the Nurse Licensure Compact agreement of the National Council of State Boards of Nursing.
• BSN graduate from a school of nursing licensed to practice as a Registered Nurse in the State of Rhode Island.
• Current CPR certification.
• Excellent analytical and patient evaluation skills.
• Advanced skill in assessment of physical and psychosocial health-illness status.
• Excellent interpersonal and written communication skills including the ability to communicate effectively with diverse audiences and effective public speaking skills.
• Two to three years of oncology nursing experience in inpatient, ambulatory, or community setting.
• Case Management experience preferred.
• Certification in Oncology Nursing preferred.

Physical Requirements

• Must be able to sit for 3-7 hours per day, stand, walk, bend, squat, and kneel.
• Must be able to use both hands/wrists and perform work that deviates from neutral position and be able to perform fine motor skills.
• Near vision must be accurate at 20/40, far vision accurate at 20/40, have minimal color discrimination and minimal depth perception.
• Must be able to hear and whisper at 3 feet.

Pay Range

$77,230.40 - $154,460.80

Location

Newport Hospital - 11 Friendship Street Newport, Rhode Island 02840

Work Type

4-9 hour days and days are negotiable.

Work Shift

Day

Daily Hours

8 hours

Driving Required

No