Oncology Nurse Navigator - Breast & GYN-Oncology Asplundh - Hospital Based Clinics

Jefferson Health • Full-time • Willow Grove, Pennsylvania, United States • 6d ago

Job Details

The Oncology Nurse Navigator provides expert individualized care coordination to patients, and their families ensuring a timely schedule for diagnostic work-up, results reporting and communication between the patient and the multidisciplinary team ensuring the patient receives necessary referrals and follow-up. The Oncology Nurse Navigator serves as an advocate for the patient, promoting timely, competent, compassionate care and enhances the physician/patient relationship improving the experience of the patient with cancer.

• Interacts with co-workers, visitors, and other staff consistent with the values of Jefferson.

• Collaborates and continuously partners with chronically ill or high risk patients and their family/caregiver(s), clinic/hospital/specialty providers and staff, and community resources in a team approach.

• Evaluates the needs of cancer patients and educate them about their cancer diagnosis

• Prepares patients and caregivers for what to expect throughout the cancer care continuum.

• Creates and promotes adherence to a care plan, developed in coordination with the patient, PCP, oncologist and family/caregiver(s).

• Provides clinical support to Patient Navigators and Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center (SKCC) patients.

• Educate patients and families about disease process and potential side effects

• Assist patient with treatment decision making; develop and use decision aids as appropriate

• Attend and support Tumor Boards

• Reduce emergency room utilization and hospital readmissions through outpatient symptom management

• Follow patients throughout the care continuum including inpatient admissions in collaboration with inpatient care management resources

• Support transitions of care and coordination between SKCC sites

• Provide clinical consultation to the Patient Navigators

• Educate multidisciplinary colleagues about the role of the Nurse and Patient Navigators, identified barriers, available resources and the navigation process

• Support program growth and patient experience in all patient interactions

Job Description

Minimum Education and Experience Requirements:

Education:

Graduate of an accredited school of nursing required; BSN or completion of BSN within 3 years of hire strongly preferred.

AND

Experience:

Three (3) years of Healthcare/Medical, experience in Oncology/Cancer Care preferred

Work Shift

Workday Day (United States of America)

Worker Sub Type

Regular

Primary Location Address

3941 Commerce Avenue, Willow Grove, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Nationally ranked, Jefferson, which is principally located in the greater Philadelphia region, Lehigh Valley and Northeastern Pennsylvania and southern New Jersey, is reimagining health care and higher education to create unparalleled value. Jefferson is more than 65,000 people strong, dedicated to providing the highest-quality, compassionate clinical care for patients; making our communities healthier and stronger; preparing tomorrow's professional leaders for 21st-century careers; and creating new knowledge through basic/programmatic, clinical and applied research. Thomas Jefferson University, home of Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Jefferson College of Nursing, and the Kanbar College of Design, Engineering and Commerce, dates back to 1824 and today comprises 10 colleges and three schools offering 200+ undergraduate and graduate programs to more than 8,300 students. Jefferson Health, nationally ranked as one of the top 15 not-for-profit health care systems in the country and the largest provider in the Philadelphia and Lehigh Valley areas, serves patients through millions of encounters each year at 32 hospitals campuses and more than 700 outpatient and urgent care locations throughout the region. Jefferson Health Plans is a not-for-profit managed health care organization providing a broad range of health coverage options in Pennsylvania and New Jersey for more than 35 years.

Jefferson is committed to providing equal educational and employment opportunities for all persons without regard to age, race, color, religion, creed, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, marital status, pregnancy, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, military status, veteran status, handicap or disability or any other protected group or status.

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