Nurse Navigator (RN) - Oncology/Breast Surgery
About The Position
The Nurse Navigator (RN) - Oncology/Breast Surgery position is a full-time role responsible for the coordination and implementation of strategies to ensure quality, efficacy, and cost-effectiveness for Breast Surgery/Oncology patients. This role involves assessing patient needs, orienting patients to the hospital and outpatient settings, and delivering cancer care across the continuum from diagnosis through treatment, transition to survivorship, and end-of-life care. The Nurse Navigator provides patient and family education and resources to facilitate informed decision-making and timely access to quality health and psychosocial care. They critically think and clinically assess patients, manage the complexity of cancer diagnoses, and collaborate with multidisciplinary team members. The role also includes reviewing distress screenings for referrals, reinforcing education regarding diagnosis, connecting patients to appropriate resources, and developing/reporting outcome metrics for program development. Additionally, the Nurse Navigator provides emotional support, advocates for the patient, empowers self-advocacy, and maintains their own knowledge, abilities, skills, and competencies while role-modeling organizational behaviors of excellence.
Requirements
- Current Illinois RN license
- CPR certification
- BSN required
- Typically requires 5+ years’ experience in clinical specialty (Breast Surgery/Oncology)
- Global perspective of changing health care environment
- Ability to prioritize work
- Basic computer skills
- Effective interpersonal communication skills
- Ability to demonstrate a commitment to patient-focused care.
- Ability to prioritize independently and respond to multiple simultaneous requests.
- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment with established time constraints and in difficult situations.
- This position needs to recognize needs and behaviors of specific age groups of patients treated.
Nice To Haves
- OCN Certification or Nurse Navigator Certification obtained within 2 years of hire.
- Genetics Certification preferred
Responsibilities
- Coordination and implementation of strategies to ensure quality, efficacy, and cost effectiveness for Breast Surgery/Oncology patients.
- Assesses patient needs.
- Orientates patient to the hospital and outpatient settings as well as the organization.
- Delivers cancer care across the continuum, from diagnosis through treatment. and implements the transition to survivorship, and end-of-life care.
- Using the nursing process, provides patient and family insight with appropriate education and resources to facilitate informed decision-making and timely access to quality health and psychosocial care throughout all phases of the cancer continuum.
- Critically thinks and clinically assesses patients providing support and education. Manages the complexity of the cancer diagnosis.
- Communicates and collaborates with all multidisciplinary team members.
- Reviews distress screening for referrals.
- Communicates and collaborates with the treating physician.
- Receives and responds to new patient referrals.
- Reinforces education regarding diagnosis.
- Connects patient to appropriate and requested resources.
- Develops and reports outcome metrics to drive program development.
- Review and strategizes activities that support the community needs assessment of site-specific results.
- Provides emotional support for patients.
- Advocates on behalf of the patient.
- Empowers the patient to self-advocate.
- Maintains own knowledge, ability, skills, competencies.
- Continues to role model organizational behaviors of excellence.
Benefits
- Comprehensive suite of Total Rewards: benefits and well-being programs
- Competitive compensation
- Generous retirement offerings
- Programs that invest in your career development
- Paid Time Off programs
- Health and welfare benefits such as medical, dental, vision, life, and Short- and Long-Term Disability
- Flexible Spending Accounts for eligible health care and dependent care expenses
- Family benefits such as adoption assistance and paid parental leave
- Defined contribution retirement plans with employer match and other financial wellness programs
- Educational Assistance Program
- $5000 sign on bonus, with half payable after 90 days of hire and the remaining half after 1 year of hire (Internals not included)
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
