Oncology Navigator—Patient Care & Coordination

Mount Sinai Medical Center of Florida, Inc.; Miami Beach, Northern (FL, KY); Hybrid; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Life insurance

Long-term disability coverage

Healthcare spending accounts

Retirement plan

Paid time off

Pet Insurance

Tuition reimbursement

Employee assistance program

Wellness program

On-site housing for select positions

Job summary

Mount Sinai Medical Center of Florida, Inc. is seeking an Oncology Navigator to support cancer patients from pretreatment through survivorship. This generalist role requires coordinating care, addressing barriers to access, and collaborating with nutrition, social services, integrative medicine, and psycho-oncology teams.

The position emphasizes documentation, active participation in tumor boards, and data reporting to improve timeliness and quality of care for diverse patient populations.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in related discipline preferred.
• 3-5 years experience in patient/healthcare relations or human services preferred, or equivalent combination of education and experience.

Responsibilities

• Identifies barriers to care and refers patient/family to nutrition services, social services, integrative medicine, or psycho-oncology appropriately and in a timely manner.
• Maintains documentation of all patient encounters and complete reporting requirements according to the organization standards.
• Flexible and adaptable in response to changing patient and healthcare providers' needs.
• Attends and represents the organization at professional conferences, in-service trainings, and meetings with supervisor approval.
• Regularly participates in disease-specific and general tumor boards and the monthly interdisciplinary meetings (IPCC).
• Supports the patient/family on their cancer journey from pretreatment education, active treatment, survivorship and end-of-life care.
• Collects, analyzes and reports clinical navigator outcome data, metrics, and productivity benchmarks, working with administration, IT, and the cancer registry staff as appropriate.
• Provides patient education to assist with informed decision making, improve timeliness of care, and multidisciplinary care processes.
• Works with physicians/APPs and other members of the healthcare team for pathology, and molecular laboratory testing requests and results.
• Facilitates timely scheduling of appointments, diagnostic testing, and procedures to expedite the plan of care and to promote continuity of care.

Education

Bachelor's degree in related discipline

Job description

Mount Sinai Medical Center of Florida, Inc. is seeking an Oncology Navigator to support cancer patients from pretreatment through survivorship. This generalist role requires coordinating care, addressing barriers to access, and collaborating with nutrition, social services, integrative medicine, and psycho-oncology teams.

The position emphasizes documentation, active participation in tumor boards, and data reporting to improve timeliness and quality of care for diverse patient populations.