Nurse Navigator

apartment The US Oncology Network location_onRockville, MD, US

Overview

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Join Our Team at Maryland Oncology Hematology!

We’re looking for passionate and talented professionals to join our team in providing exceptional cancer care. If you’re dedicated to making a difference for patients, physicians, and colleagues, we want to hear from you! With 15+ locations across Maryland and DC, we offer a dynamic and supportive environment where you can grow and thrive.

Explore opportunities with us and apply today!

The general pay scale for this position at MOH is $78,525.98 - $120,809.19 per year. The actual hiring rate is dependent on many factors, including but not limited to prior work experience, education, job/position responsibilities, location, work performance, etc.

The Oncology Nurse Navigator (ONN) is responsible for providing individual assistance to patients, families, and caregivers to overcome health care system barriers and provide timely access to quality healthcare within a community oncology setting. Utilizing the nursing process, the Oncology Nurse Navigator provides patient education and access to relevant internal and external resources. Primary objectives are to facilitate informed decision making and timely access to high quality health and psychosocial care through all phases of the cancer continuum. Routine collaboration with internal departments and external referral resources are anticipated, including scheduling, financial counseling, lab, pharmacy, social work, nursing, surgical, radiation and imaging, dietary, and others. Regular and frequent interface with practice-based leadership teams, physicians, and clinical staff is required to promote and engage the patient navigation process.

Responsibilities

Key Responsibilities

Performs coordination of care during the full continuum of cancer care experience
Identifies potential and real gaps in care delivery; seeks out opportunities for avoidance and/or closure
Prepares for, organizes and leads the Patient Care Conference (huddle) at regular intervals; communicates interventional outcomes to full care team in a timely manner
Performs assessment of patient risk stratification
Performs basic psychosocial assessments and provides emotional support; delegates and/or make referrals for additional screening and support as needed
Develops appropriate nursing diagnoses and corresponding action plans as needed
Supports and/or provides oral chemotherapy education, adherence and side effect monitoring
Holds or participates in survivorship and advance care planning visits; makes referrals as needed
Participates in research, quality, and performance improvement, including reporting on navigation metrics
Supports patient advocacy and empowerment
Participates in community outreach and cancer prevention education
Knowledgeable of practice operations guidelines, practice organization and healthcare economics

Qualifications

Minimum Requirements:

Bachelor’s prepared Registered Nurse (BSN), Oncology Certification (OCN) preferred, Nurse Navigator Certification a plus
5 (five) years work experience as a Registered Nurse in an oncology practice or clinic

Critical Skills:

Demonstrated leadership, interpersonal and collaboration skills
Ability to apply the full nursing process in day-to-day clinical operations, including assessment, analysis and nursing diagnosis, care planning, implementation and outcomes evaluation
Ability to assess health disparities, identify needs of populations and cultures found within the general facility service area, describe a patient navigation process to address those needs, and document outcomes
Ability to prioritize and re-prioritize quickly
Strong organizational and critical thinking skills
Ability to apply and/or oversee care coordination in conjunction with the multidisciplinary team
Strong verbal and written communication skills

Additional Knowledge/Skills

Working computer and internet skills, including an electronic EMR system
Basic knowledge of local community resources

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Requires full range of body motion including handling and lifting patients, manual and finger dexterity, and eye-hand coordination. Requires standing and walking for extensive periods of time. Occasionally lifts and carries items weighing up to 40 lbs. Requires corrected vision and hearing to normal range.

-Required to lift and assist patients as requested.

WORK ENVIRONMENT:

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Exposure to communicable diseases, toxic substances, ionizing radiation, medical preparations and other conditions common to an oncology/hematology clinic environment may occur.

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