Oncology Patient Navigator

St. Joseph's/Candler; Bluffton (SC); On-site; USD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

St. Joseph's/Candler seeks an Oncology Patient Navigator to manage resources and coordinate care for oncology patients.

The role focuses on evidence-based practice across the cancer care continuum and includes participating in community education and screenings for diverse populations. The Navigator will communicate clearly with patients, families, and healthcare providers, maintain organizational oversight, and ensure timely access to high-quality medical and psychosocial care from diagnosis

Qualifications

• Requires Associates Degree in Nursing.
• 2-3 years of clinical experience or related field in the past 5 years.

Responsibilities

• Follows national guidelines and best practices to navigate cancer patients along a disease continuum of care.
• Facilitate communications between managing physicians, patients and diagnostic/treatment facilities.
• Facilitate continuum of care navigation by scheduling and assuring patient compliance with treatment plan.
• Assesses the quality and effectiveness of interdisciplinary, intra-agency, and inter-agency communication and collaboration.
• Develops processes for attaining and sustaining quality metrics and reporting on clinical quality dashboards.

Skills

Communication

Self-direction

Organizational skills

Education

Associates Degree in Nursing

Job description

The Oncology Patient Navigator assumes responsibility and accountability for the management of resources through interdisciplinary collaboration necessary and appropriate for the achievement of optimal patient care outcomes for oncology patients. He/she incorporates evidenced-based research into practice across the continuum. Patient navigation in cancer care refers to individualized assistance offered to patients, families and caregivers to help overcome barriers to care and facilitate timely access to quality medical and psychosocial care, from diagnosis through all phases of the cancer experience. Additionally, the Oncology Patient Navigator will be required to participate in community cancer education programs and screenings serving disparate populations. Navigator must have clear written and verbal communication skills, self-direction, and organizational skills.

Education

• Associates Degree in Nursing - Required

Experience

• 2 - 3 Years Clinical experience or related field in the past 5 years - Required

License & Certification

• Professional License with State of Practice - Required
• Basic Life Support (BLS) - Required

Core Job Functions

• Follows national guidelines and best practices to navigate cancer patients along a disease continuum of care. Facilitate communications between the managing physicians, patients and diagnostic and treatment facilities. Facilitate continuum of care navigation by scheduling and assuring patient compliance with treatment plan.
• Assesses the quality and effectiveness of interdisciplinary, intra-agency, and inter-agency communication and collaboration. Establishes collaborative relationships within and across departments that promote patient safety, culturally competent care, and clinical excellence. Develops processes for attaining and sustaining Nurse Sensitive Indicators and other quality metrics outperformance of identified goals.
• Adheres to the release of patient information and is compliant with HIPAA regulations. Verifies identification and copies of patient information release for records and billing purposes.
• Utilize nursing process per the scope and standards for oncology nursing practice
• Facilitates physicians and staff involvement in developing new processes and organizing operations that enhance emerging practice standards. Develops, maintains and reports on clinical quality dashboards that are supported from multiple databases. Provides updates on nationally mandated cancer quality initiatives and draws correlations with current practices and the NCCCN guidelines.