Job Description
Overview
The Oncology Nurse Navigator (Part-time, 3 days a week) is an RN that is responsible for providing individual assistance to patients, families, and caregivers to overcome health care system barriers and provide timely access to quality healthcare within a community oncology setting. Utilizing the nursing process, the Oncology Nurse Navigator provides patient education and access to relevant internal and external resources. Primary objectives are to facilitate informed decision making and timely access to high quality health and psychosocial care through all phases of the cancer continuum. Routine collaboration with internal departments and external referral resources are anticipated, including scheduling, financial counseling, lab, pharmacy, social work, nursing, surgical, radiation and imaging, dietary, and others. Regular and frequent interface with practice-based leadership teams, physicians, and clinical staff is required to promote and engage the patient navigation process.
About the company:
OHC has served as the region's premier provider of treatments for cancer and blood disorders, offering a wide range of services and state-of-the-art treatments and technologies, as well as being nationally recognized for cutting edge clinical research breakthroughs in Southwest Ohio area for over 30 years. Serving patients close to home through our Cancer Centers of Excellence in Fairfield, Hamilton, West side of Cincinnati, Blue Ash, Kenwood, Springfield, Eastgate, and Dayton, Ohio, OHC puts patients first by delivering compassionate and convenient care, tailored to meet a patient's medical and personal needs.
Why choose OHC?
You take care of our patients, so we take care of you. OHC's benefits include:
3 Health Insurance Plans to choose from
2 Dental and 2 Vision insurance plans
A company matched 401K plan
Profit sharing plan for clinical employees
Competitive salaries
Company paid short term / long term disability / life insurance
Paid Holidays
A generous PTO plan
Tuition Reimbursement
Professional Development Program
Nationwide Discounts at your favorite hotels, resorts and retailers just for being an OHC employee
Wellness Program
Yearly merit raises
Opportunities for advancement
Responsibilities
Key Responsibilities include but are not limited to:
Performs coordination of care during the full continuum of cancer care experience
Identifies potential and real gaps in care delivery; seeks out opportunities for avoidance and/or closure
Prepares for, organizes and leads the Patient Care Conference (huddle) at regular intervals; communicates interventional outcomes to full care team in a timely manner
Performs assessment of patient risk stratification
Performs basic psychosocial assessments and provides emotional support; delegates and/or make referrals for additional screening and support as needed
Develops appropriate nursing diagnoses and corresponding action plans as needed
Supports and/or provides oral chemotherapy education, adherence and side effect monitoring
Holds or participates in survivorship and advance care planning visits; makes referrals as needed
Participates in research, quality, and performance improvement, including reporting on navigation metrics
Supports patient advocacy and empowerment
Participates in community outreach and cancer prevention education
Knowledgeable of practice operations guidelines, practice organization and healthcare economics
Qualifications
The ideal candidate is empathetic, highly organized, friendly, flexible and able to multi-task. Position requirements include:
Minimum Requirements:
Bachelor's prepared Registered Nurse (BSN), Oncology Certification (OCN) preferred, Nurse Navigator Certification a plus
5 (five) years work experience as a Registered Nurse in an oncology practice or clinic
Critical Skills:
Demonstrated leadership, interpersonal and collaboration skills
Ability to apply the full nursing process in day-to-day clinical operations, including assessment, analysis and nursing diagnosis, care planning, implementation and outcomes evaluation
Ability to assess health disparities, identify needs of populations and cultures found within the general facility service area, describe a patient navigation process to address those needs, and document outcomes
Ability to prioritize and re-prioritize quickly
Strong organizational and critical thinking skills
Ability to apply and/or oversee care coordination in conjunction with the multidisciplinary team
Strong verbal and written communication skills
Additional Knowledge/Skills
Working computer and internet skills, including an electronic EMR system
Basic knowledge of local community resources
PHYSICAL DEMANDS:
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Requires full range of body motion including handling and lifting patients, manual and finger dexterity, and eye-hand coordination. Requires standing and walking for extensive periods of time. Occasionally lifts and carries items weighing up to 40 lbs. Requires corrected vision and hearing to normal range.
-Required to lift and assist patients as requested.
WORK ENVIRONMENT:
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Exposure to communicable diseases, toxic substances, ionizing radiation, medical preparations and other conditions common to an oncology/hematology clinic environment may occur.
The US Oncology Network is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or protected veteran status.
