Registered Nurse, Imaging Nurse Navigator

City of Hope•Zion, IL

3d•Onsite

About The Position

City of Hope is hiring a Registered Nurse to coordinate the new intake pathway for undiagnosed breast patients at its Zion and Morton Grove breast care centers. The nurse assesses, coordinates, plans, monitors, implements, and evaluates patients’ plans of care to support optimal quality and clinical outcomes, and provides direct and indirect professional nursing care. The role also assists with breast biopsies in the Mammography, Ultrasound, and MRI departments at the Zion site. The Imaging Nurse Navigator abstracts relevant medical history and ensures required documentation is complete and available. Under the radiologist’s direction, the nurse facilitates patient education across imaging modalities, ensures biopsy orders are correct and scheduled in the recommended modality, and tracks prior biopsies and outside films, including surgical markers. The nurse assists with biopsies and related procedural charting in Epic, including consent and time-out documentation; work may also involve documenting medications, supplies, and implants, and pulling intra-procedure medications from Pyxis. The nurse educates patients after biopsies, gathers results, and may attend follow-up consultations. The role includes calling non-oncology patients with biopsy results and explaining the care pathway. The nurse also collaborates with clinic and surgical teams to develop a breast drain process for post-operative breast and axillary seromas and educates patients about output and removal. As part of the Imaging healthcare team, the nurse performs duties in accordance with facility policies, regulatory requirements, and nursing best practices, including limited central-line care, procedure assistance, and medication administration. This is an onsite position at the Zion site, Monday through Friday, 7:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., with no call and no holidays.

Requirements

Graduate of an NLNAC- or CCNE-accredited school of Nursing.
1–2 years of clinical nursing experience.
Illinois RN State License.
BLS certification required.

Responsibilities

Coordinate the intake pathway for undiagnosed breast patients at the Zion and Morton Grove breast care centers.
Assess, coordinate, plan, monitor, implement, and evaluate patients’ plans of care.
Abstract relevant patient medical history and ensure required documentation is complete and available.
Facilitate patient education about proposed breast imaging care plans under the radiologist’s direction.
Ensure breast biopsy orders are correct and scheduled in the imaging modality recommended by the radiologist.
Track prior biopsies and outside films, including negative and positive biopsy history, and confirm prior outside surgical markers are accounted for in planning.
Assist with breast biopsies in Mammography, Ultrasound, and MRI at the Zion site.
Complete procedural charting in Epic for consent and time-out; document medications, supplies, and implants as applicable, and pull intra-procedure medications from Pyxis as needed.
Educate patients after biopsies.
Gather biopsy results and, when applicable, attend follow-up consultations.
Call non-oncology patients with biopsy results and explain the care pathway.
Collaborate with clinic and surgical teams to develop a breast drain process for post-operative breast and axillary seromas, and educate patients on output and removal.
Provide patient care in the Imaging department in accordance with facility policies, regulatory requirements, and nursing best practices, including limited central-line care, procedure assistance, and medication administration.