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About The Position

Requirements

• High school or GED required.
• Two + years experience in clinical or community resource settings; care coordination experience is desirable.
• Must have experience in a healthcare clinical or community setting, experience in an outpatient oncology setting is desirable.
• Must demonstrate a service-oriented approach and be a team player willing to support any SKCC patient.
• Required completion of the George Washington University Cancer Center Oncology Patient Navigator Training, a 20 hour self-paced course for non-clinical navigators, and exhibit competency in each of the 8 domains

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor Degree preferred.
• care coordination experience is desirable.
• experience in an outpatient oncology setting is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Serves as the point of contact, advocate, and informational resource for patients, care team, family/caregiver(s).
• Promotes timely access to appropriate care such as helping to schedule appointments
• Gathers records, organizes and supports Tumor Boards and Multidisciplinary Clinic(s) and preparation for effective oncology appointments
• Monitors and promotes adherence to a care plan, developed in coordination with the patient, PCP, oncologist and family/caregiver(s)
• Supports communication between the care team and the patient, facilitates screening and addresses barriers to care and documents all interactions in the patient’s electronic record
• Connects patients to relevant community resources, with goal of enhancing patient health and well-being, increasing patient satisfaction, and reducing health care costs
• Interacts with co-workers, visitors, and other staff consistent with the values of Jefferson.
• Identification and support of high risk patients
• Facilitate and attend meetings between patient, family/caregiver(s), care team, and shares community resources as needed
• Responsible for regular outreach to patients being served by the Oncology Navigation Team to check-in, ensure their needs are being met and raise awareness of new or established SKCC offerings
• Responsible for coordinating services related to patient education, treatment (including tests and labs), support and follow up care
• Support program growth and patient experience in all patient interactions

Benefits

• Jefferson offers a comprehensive package of benefits for full-time and part-time colleagues, including medical (including prescription), supplemental insurance, dental, vision, life and AD&D insurance, short- and long-term disability, flexible spending accounts, retirement plans, tuition assistance, as well as voluntary benefits, which provide colleagues with access to group rates on insurance and discounts.
• Colleagues have access to tuition discounts at Thomas Jefferson University after one year of full time service or two years of part time service.
• All colleagues, including those who work less than part-time (including per diem colleagues, adjunct faculty, and Jeff Temps ), have access to medical (including prescription) insurance.
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