Oncology RN Navigator-Per Diem

Beth Israel Lahey Health • Plymouth, MN

1d • $37 - $76

About The Position

When you join the growing BILH team, you're not just taking a job, you’re making a difference in people’s lives. This Per Diem position involves varied hours/shifts according to operational need. The Oncology RN Navigator coordinates care for patients preparing to start treatment, including pre-treatment labs, imaging, referrals, venous access placement, and treatment plans. This role collaborates and communicates professionally with a multidisciplinary team including oncologists, radiation oncology, nutrition, social work, and spiritual care to provide comprehensive care to medical oncology patients. The navigator acts as a liaison between patients, families, caregivers, and providers to optimize patient outcomes, and serves as a point of contact between inpatient and outpatient oncology patients to facilitate timely discharge, appropriate outpatient follow-up, pre-treatment education, and acts as a liaison for oncologists and hospitalists/in-house providers. The position also establishes and coordinates a supportive care plan, and development of survivorship care plans as recommended by the Commission on Cancer. Active participation in palliative care and multidisciplinary team meetings is expected, functioning as the outpatient clinical representative to identify and refer patients who could benefit from palliative and/or multidisciplinary intervention(s). Patient/family education regarding chemotherapy/immunotherapy is provided, and the role works in collaboration with the authorization and billing team, Resource nurse, and pharmacy to ensure prior authorization and delivery of chemotherapy agents. The navigator works closely with concurrent patients and the multidisciplinary team to help streamline the treatment process, appointments, and address obstacles. The role assesses the physical and psychosocial status of clients through interview, health history, physical examination, and diagnostic studies, recognizing deviations from normal and collaborating with a physician in formulating treatment plans. Objective and accurate documentation of patient care in the electronic health record is required. Relationships are established with professional and/or other health-related groups within the community, and clinical expertise is shared with professional and supportive personnel. Adherence to organizational policies and standard operating procedures, including attendance guidelines, is mandatory. Collaboration with the oncology leadership team to compose, update, and/or edit department-based policies and procedures is also a responsibility. The role collaborates in organizing community oncology events with the oncology team and leadership to support cancer care awareness and programs. Demonstrates professionalism, accountability, and positive leadership qualities, and assumes professional responsibility for current practice and professional growth. It is understood that this is a summary of key job functions and does not include every detail of the job that may reasonably be required.

Requirements

• Evidence of continuing education.
• Demonstrated proficiency in basic nursing care.
• Five years of recent oncology nursing experience.
• Demonstrates an ability to assess patient’s needs, make appropriate referrals.
• Ability to communicate and work effectively with the physical and emotional developments of all age groups.
• Experience in program development.
• Knowledge of community resources
• Demonstrates ability to work in a team setting
• Interpersonal skills necessary to interact effectively with members of the interdisciplinary team, including physicians, as well as external customers, to achieve desired clinical service and financial outcomes.
• Leadership skills including group facilitation and conflict management
• Ability to set priorities and meet deadlines
• Multi-tasking skill is critical
• Neat and well-groomed appearance
• Capable of comprehending, executing, acting, and directing independently under the established guidelines of the position.
• BSN Required
• Broad knowledge of community health concepts, services and resources.
• Current RN License in Massachusetts.

Nice To Haves

• MSN Preferred
• Oncology Certification in Nursing (OCN) preferred
• Chemo/Bio Administration Certification

Responsibilities

• Coordinates care for patients preparing to start treatment including but not limited to: pre-treatment labs, imaging, referrals, venous access placement, treatment plans.
• Collaborates and communicates professionally with multidisciplinary team including oncologists, radiation oncology, nutrition, social work, spiritual care etc, to provide comprehensive care to our medical oncology patients.
• Act as a liaison between patients, families, caregivers, and providers to optimize patient outcomes.
• Act as point of contact between inpatient and outpatient oncology patients to facilitate timely discharge, appropriate outpatient follow-up, pre-treatment education, and act as liaison for oncologists and hospitalists/in-house providers.
• Establishes and coordinates a supportive care plan, and development of survivorship care plans as recommended by the Commission on Cancer.
• Active participation in palliative care, and multidisciplinary team meetings. Function as the outpatient clinical representative to identify and refer any patient(s) who could benefit from palliative and/or multidisciplinary intervention(s)
• Provides patient/family education regarding chemotherapy/immunotherapy utilizing current literature as updated/edited through your professional review of approved professional sources.
• Works in collaboration with authorization and billing team, Resource nurse and pharmacy as the clinical representative to ensure prior authorization and delivery of chemotherapy agents.
• Work closely with concurrent patients and multidisciplinary team to help streamline the treatment process, appointments, and address obstacles.
• Assesses the physical and psychosocial status of clients by means of interview, health history, physical examination, and diagnostic studies.
• Recognizes deviations from normal in the physical assessment. Works in collaboration with a physician in formulating treatment plans for health problems and follow-up.
• Completes objective and accurate documentation of patient care in the electronic health record
• Establishes relationships with professional and/or other health-related groups within the community, and shares clinical expertise with professional and supportive personnel.
• Comprehends and adheres to the policies and standard operating procedures of the organization. This includes, but is not limited to attendance guidelines regarding timeliness of notification, and promptness in reporting for duty.
• Collaborates with the oncology leadership team to compose, update, and/or edit the department-based policies and procedures
• Collaborate in organizing community oncology events with oncology team and leadership to support our commitment of bringing cancer care awareness and programs to those most in need.
• Demonstrates professionalism, accountability, and positive leadership qualities
• Assumes professional responsibility for current practice and professional growth.

Benefits

• The pay range listed for this position is the base hourly wage range the organization reasonably and in good faith expects to pay for this position at the time. Actual compensation is determined based on several factors, that may include seniority, education, training, relevant experience, relevant certifications, geography of work location, job responsibilities, or other applicable factors permissible by law. Compensation may exceed the base hourly rate depending on shift differentials, call pay, premium pay, overtime pay, and other additional pay practices, as applicable to the position and in accordance with the law.
• Beth Israel Lahey Health requires that all staff be vaccinated against influenza (flu) as a condition of employment.

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Senior