RN - Nurse Navigator
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) license
- Experience as a Nurse Navigator
- Experience in oncology or cancer patient care
- Ability to coordinate, negotiate, and manage patient care
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills
- Ability to work autonomously
- Familiarity with clinical guidelines
- Understanding of healthcare systems
- Ability to manage accreditation standards and program analytics
- Support and execution of specific initiatives
Responsibilities
- Acts as a guide and advocate for patients diagnosed with cancer.
- Coordinates, negotiates, and procures services and resources for cancer patients.
- Manages the care of cancer patients to facilitate quality and cost-efficient outcomes from screening to survivorship.
- Assists patients throughout their care continuum to ensure proper acute and supportive treatment is provided consistently and timely.
- Focuses on the patient and family, ensuring active participation and decision-making in their care.
- Guides patients through the healthcare system.
- Works with physicians and multidisciplinary team members for diagnosis or treatment.
- Provides adjunctive therapy.
- Coordinates and maintains patient appointments.
- Answers patient questions according to clinical guidelines.
- Ensures timely access to healthcare services.
- Provides patient information and education.
- Manages and assists with accreditation standards.
- Assists with program-related analytics as assigned by the manager.
- Supports and helps execute specific Baptist Cancer Institute initiatives as directed.
Benefits
- Not-for-profit health care system
- Commitment to improving quality of life
- Extensive primary and specialty care provider network
- One of the largest non-governmental employers in northwest Florida
- Equal Opportunity Employer
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
