Oncology Nurse Navigator - Full-Time, Days

UChicago Medicine; Illinois; On-site; USD 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

UChicago Medicine is seeking an Oncology Nurse Navigator for our Tinley Park clinic to coordinate care across the cancer treatment pathway. This 100% onsite role requires collaboration with the Oncology team and base in the greater Chicagoland area.

You will assess patient needs, facilitate education, and support discharge planning while ensuring communication with families and multidisciplinary teams. Experience in hematology/oncology nursing is essential.

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse with an Illinois license and BSN.
• Minimum two years hematology/oncology clinical nursing experience.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to adapt to changing work situations.
• General computer skills and familiarity with electronic medical records.

Responsibilities

• Act as liaison for patients, families and the multidisciplinary team.
• Assess clinical, emotional, psychosocial, and financial patient needs.
• Educate patients/families on disease, treatments, side effects, and warning signs.
• Coordinate discharge planning with families and home care teams.
• Develop and coordinate patient education materials and care pathways.
• Participate in tumor conferences and document recommendations.
• Support development of feasible treatment plans and act as escalation point for intake coordinators.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Computer skills

Education

BSN

Illinois RN license

Job description

Job Description
Be a part of a world-class academic healthcare system, UChicago Medicine Medical Group, as an Oncology Nurse Navigator at our Tinley Park clinic. Here you will work alongside our Oncology team. This position is a 100% onsite opportunity. You will need to be based in the greater Chicagoland area.

Our oncology clinics provide comprehensive cancer for adult patients across a wide range of cancer types and treatments. Each location is staffed by experienced general oncology specialists and offers integrated services designed to support patients at every stage of care, including palliative care to enhance quality of life throughout treatment and beyond.

Under the direction of clinical leadership and in collaboration with the program support team, coordinates the care of patients through the disease process. Acts as a clinical liaison for patients, across medical services and clinical departments. Assesses clinical, emotional, spiritual, psychosocial, financial, and other patient needs. Evaluates and manages patient symptoms before during and after treatment.

Essential Job Functions

• Acts as liaison for patients, families and their multidisciplinary clinical team.
• Assesses clinical, emotional, spiritual, psychosocial, financial, and other patient needs.
• Facilitates resolution to patient needs and monitors follow up.
• Educates/reinforces education with patients and families on disease, treatments, side effects, adverse reactions, and reportable signs/symptoms based on multidisciplinary care plan.
• Coordinates discharge planning with the patient’s family, social workers, home nursing staff, oncologists, and personal physicians.
• Works with patients and family members to ensure discharge instructions are understood and followed.
• Develops and/or coordinates development of patient education materials, clinical pathways, and quality studies.
• Coordinates and/or participates in multidisciplinary consultations and/or tumor conference.
• Documents recommendations made at multidisciplinary consultations and/or tumor conferences.
• Helps develop a treatment plan that is understandable and feasible to the patient.
• Serves as clinical partner and escalation point for Intake Coordinators.
• Promotes community education and increases prevention awareness and early-detection screening programs.
• May be responsible for direct patient care
• Performs other duties assigned.

Required Qualifications

• Registered Nurse with a current Illinois license.
• Graduate of a National League for Nursing accredited School of Nursing with BSN
• Minimum of two years hematology/oncology clinical nursing experience with demonstrated clinical competence in patient care, teaching and management of patients with a cancer diagnosis, and knowledge about clinical aspects of oncology including protocol therapy and data management.
• Must have general computer skills and be adaptable to changing working situations and work assignments.
• Excellent interpersonal skills

Preferred Qualifications

• Oncology Certified Nurse
• OCN Certification
• ONS Chemotherapy Provider

Position Details

• Job Type/FTE: Full-Time 1.0 FTE
• Shift: Days - 8 am - 5 pm 8-hour shifts, possibility to switch to 10 hour shifts after training
• Work Location: Onsite - Tinley Park
• Unit/Department: Oncology
• CBA Code: Non-Union

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