ONCOLOGY NURSE NAVIGATOR-PPN

Premier Health•Centerville, OH

About The Position

The Oncology Nurse Navigator is a registered nurse (RN) who provides comprehensive, patient‑centered care coordination, navigation, and direct clinical nursing services across the outpatient oncology and ambulatory care continuum. This role supports patients and families from diagnosis through treatment and follow‑up, ensuring care is timely, appropriate, safe, and coordinated while optimizing patient outcomes, experience, and quality measures. The RN practices to full scope of licensure, serves as a clinical expert and patient advocate, partners with multidisciplinary teams, and supports quality improvement initiatives in alignment with organizational goals and regulatory standards. The RN partners with and advocates for patients/families/significant others to provide physical, emotional and spiritual support which impacts patient outcomes. The RN is responsible for seeing that patients receive treatment services that are timely, appropriate, and comprehensive. This is accomplished through identification of patients’ needs and working collaboratively with a multi-disciplinary team across the in-patient and out-patient continuum of care. The RN supports patient/family education, monitors the recommended treatment plan, and sees that appropriate follow up occurs in the outpatient setting. The RN also monitors identified quality measures and works with the multi-disciplinary team to reach expected outcomes. The RN functions in a versatile role that demonstrates professionalism and promotes excellence and autonomy in the practice of Nursing. The RN utilizes the nursing process in conjunction with evidence-based principles to care for a diverse caseload of patients within the department's scope of service. The RN serves as guide, healer, collaborator, teacher, leader and sentry. The RN collaborates with and guides care delivered by the inter-professional team. The RN is accountable for compliance with the Ohio Nurse Practice Act, Nursing Code of Ethics, and applicable regulatory standards.

Requirements

Associate degree in Nursing
Valid Ohio RN license
Current CPR certification required at the time of hire.
1 - 3 years of job-related experience
Nursing experience required.
Must be able to multitask with constant interruptions while maintaining a pleasant demeanor
Basic computer knowledge
Strong organization skills
Effective interpersonal and communication skills

Nice To Haves

Bachelor’s Degree
Certification in area of specialty preferred
Oncology or Navigator nursing experience

Responsibilities

Provide comprehensive, patient‑centered care coordination, navigation, and direct clinical nursing services across the outpatient oncology and ambulatory care continuum.
Support patients and families from diagnosis through treatment and follow‑up, ensuring care is timely, appropriate, safe, and coordinated.
Optimize patient outcomes, experience, and quality measures.
Practice to full scope of licensure.
Serve as a clinical expert and patient advocate.
Partner with multidisciplinary teams.
Support quality improvement initiatives in alignment with organizational goals and regulatory standards.
Partner with and advocate for patients/families/significant others to provide physical, emotional and spiritual support.
Ensure patients receive treatment services that are timely, appropriate, and comprehensive.
Identify patients’ needs and work collaboratively with a multi-disciplinary team across the in-patient and out-patient continuum of care.
Support patient/family education.
Monitor the recommended treatment plan.
Ensure appropriate follow up occurs in the outpatient setting.
Monitor identified quality measures and work with the multi-disciplinary team to reach expected outcomes.
Utilize the nursing process in conjunction with evidence-based principles to care for a diverse caseload of patients.
Collaborate with and guide care delivered by the inter-professional team.
Ensure compliance with the Ohio Nurse Practice Act, Nursing Code of Ethics, and applicable regulatory standards.