Oncology Nurse Navigator

Oncology Nurse Navigator

South Shore Health

Requisition Number: R-21647

Facility: LOC
0026 - 101 Columbian Street, Weymouth, MA 02190

Department Name: SSH Medical Oncology Cancer Center

Status: Full time

Budgeted

Hours:

40

Shift: Day (United States of America)

Compensation Pay Range: $38.20 - $77.39

• Assumes nursing care responsibilities for a defined group of patients within the program, including assessment, education, coordination, and documentation.
• Facilitates individualized care within the context of functional status, cultural consideration, health literacy, psychosocial, reproductive/fertility, and spiritual needs for patients, families and caregivers.
• Provides a welcoming, helpful approach to new DFCI patients, promotes positive, professional image.
• Supports a smooth transition of patients from diagnosis and active treatment into survivorship, chronic cancer management, or end-of-life care.
• Assists patients with cancer with issues related to treatment goals, advanced directives, palliative care, and end-of-life concerns using an ethical framework that is nonjudgmental and nondiscriminatory.
• Acts as a liaison between the patients, families, and caregivers and the providers to optimize outcomes.
• Advocates for patients to promote patient centered care that includes shared decision making and patient goals of care with optimal outcomes.
• Provides psychosocial support to and facilitates appropriate referrals for patients, families and caregivers.
• Contributes to ONN program and role development, implementation, and evaluation within the healthcare system and community.
• Participates in day-to-day operations of the satellite program.
• Participates in the tracking and monitoring of metrics and outcomes, in collaboration with administration, to document and evaluate outcomes of the navigation program.
• Functions as the primary nursing contact for care delivered within the satellite setting and collaborating nursing professionals.
• Evaluates patient care in the program and collaborates with the other disciplines to facilitate appropriate clinical decision-making and to implement change when necessary.
• Manages patient care across the continuum, making appropriate referrals, as necessary.
• Works collaboratively and functions as an effective member of the health care team.
• Monitors the environment of care with attention to patient safety and assures compliance with regulatory agency standards.
• Maintains clinical practice that is evidence-based and consistent with nursing policies, procedures and standards.
• Provides care based on age-specific needs of the patient (population served: young adult to geriatric).
• Adheres to the Code of Ethics for Nurses with Interpretive Statements (ANA, 2015) in all aspects of professional practice.
• Complies with accepted standards of professional nursing practice that is evidence-based and consistent with policy, procedures determined by DFCI as well as with all licensure/registration requirements applicable to the nursing role.
• Promotes a culture of inclusion. Fosters an environment that is sensitive to the needs of diverse populations, including but not limited to culture, ethnicity, gender, and age.
• Professional Development:
• Identifies areas for professional growth.
• Formulates professional goals, objectives and methods for accomplishing these.
• Participated in shared governance – serves as representative on Nursing and Institute committees.
• Supports research activities within the Nursing and Patient Care Services and the Institute.
• Meets all annual evaluation requirements and competencies within the established time period.
• Pursues active membership in local and national professional organizations.
• Participates in program evaluation and development of strategic goals.
• Participates in the QA/QI projects for the program.

Minimum Education: Graduate of an accredited School of Nursing as validated through the Massachusetts Board of Registration in Nursing. Baccalaureate degree in nursing strongly preferred; if associate degree in nursing, must complete BSN degree within 4 years.

Minimum

Work Experience:

Minimum of 1-year recent experience as an RN.

Ambulatory And/or Oncology…