Registered Nurse (RN) - Patient Navigator - Radiation Oncology

About the organization

Fairbanks Memorial Hospital is a non‑profit facility owned by the Greater Fairbanks Community Hospital Foundation. It is a Joint Commission‑accredited hospital with 152 licensed beds and serves as the primary referral center for residents of Alaska’s interior. The hospital emphasizes a strong patient‑to‑nurse ratio, Shared Leadership Infrastructure, and offers a lifestyle that includes small‑town living, spectacular natural beauty, and abundant recreation.

Role overview

This position provides comprehensive care coordination, supporting a holistic and coordinated approach across the continuum of care. The role assists with informed decision‑making, collaborates with a multidisciplinary team, and offers individual assistance to patients, families, and caregivers to identify and overcome barriers that may hinder quality medical and psychosocial care.

Responsibilities

• Assess the patient’s plan of care and develop, implement, monitor, and document resource utilization and patient progress.
• Assist patients and families through diagnostic services, treatment, and ongoing care.
• Coordinate disease care using an interdisciplinary holistic approach, making appropriate referrals and consultations in coordination with physicians and providers.
• Ensure patients and families understand diagnostic processes, care strategies, recommended actions, and provide appropriate information.
• Respond to patient requests for information regarding disease processes, expected side effects, and community resources.
• Evaluate patients’ functional abilities and limitations, determine need for intervention, and establish functional, measurable, patient‑related treatment goals.
• Develop and implement a plan of care to achieve treatment goals, collaborating with patients and families and initiating discharge planning.
• Recommend additions or modifications to referring orders as needed.
• Support process‑improvement activities for patient populations to achieve optimal clinical, financial, operational, and satisfaction outcomes.
• Participate in staff development to maintain current standards of practice and ensure the highest quality of care.
• Perform all functions in accordance with established policies, procedures, regulatory and accreditation requirements, and professional standards.
• Provide excellent service experiences to all customers of Foundation Health by demonstrating core and leader behaviors.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in nursing or a related field.
• Current RN, PT, or OT licensure in the state of practice, depending on area of focus.
• BLS certification.
• Typically 5 years of clinical experience.
• Excellent organizational skills and clinical knowledge regarding specialty care services and care coordination.
• Understanding of legal and financial aspects of diagnostic and health services in the specialty area.
• Effective communication and writing skills.
• Strong time‑management abilities.
• Proficiency with word‑processing and database software applications.
• Ability to teach both clinical and non‑clinical personnel regarding care and diagnostic services.
• Good understanding of process improvement.

Preferred qualifications

• Current certification in the specialty area.
• Prior case management experience.
• Experience with mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) treatment, community outreach, or research related to mTBI.