Oncology Nurse Navigator (Breast)
Stony Brook University - Stony Brook, NY
posted 11 days ago
About the position
Oncology Nurse Navigator (ONN) serves as an initial point of contact for patients and their families to direct and facilitate their cancer care experience. Navigators guide patients, facilitate access to services and patient-health care provider relationships, and coordinate care to assure timely and effective transitions during the patient's course of assessment, treatment, and survivorship. The primary purpose of the ONN is to remove barriers to care and link patients to resources that enable them to complete treatment and improve their quality of life. They serve as a resource during the patient's transitions of care to facilitate timely access to services and care, facilitating communication between and among the patient and providers, and acting as a liaison with the health care team on behalf of the patient.
Responsibilities
- New patient intake - helps accelerate evaluations of new patients and facilitates coordination of patient testing and care scheduling.
- Work within a cancer specific disease management team to identify and eliminate barriers to care from time of diagnosis through survivorship.
- Follow patients through their (initial) course of care - see patients in multiple areas (cancer center, radiation, hospital).
- Ensure newly diagnosed patients in hospital/ED are transitioned to outpatient areas.
- Assist in the completion of cancer survivorship care plans.
- Provide patient/family education and explanations about the course of assessment and care.
- Participate in and contribute expertise to activities and functions that strengthen the cancer program.
- Participate and provide support to the Disease Management Team and Academic goals of SBM.
- Assist in and contribute to strengthening the oncology clinical research activities.
- Collect data, documents and provides reports to DMT including identified health disparities.
- Actively seek and participate in educational opportunities to achieve and maintain knowledge and skill related to job responsibilities.
Requirements
- NYS RN license.
- Five (5) years acute nursing experience, with minimum 3 years in oncology.
- Bachelor's degree in nursing.
Nice-to-haves
- Masters in Nursing.
- Certified Oncology Nurse.
- Previous experience in case management, quality management, and/or patient education.
- Previous experience with patients with Breast Cancer preferred.
Benefits
- Generous leave
- Health plans
- State pension
- Location pay for UUP, CSEA & PEF full-time positions ($3400)
