Oncology Nurse Navigator (FT-Day, 40hrs/week) - Cancer Programs - Cherry Hill, NJ

Thomas Jefferson University • Cherry Hill, NJ

20h • Onsite

About The Position

The Oncology Nurse Navigator provides expert individualized care coordination to patients and their families, ensuring a timely schedule for diagnostic work-up, results reporting, and communication between the patient and the multidisciplinary team. They ensure the patient receives necessary referrals and follow-up. The Oncology Nurse Navigator serves as an advocate for the patient, promoting timely, competent, compassionate care and enhances the physician/patient relationship, improving the patient's experience with cancer. This role involves interacting with co-workers, visitors, and other staff consistent with the values of Jefferson. It also requires collaborating and continuously partnering with chronically ill or high-risk patients and their family/caregiver(s), clinic/hospital/specialty providers and staff, and community resources in a team approach. The role includes evaluating the needs of cancer patients, educating them about their cancer diagnosis, and preparing them and their caregivers for what to expect throughout the cancer care continuum. A key responsibility is creating and promoting adherence to a care plan developed in coordination with the patient, PCP, oncologist, and family/caregiver(s). The position provides clinical support to Patient Navigators and Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center (SKCC) patients, educates patients and families about disease process and potential side effects, and assists patients with treatment decision-making using decision aids as appropriate. The role also involves attending and supporting Tumor Boards, reducing emergency room utilization and hospital readmissions through outpatient symptom management, and following patients throughout the care continuum, including inpatient admissions in collaboration with inpatient care management resources. Additionally, the Oncology Nurse Navigator supports transitions of care and coordination between SKCC sites, provides clinical consultation to Patient Navigators, and educates multidisciplinary colleagues about the role of Nurse and Patient Navigators, identified barriers, available resources, and the navigation process. Finally, the role supports program growth and patient experience in all patient interactions.

Requirements

• Graduate of an accredited school of nursing required.
• Three (3) years of Healthcare/Medical experience.
• Experience in Oncology/Cancer Care preferred.

Nice To Haves

• BSN or completion of BSN within 3 years of hire strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provides expert individualized care coordination to patients and their families.
• Ensures a timely schedule for diagnostic work-up, results reporting, and communication between the patient and the multidisciplinary team.
• Ensures the patient receives necessary referrals and follow-up.
• Serves as an advocate for the patient, promoting timely, competent, compassionate care.
• Enhances the physician/patient relationship and improves the patient's experience with cancer.
• Interacts with co-workers, visitors, and other staff consistent with the values of Jefferson.
• Collaborates and continuously partners with chronically ill or high-risk patients and their family/caregiver(s), clinic/hospital/specialty providers and staff, and community resources in a team approach.
• Evaluates the needs of cancer patients and educates them about their cancer diagnosis.
• Prepares patients and caregivers for what to expect throughout the cancer care continuum.
• Creates and promotes adherence to a care plan, developed in coordination with the patient, PCP, oncologist, and family/caregiver(s).
• Provides clinical support to Patient Navigators and Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center (SKCC) patients.
• Educates patients and families about disease process and potential side effects.
• Assists patient with treatment decision making; develop and use decision aids as appropriate.
• Attends and supports Tumor Boards.
• Reduces emergency room utilization and hospital readmissions through outpatient symptom management.
• Follows patients throughout the care continuum including inpatient admissions in collaboration with inpatient care management resources.
• Supports transitions of care and coordination between SKCC sites.
• Provides clinical consultation to the Patient Navigators.
• Educates multidisciplinary colleagues about the role of the Nurse and Patient Navigators, identified barriers, available resources, and the navigation process.
• Supports program growth and patient experience in all patient interactions.

Benefits

• Medical (including prescription)
• Supplemental insurance
• Dental
• Vision
• Life and AD&D insurance
• Short- and long-term disability
• Flexible spending accounts
• Retirement plans
• Tuition assistance
• Voluntary benefits (access to group rates on insurance and discounts)
• Tuition discounts at Thomas Jefferson University after one year of full time service or two years of part time service.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Associate degree