RN - Nurse Navigator - Oncology

Baptist Health Care • Pensacola, FL

1d • Onsite

About The Position

The RN- Nurse Navigator acts as a guide and advocate for patients diagnosed with cancer within the Baptist Cancer Institute and Baptist Healthcare. This is an autonomous role that coordinates, negotiates, procures services and resources for, and manages the care of cancer patients to facilitate achievement of quality and cost-efficient patient outcomes from screening to survivorship. This role assists the patient throughout their care continuum to ensure that proper acute and supportive treatment is provided in a consistent and timely manner by focusing on the patient and family while ensuring the patient's active participation and decision making in their care. The role guides patients through our comprehensive healthcare system, works with physicians and multidisciplinary team members to further diagnose or treat, provide adjunctive therapy, coordinate and maintain patient appointments, and answer patient's questions, according to the agreed-upon clinical guidelines, to coordinate high-quality patient care across all care delivery sites. The Nurse Navigator-Oncology ensures timely access to healthcare services and provides patient information and education, as needed, to ensure the best patient healthcare experience possible. The Nurse Navigator will manage and assist with any accreditation standards as well as program-related analytics as assigned by the manager. The Nurse Navigator also supports and helps execute specific Baptist Cancer Institute initiatives as directed by the Cancer Support Services Senior Manager.

Requirements

• Registered Nurse (RN)
• Experience as a Nurse Navigator
• Experience in Oncology
• Ability to coordinate, negotiate, and manage patient care.
• Ability to facilitate quality and cost-efficient patient outcomes.
• Ability to focus on patient and family-centered care.
• Ability to ensure patient participation and decision-making in care.
• Ability to work with physicians and multidisciplinary teams.
• Knowledge of clinical guidelines.
• Ability to ensure timely access to healthcare services.
• Ability to provide patient information and education.
• Ability to manage accreditation standards.
• Ability to manage program-related analytics.
• Ability to support and execute initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Acts as a guide and advocate for patients diagnosed with cancer.
• Coordinates, negotiates, procures services and resources for, and manages the care of cancer patients.
• Facilitates achievement of quality and cost-efficient patient outcomes from screening to survivorship.
• Assists the patient throughout their care continuum to ensure proper acute and supportive treatment is provided in a consistent and timely manner.
• Focuses on the patient and family while ensuring the patient's active participation and decision making in their care.
• Guides patients through the healthcare system.
• Works with physicians and multidisciplinary team members to further diagnose or treat.
• Provides adjunctive therapy.
• Coordinates and maintains patient appointments.
• Answers patient's questions according to agreed-upon clinical guidelines.
• Coordinates high-quality patient care across all care delivery sites.
• Ensures timely access to healthcare services.
• Provides patient information and education as needed.
• Manages and assists with accreditation standards.
• Manages and assists with program-related analytics as assigned by the manager.
• Supports and helps execute specific Baptist Cancer Institute initiatives as directed by the Cancer Support Services Senior Manager.

Benefits

• Not-for-profit health care system
• Commitment to improving the quality of life for people and communities
• Includes three hospitals, four medical parks, Andrews Institute for Orthopaedic & Sports Medicine, and an extensive primary and specialty care provider network.
• One of the largest non-governmental employers in northwest Florida.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior