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JOB PURPOSE:
The Oncology Navigator is responsible for managing the care of identified patients with cancer, in collaboration with a multidisciplinary team, to ensure access to high quality care throughout the continuum. Serves as a single point of contact for cancer patients, caregivers, and referring physicians, and provides resources and assistance with accessing clinical and non-clinical supportive care services offered by Piedmont Healthcare and its community partners.
Qualifications:
MINIMUM EDUCATION REQUIRED:
Graduate from an accredited school of nursing.
MINIMUM EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:
Two years nursing experience.
MINIMUM LICENSURE/CERTIFICATION REQUIRED BY LAW:
Current R.N. license in the state of Georgia.
ADDITIONAL QUALIFICATIONS:
Oncology experience preferred. Oncology Certified Nurse (OCN) certification preferred.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
1. Serves as a primary point of contact for cancer patients and caregivers. Assists cancer patients across the continuum of care in accessing the hospitals cancer care delivery system.
2. Serves as an essential link between cancer patients, caregivers, and the multidisciplinary team. Establishes and maintains positive working relationships with key customers (physicians, nurses, diagnostic staff, case management, inpatient and outpatient staff, etc.).
3. Assists in the development of the cancer patients plan of care with the multidisciplinary care team. Facilitates effective and efficient management of care across the continuum according to nationally accepted clinical practice guidelines (e.g. National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN)).
4. Effectively communicates with patients, caregivers and members of the multidisciplinary team.
5. Assesses patients health literacy and potential barriers to learning. Provides patient and caregiver education about disease process, treatments, and potential side effects utilizing evidence-based materials tailored to the patients individualized needs. Promotes and provides education to staff members as requested.
6. Assesses patients needs, identifying and documenting patient and family barriers to care. Provides access and information on resources available within the hospital system and the community.
7. Participates in assigned multidisciplinary disease site teams by attending meetings and work groups as required. Attends assigned multidisciplinary cancer conferences and participates in conference.
8. Documents patient, caregiver, and multidisciplinary team interactions in the required documentation system and adheres to documentation processes and guidelines.
9. Educates patients and caregivers about survivorship by setting expectations for post-treatment transition to survivorship and follow-up care
10. Actively participates as a member of the oncology navigation team by attending staff meetings and trainings as directed by Oncology Patient Navigation leadership.
11. Assists in the implementation of quality improvement processes for the management of cancer care across the continuum.
12. Maintains advanced knowledge of the assigned cancer disease site, oncology nursing and oncology navigation by attending continuing education programs and obtaining nursing continuing professional development (NCPD) hours as outlined in the annual competencies.
13. Meets ONN annual competencies, job performance standards and Piedmont service standards.
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, ABILITIES
- Current working knowledge of healthcare systems, cancer services and the managed care environment.
- Leadership skills including time management, verbal and written communication, active listening decision making, priority setting and organization.
- Must be self-directed, use independent judgment and demonstrate effective team skills.
- Maintains professionalism at all times and takes personal responsibility for delivering on personal and organizational commitments.
- Responds to changing circumstances and priorities in a focused manner.
- Remains composed within stressful situations,
- Manages resources effectively and efficiently.
- Provides high quality customer service, both internally and externally.
- Completes work in a timely and efficient manner and ensures work is accurate.
- Other duties as assigned by supervision.
