Registered Nurse (RN) Oncology Navigator

Registered Nurse (RN) Oncology Navigator

Job Type: Full-time | Monday Friday | 8:30am to 5:00pm

No Weekends or On-Call

$20,000 Commitment-Incentive Bonus

Frye Regional Medical Center is part of Lifepoint Health, a diversified healthcare delivery network with facilities coast to coast. We are driven by a profound commitment to prioritize your well-being so you can provide exceptional care to others. As a Registered Nurse (RN) joining our team, you are embracing a vital mission dedicated to making communities healthier. Join us on this meaningful journey where your skills, compassion and dedication will make a remarkable difference in the lives of those we serve.

The Nurse Oncology Navigator provides individualized assistance to tumor site-specific patients and their families in overcoming barriers to care, facilitating timely access to care, and providing education and support. The cancer patient's trajectory through diagnosis, treatment, and aftercare survivorship will be seamless and coordinated in collaboration with the multidisciplinary team. Nurses in this unit benefit from a collaborative team culture, and the opportunity to gain diverse clinical experience.

Monday through Friday / 8:30am to 5:00pm

No Weekends or On-Call

Collaborative Team Culture

A Registered Nurse (RN) who excels in this role:

• Collaborates with the multidisciplinary team to coordinate patient care.
• Educates patients and their caregivers on the disease process, treatment, side effect profile, and survivorship.
• Coordinates referrals both with Frye and within the region.
• Provides emotional support related to the clinical condition.
• Advocates for patients and caregivers for appropriate utilization of resources.
• Implements and measures quality improvement initiatives.
• Communicates consistently with providers, ensuring a seamless plan of care as well as follow-up care.
• Patient assessment and identification of patient-specific needs, identifying barriers and having the knowledge base to overcome these barriers, locating resources, coordinating services, providing education on treatment side effects, and developing structured means for patients to report.
• Follow patients through the continuum of care, including inpatient admissions, and collaborate with inpatient care management resources.
• Serves as primary contact and advocate for the patient; builds and maintains the trust of the patient and family, provides emotional support, navigates the healthcare system using knowledge of the intricacies of each system, and serves as the patient advocate, assuring timely access to care.
• Serves as a point of contact for providers.
• Collaborates with the multidisciplinary team, creating open communication with the treating physician, the primary care physician, and their support staff.
• Establishes a referral pathway, thereby decreasing delays in treatment by working collaboratively with the oncology team to maintain a network of physician support of best practices and the delivery of care.
• Serves as an active member of the Cancer Committee and participates in tumor board conferences.
• Works well with the Cancer Registry staff and others to collect data, track outcomes, and support the strategic planning process.
• Maintains accurate and complete documentation and ongoing assessments of the role in decreasing disparities in care.

Applicants should have a current state RN license. Bachelor's degree preferred but not required. Additional requirements include:

• Active North Carolina RN license (single-state) or compact required. If relocating, licensure must be updated to the new Primary State of Residence (PSOR) before employment begins.
• Basic Life Support certification is required within 30 days of hire.
• Three or more years of RN Oncology experience required.
• Oncology Certified Nurse (OCN) preferred.

We believe that investing in our employees is the first step to providing excellent patient care. In addition to your base compensation, this position also offers:

• Comprehensive Benefits: Multiple levels of medical, dental and vision coverage for full-time and part-time employees.
• Financial Protection & PTO: Life, accident, critical illness, hospital indemnity insurance, short- and long-term disability, paid family leave and paid time off.
• Financial & Career Growth: Higher education and certification tuition assistance, loan assistance and 401(k) retirement package and company match.
• Employee Well-being: Mental, physical, and financial wellness programs (free gym memberships, virtual care appointments, mental health services and discount programs).
• Professional Development: Ongoing learning and career advancement opportunities.

Frye Regional Medical Center is a 355-bed hospital offering acute care hospital, home to the Frye Regional Brain Center, Heart Center, Cancer Center, Emergency Services, General and Vascular Surgery, Orthopedics, Surgical Weight Loss, Women's Birthing Center and Inpatient Rehabilitation that has been offering exceptional care to the Hickory NC community since 1911. We are proud to be recognized by U.S. News & World Report as a High Performing Hospital.

Frye Regional Medical Center is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Frye Regional Medical Center is committed to Equal Employment Opportunity for all applicants and employees and complies with all applicable laws prohibiting discrimination and harassment in employment. Equal opportunity and affirmative action employers and are looking for diversity in candidates for employment: Minority/Female/Disabled/Protected Veteran.