Oncology Nurse Navigator- University Urology - HCA - USA Health Physicians Group

USA Health•Mobile, AL

About The Position

USA Health is seeking an Oncology Nurse Navigator for University Urology. The role ensures patients receive quality, comprehensive, coordinated oncology care and promotes timely access to appropriate care, preventive services, patient self-management, and shared decision-making. The navigator represents the multidisciplinary team as an advocate, interpreter, educator, and counselor for patients, families, and referring providers, and serves as a primary contact and information resource for patients, caregivers, payers, care teams, and community resources. The navigator coordinates care from screening through survivorship, develops treatment and survivorship care plans with patients and families, monitors adherence and progress, evaluates effectiveness, and facilitates changes as needed. The role provides patient and family education, coordinates chemotherapy education before treatment, documents teaching, supports families through difficult decisions, and helps address unmet health and social needs and barriers to care. The navigator collaborates with primary and specialty providers, coordinates tests, procedures, appointments, and treatments, makes referrals to supportive services, and assists eligible patients with clinical-trial coordination. The position participates in multidisciplinary consultations and tumor conferences, serves as a liaison between patients and medical staff, and acts as a clinical liaison to the Institutional Clinical Trials office. It also delivers intravesical agents and provides clinical oversight at designated infusion centers and ambulatory care settings, while identifying and navigating bladder cancer patients to appropriate clinical trials and therapeutic pathways. Employees must complete department, educational, and hospital requirements and follow infection-control and safety standards. Regular and prompt attendance is required, and the employee must work the defined schedule and overtime as required.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in nursing from an accredited institution and 5 years of professional nursing experience, including 3 years in oncology; or graduation from an accredited school of nursing and 7 years of professional nursing experience, including 5 years in oncology.
RN licensure in Alabama or compact-state licensure in accordance with the Nurse Licensure Compact, required upon hire.
Certification to administer chemotherapy within 180 days.
Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with demonstrated ability to collaborate across departments and disciplines.
Comparable combinations of education and experience may substitute for the stated requirements.

Nice To Haves

Master's degree in nursing may substitute for 1 year of required experience.
ACLS certification within 180 days.

Responsibilities

Ensure University Urology patients receive quality, comprehensive, coordinated care.
Promote timely access to appropriate care, preventive services, patient self-management, and shared decision-making.
Advocate for, educate, counsel, and interpret information for oncology patients, families, and referring providers on behalf of the multidisciplinary team.
Develop treatment and survivorship care plans with patients, families, and the multidisciplinary team, and promote adherence to those plans.
Serve as a primary contact, advocate, and information resource for patients, care teams, families and caregivers, payers, and community resources.
Coordinate and guide cancer care from screening through survivorship.
Plan and monitor care with patients, including unmet health and social needs.
Monitor adherence to care plans and patient progress, evaluate effectiveness, facilitate changes, and support patients and caregivers in determining their desired level of coordination.
Assess, plan, implement, and evaluate oncology patient care on an ongoing basis.
Educate patients and families to help make care seamless, continuous, and comprehensive.
Initiate chemotherapy education appointments and coordinate completion before chemotherapy begins.
Document patient and family teaching based on assessed needs, and respond to requests for information about disease processes, expected treatment side effects, and community resources.
Support families through difficult decisions, coordinate care, and provide emotional support.
Support primary and specialty provider co-management through timely communication, follow-up, and integration of information into care plans, including during care transitions and referrals.
Assist in identifying high-risk patients, including chronically ill patients and those with special health care needs.
Coordinate tests, procedures, appointments, and treatments across healthcare disciplines, and help patients overcome barriers such as transportation and financial concerns.
Refer patients to supportive care services, including nutritionists, social workers, counselors, and financial counselors.
Assist eligible patients with coordination of care with clinical-trial coordinators.
Participate in multidisciplinary consultations and tumor conferences and serve as a liaison between patients and medical staff and services.
Serve as clinical liaison to the Institutional Clinical Trials office to support integration into approved clinical-trial protocols.
Deliver intravesical agents and provide clinical oversight at designated infusion centers and ambulatory care settings.
Track, identify, and navigate bladder cancer patients into appropriate clinical trials and therapeutic pathways.
Complete mandatory department, educational, and hospital requirements and adhere to current infection-control and safety standards.
Maintain regular and prompt attendance, work the defined schedule and overtime as required, and perform related duties as assigned.