Registered Nurse - Cancer Care Navigator

Veterans Health Administration • Kings, NY

1d • Onsite

About The Position

The Registered Nurse - Cancer Care Navigator is accountable for the nursing process when providing or supervising direct patient care. The nurse assesses, plans, implements, and evaluates care using age-specific considerations and coordinates care focused on patient education, self-management, and customer satisfaction across the continuum of care.

The role manages and coordinates care and disposition planning for cancer patients, helping Veterans, families, and caregivers identify appropriate services for complex health care needs. The nurse coordinates with providers across levels and sites of care, interfaces with VA and community programs, and oversees the patient's diagnostic and treatment journey to ensure appointments and care steps are scheduled, timely, and completed. The position also works with outside referral agencies to ensure their business and clinical practices comply with regulatory standards.

The nurse assesses patient information and needs relative to age-specific requirements, provides guidance and education to patients and caregivers, and collaborates with professionals and the interdisciplinary care team. The role addresses patients' and families' psychosocial, nursing, and medical needs and ensures that each plan of care and its educational requirements are individualized.

This is a non-virtual position with a day tour schedule and 25% travel. Permanent Change of Station is not authorized.

Requirements

• Proficiency in basic written and spoken English.
• Graduation from an appropriately accredited school of professional nursing, subject to the stated education pathways and exceptions.
• Current, full, active, and unrestricted professional nurse registration in a U.S. State, Territory, or Commonwealth, or the District of Columbia, subject to the stated Graduate Nurse Technician exception.
• Meet the applicable education and professional nursing experience requirements for the assigned Nurse grade and level.
• U.S. citizenship, except that non-citizens may be appointed when qualified citizens cannot be recruited in accordance with VA policy.
• Selected applicants must pass a pre-employment physical evaluation and are subject to a background/security investigation and drug screening requirements.
• Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is required for VA Health Care Personnel.
• Males born after December 31, 1959, must meet Selective Service registration requirements.

Nice To Haves

• Minimum 2 years of oncology experience.

Responsibilities

• Provide patient management, care coordination, and disposition planning for cancer patients.
• Help Veterans, family members, and caregivers access appropriate options and services for complex health care needs.
• Coordinate care with providers across levels and sites of care.
• Interface with VA and community programs to support continuity of care.
• Oversee patients' progress through the diagnostic and treatment continuum, ensuring care steps are scheduled, timely, and completed, and tracking the overall treatment plan.
• Interface with outside referral agencies and ensure their business and clinical practices comply with regulatory standards.
• Assess patient-status information and identify care requirements relative to age-specific needs.
• Provide guidance and education to patients and caregivers, collaborating with professionals at all levels.
• Address psychosocial, nursing, and medical needs of patients and families or caregivers through participation in the interdisciplinary care team.
• Individualize plans of care and educational requirements to support each patient's needs.
• Assess, plan, implement, and evaluate nursing care, including supervising direct patient care.

Benefits

• Competitive salary and regular salary increases, with potential for performance awards.
• 50 days of paid time off per year: 26 days annual leave, 13 days sick leave, and 11 paid Federal holidays.
• Traditional federal pension with five-year vesting.
• Federal 401(k), with VA contributions up to 5%.
• Federal health, vision, dental, term life, and long-term care insurance; many federal insurance programs can be carried into retirement.

What This Job Offers

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