Nurse Navigator II - Oncology - Union Hospital - Elkton, Maryland

ChristianaCare • Elkton, MD

3d • Onsite

About The Position

ChristianaCare is currently hiring a full-time Oncology Nurse Navigator II for Union Hospital in Elkton, Maryland. This role is responsible for managing the care of at-risk cancer patients and their families through collaboration with the multi-disciplinary care team, utilizing appropriate clinical guidelines. The goal is to provide and coordinate quality patient care throughout the healthcare continuum and impact population health.

Requirements

• Bachelor of Science in Nursing
• Maryland RN licensure required.
• Three or more years of combined clinical experience in oncology
• Oncology Certification (OCN) preferred or must be obtained within two years of hire into this position
• An equivalent combination of education and experience may be considered.

Nice To Haves

• Oncology Certification (OCN) preferred

Responsibilities

• Completes a comprehensive assessment of the patient upon initial encounter and periodically throughout navigation, matching unmet needs with appropriate services and referrals and support services, such as dietitians, social work, genetic counselor, and financial services to maintain healthy lifestyle choices and self-care strategies.
• Identifies potential and realized barriers to care (e.g., transportation, childcare, elder care, housing, language, culture, literacy, role disparity, psychosocial, employment, financial, insurance) and facilitates referrals.
• Schedules or facilitates scheduling of appointments, diagnostic testing, and procedures to expedite the plan of care timely followup to promote continuity of care.
• Assesses patient and family learning needs to identify barriers to education (e.g., literacy, language, cultural influences, comorbidities).
• Collaborates with multidisciplinary team to develop patients’ clinical treatment plan.
• Educates the patient/family/caregiver on diagnosis, treatment options, side effect management, post treatment and survivorship.
• Acts as a liaison and advocate between the patients, families, caregivers and health care providers to promote and optimize patient outcomes.
• Contributes to Cancer program development, implementation, and evaluation within the healthcare system and community.
• Contributes to the knowledge base of the healthcare community and in support of the ONN role through activities such as involvement in professional organizations, presentations, publications, and research.
• Participates in system committees such as magnet, cancer, nursing council, safety, cultural competency/diversity, patient education, professional nursing council.

Benefits

• Full Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, etc.
• 403(b) with company match
• Generous paid time off
• Incredible Work/Life benefits including annual membership to care.com, access to backup care services for dependents through Care@Work, retirement planning services, financial coaching, fitness and wellness reimbursement, and great discounts through several vendors for hotels, rental cars, theme parks, shows, sporting events, movie tickets and much more!
• health insurance
• paid time off
• retirement
• an employee assistance program

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 1-10 employees