Navigator RN

Overview

St. Luke's Health-The Woodlands Hospital offers leading-edge treatments and services to our North Houston, TX community including North Harris and Montgomery counties. The Woodlands Hospital provides expertise in a broad range of services, including heart care, neurology, sports medicine, diagnostic imaging, women's services, neurosciences, pediatric care (Newborn and Level II nurseries) surgery, pathology, pulmonary care and sleep disorders. Our clinical affiliations include Baylor College of Medicine, Texas Heart® Institute, The Dan L Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center, and Texas Children's Hospital. St. Luke's Health - Lakeside Hospital is a joint hospital dedicated to serving The Woodlands community.

The Dan L Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center at The Woodlands Hospital extends innovative cancer care to the North Houston community. In collaboration with Baylor College of Medicine, we're equipped to pave the way for even more revolutionary discoveries and groundbreaking approaches to cancer prevention, diagnosis, and treatment. Our team is committed to providing a full continuum of care, high-touch patient support and access to advanced resources, all within a community hospital setting.

CommonSpirit Health was formed by the alignment of Catholic Health Initiatives (CHI) and Dignity Health. With more than 700 care sites across the U.S. & from clinics and hospitals to home-based care and virtual care services CommonSpirit is accessible to nearly one out of every four U.S. residents. Our world needs compassion like never before. Our communities need caring and our families need protection. With our combined resources CommonSpirit is committed to building healthy communities advocating for those who are poor and vulnerable and innovating how and where healing can happen both inside our hospitals and out in the community.

Responsibilities

Oncology Outpatient Clinic

Functions as the primary point of contact for patients after their initial diagnosis. The role and responsibility is to
effectively support the education of the patient and family about the disease, assist to coordinate care, advocate for
and effectively access support services, and identify and resolve barriers which prevent optimal care to occur.

Sustains the patient until they have sufficient knowledge and resources to selfdirect care. Develops an effective
relationship with both the patient and with the various members of the healthcare team to ensure a patientcentered
care experience throughout the treatment processes. Coordinates information for the patient, significant others, and
all providers to assist in decisionmaking processes, and Serves as a liaison between treatment program(s) and the
referring physicians.

Identifies quality metrics which assess processes and provide measurement to determine
satisfaction with the program and identify improvements of the navigation initiatives. Also, collaborates with the
service line and marketing team to promote the Navigator Program.

Qualifications

Required:

• BSN
• 3 years patient care in applied area
• Program development expereince
• AHA BLS

Preferred

• Oncology expereince desired

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