Breast Center Nurse Navigator, 40 Hour Days

UMass Memorial Health; Worcester (MA); Hybrid; USD 87,000 - 157,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Sign-on bonus

Job summary

UMass Memorial Health in Worcester, MA is hiring a Breast Center Nurse Navigator for a full-time, 40-hour week hybrid role onsite 1-2 days. The nurse will guide patients through the diagnostic and treatment pathways, coordinate care, educate patients on options, and support families across departments.

The ideal candidate holds a BSN, MA RN license, at least 5 years oncology experience with breast cancer, and NAPBC accreditation or eligibility; strong communication and leadership skills are

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Nursing and MA RN licensure.
• 5+ years nursing experience.
• Oncology/breast cancer care experience preferred.
• NAPBC accreditation required for Breast Nurse Navigator.
• Strong communication and teaching skills.

Responsibilities

• Facilitates entry of patients into the diagnostic/treatment system and coordinates care.
• Assists patients in understanding their diagnosis, options and follow-up resources.
• Uses nursing process to assess physical and psychological status.
• Monitors progress and coordinates with healthcare team while maintaining post-care standards.
• Participates in multidisciplinary planning conferences and develops patient summaries.

Skills

Teaching

Consultation

Customer service

Leadership

Communication

Critical thinking

Teamwork

Education

Bachelor of Nursing

Massachusetts RN licensure

Master's in Nursing

Tools

EMR

Microsoft Office

Job description

## Breast Center Nurse Navigator, 40 Hour DaysApply: Hybrid 1-2 Working Caregivers (Onsite 1 - 2 days): Worcester, MA University Campus: Full time: Posted Today: R26105694# **Are you an internal caregiver, student, or contingent worker/agency worker at UMass Memorial Health? CLICK HERE to apply through your Workday account.****Exemption Status:**Exempt**Hiring Range:**$87,276.80 - $157,081.60(based on a full time schedule of 40 hours per week).Please note that the final offer will vary based on scheduled hours. Compensation for part-time or reduced schedules will be prorated based on scheduled weekly hours, experience, skills, qualifications, and internal equity considerations.**Schedule Details:**Monday through Friday**Scheduled Hours:**8:00 - 16:30**Shift:**1 - Day Shift, 8 Hours (United States of America)**Hours:**40**Cost Center:**10010 - 3682 Cancer CenterThis position may have a signing bonus available a member of the Recruitment Team will confirm eligibility during the interview process.# # **Everyone Is a Caregiver**At UMass Memorial Health, everyone is a caregiver – regardless of their title or responsibilities. Exceptional patient care, academic excellence and leading-edge research make UMass Memorial the premier health system of Central Massachusetts, and a place where we can help you build the career you deserve. We are more than 20,000 employees, working together as one health system in a relentless pursuit of healing for our patients, community and each other. And everyone, in their own unique way, plays an important part, every day.Guides patients through the healthcare system from screening through diagnosis and follow up, by assisting with access issues, developing relationships with service providers and tracking interventions and outcomes. Promotes a positive work environment which emphasizes respect to our customers, patients, patients’ families, providers, caregivers, and other departments. Serves as a clinical expert in the care of these patients.**New Caregivers Receive a $5,000.00 Sign On Bonus** **I. Major Responsibilities:**1. Facilitates the entry of patients into the diagnostic and/or treatment system and coordinates their care including family involvement. Follows the patients throughout the continuum of health care services across multiple departments.2. Assists patients in understanding their diagnosis, treatment options, recommended follow up and resources available.3. Utilizes nursing process to comprehensively assess the patients’ physical and psychological sta-tus.4. Evaluates progress of patients along the continuum and is responsible for professional and per-sonal modifications along with the healthcare team as appropriate. May assist with tracking of post care patients to ensure post treatment standards of care are met along with referrals. As necessary, ensures that patients receive clinical satisfaction surveys.5. Coordinates and participates in multidisciplinary planning conferences, collaboratively assists with the development of patient summaries for use by care team. **II. Position Qualifications:**License/Certification/Education:Required:1. Bachelor’s degree in Nursing.2. Current Massachusetts Registered Nurse licensure and registration. Preferred:1. Masters Degree in Nursing.Experience/Skills:Required:1. Minimum of 5 years nursing experience.2. Excellent teaching, consultation, and customer service skills.3. Excellent critical thinking skills.4. Demonstrates leadership experience.5. Excellent verbal and written communications skills.6. Computer literate with knowledge of Microsoft Office products. Preferred:1. Skilled with utilization of EMR and other software.2. Experience with Project Management. Unless certification, licensure or registration is required, an equivalent combination of education and experience which provides proficiency in the areas of responsibility listed in this description may be substituted for the above requirements.Department-specific competencies and their measurements will be developed and maintained in the individual departments. The competencies will be maintained and attached to the departmental job description. Responsible managers will review competencies with position incumbents. **III. Physical Demands and Environmental Conditions:**Work is considered sedentary. Position requires work indoors in a patient care and office environment.**ADDENDUM FOR NURSE NAVIGATOR CANCER CENTER ROLE****Position Summary:**Same.**Major Responsibilities:**Same**Differences in Qualifications:**License/Certification/Education:Required:1. Breast Nurse Navigators require accreditation through NAPBC.Preferred:1. Oncology Certification preferred unless a Breast Nurse Navigator.**Experience/Skills:**Required:1. Minimum of 5 years oncology experience in specific disease site (breast, lung, GI, etc) and post-surgical nursing.All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.We’re striving to make respect a part of everything we do at UMass Memorial Health – for our patients, our community and each other. Our six Standards of Respect are: Acknowledge, Listen, Communicate, Be Responsive, Be a Team Player and Be Kind. If you share these Standards of Respect, we hope you will join our team and help us make respect our standard for everyone, every day.As an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer, UMass Memorial Health recognizes the power of a diverse community and encourages applications from individuals with varied experiences, perspectives and backgrounds. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, gender identity and expression, protected veteran status or other status protected by law.If you are unable to submit an application because of incompatible assistive technology or a disability, please contact us at [e-mail]. We will make every effort to respond to your request for disability assistance as soon as possible.