NWIN Oncology Nurse Navigator | Full time | Days

Oncology Nurse Navigator

Be a part of a world-class academic healthcare system at UChicago Medicine as an Oncology Nurse Navigator with our team in Crown Point IN.

In this role, the Oncology Nurse Navigator will partner with the rest of the clinical team to provide patients the highest quality of care. Under the direction of a faculty sponsor and in collaboration with the program support team, the Oncology Nurse Navigator coordinates the care of patients through the disease process and acts as a clinical liaison for patients, across medical services and clinical departments.

Essential Job Functions

• Acts as liaison for patients, families and their multidisciplinary clinical team.
• Assesses clinical, emotional, spiritual, psychosocial, financial, and other patient needs
• Facilitates resolution to patient needs and monitors follow up
• Educates/reinforces education with patients and families on disease, treatments, side effects, adverse reactions, and reportable signs/symptoms based on multidisciplinary care plan
• Coordinates discharge planning with the patient's family, social workers, home nursing staff, oncologists, and personal physicians
• Works with patients and family members to ensure discharge instructions are understood and followed
• Develops and/or coordinates development of patient education materials, clinical pathways, and quality studies
• Coordinates and/or participates in multidisciplinary consultations and/or tumor conference
• Documents recommendations made at multidisciplinary consultations and/or tumor conferences
• Helps develop a treatment plan that is understandable and feasible to the patient.
• Serves as clinical partner and escalation point for Intake Coordinators.
• Promotes community education and increases prevention awareness and early-detection screening programs.
• May be responsible for direct patient care
• Performs other duties assigned.

Required Qualifications

• Indiana nursing license required
• Graduate of a National League for Nursing accredited School of Nursing with BSN

Preferred Qualifications

• OCN Certification
• ONS Chemotherapy Provider
• Minimum of two years hematology/oncology clinical nursing experience with demonstrated clinical competence in patient care, teaching and management of patients with a cancer diagnosis, and knowledge about clinical aspects of oncology including protocol therapy and data management.
• Job Type/FTE: Full Time (1.0 FTE)
• Shift: Days 4x 10 hour shifts or 5x 8 hour shifts
• Unit/Department: Multispecialty Cancer Clinic -Crown Point