RN Navigator - Cancer Center (Full Time, Day Shift)
About The Position
This role acts as a patient advocate, guiding patients through the oncology care system. The RN Navigator establishes contact with newly diagnosed cancer patients and/or their family members or caregivers. They understand clinical care options and direct patients to healthcare services within the organization, at outside facilities, and within the community for timely treatment and survivorship. The position actively identifies and addresses population and patient-specific barriers to care that might prevent timely and appropriate treatment. The RN Navigator connects patients with resources, healthcare, and support services in their communities. This role supports the physician and interdisciplinary team in facilitating patient care with the objective of enhancing the quality of clinical outcomes and patient satisfaction. The role also implements day-to-day care management interventions for identified clinic patients.
Requirements
- Registered Nurse (RN) licensure in the state of practice: Required
Nice To Haves
- Bachelor's Degree in Nursing (BSN): Preferred
- Oncology nursing experience: Preferred
- Experience in healthcare screening or cancer control activities: Preferred
- Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) certification or Basic Life Support (BLS) certification from approved vendor per AH policy: Preferred
- Oncology Certified Nurse (OCN): Preferred
Responsibilities
- Assists patient and family in identifying and accessing appropriate institutional and community resources.
- Implements appropriate care intervention and follow-up to ensure patients receive timely care, preventing delays and access to appropriate services and follow up instructions from managing physicians.
- Interacts with other hospital departments in fulfilling the needs of the patients.
- Makes initial and ongoing assessments of patient needs (clinical, emotional and social) and makes appropriate recommendations or referrals for care.
- Facilitates the timely completion and confidential reporting of diagnostic testing results to patients and families with interpretation, as well as to ordering clinicians through active tracking of ordered tests.
- Collaborates with the team of patient, family, and healthcare providers in providing patient care in a safe, healing, humane, and caring environment.
- Provides learning opportunities for patients/family members and team members.
- Directly provides health information to patients, families, and treatment team.
- Documents coordinator and patient interactions in electronic or hardcopy chart in a manner consistent with hospital standards.
- Creates reports from patient data such as volumes and outcomes.
- Monitors, analyzes, and reports to the clinic governing body clinical and operational key indicators and identifies opportunities for performance improvement.
- Assists research nurses and oncologists with accruing eligible patients to clinical trials.
- Performs duties relevant to clinical trials including obtaining informed consent and patient instruction regarding study design and purpose.
- Assesses and documents clinical trial patient's physiological and psychological condition as required by research protocol.
- Complies with clinical trial protocols regarding data collection and coordination of direct clinical care.
- Performs other job-related duties as assigned.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
