On-Site Clinical Nurse Navigator/LPN

An oncology nurse navigator (ONN) is a professional RN with oncology-specific clinical knowledge who offers individualized assistance to patients, families, and caregivers to help overcome healthcare system barriers. Using the nursing process, an ONN provides education and resources to facilitate informed decision making and timely access to quality health and psychosocial care throughout all phases of the cancer continuum. supporting organizational strategies across the cancer care continuum, necessitating the ONN to master knowledge, skills, and tasks that allow him or her to influence network systems and behaviors, community needs assessment, navigation program development, marketing, and outreach, understanding and use of ONN-specific outcomes metrics, and identification of gaps in and strategies to meet continuum-based needs. In addition, cancer survivorship planning is increasingly a component in the navigator role expectations

• Coordinate the care of patients with a past, current, or potential diagnosis of cancer while adhering to NCCN guidelines.

• Assist patients with cancer, families, and caregivers to overcome healthcare system barriers

• Coordinate extension of services to include nutrition, home health, DME and hospice

• Coordinate cancer survivorship planning

• Provide education and resources to facilitate informed decision making and timely access to quality health and psychosocial care throughout all phases of the cancer care continuum (CCC).

• Ensure effective communication and premier customer service with internal and external customers.

• Communicate relevant updates and provide quarterly patient services data to director.

• Collaborate with community navigators and assist with resources, education and planning.

• Participate on committees to meet requirements for accreditation.

• Collaborate with healthcare providers on potential trials.

• Participate in screening and consenting patients for clinical trial.

• Assist with startup of trials to include regimen requests and requirements for blinded studies as assigned.

• One team approach to maintain in-depth understanding of program requirements.

• Assess patient needs for resources and assist lay navigator.

• Participate in outreach programs.

• Coordinate Specialty Infusion Services with lay navigator and training with staff.

• Provide advanced care planning education and documentation with lay navigator.

• Collaborate with Liasion/OM to provide up to date marketing materials for providers, patients, and families.

• Performs other duties and projects as assigned.

• Minimum of Associate degree in Nursing, Bachelor of Science in Nursing preferred.

• Proficiency in MS Office Word, Excel, Power Point, and Outlook required.

• Registered Nurse required.

• OCN certification required.

• Valid Driver’s license.

• Current BLS.

• ONN certification preferred.