Oncology Nurse Navigator- University Urology - HCA - USA Health Physicians Group

USA Health Transforming Medicine

USA Health is transforming medicine along the Gulf Coast to care for the unique needs of our community. USA Health is changing how medical care, education, and research impact the health of people who live in Mobile and the surrounding area. Our team of doctors, advanced care providers, nurses, therapists, and researchers provides the region's most advanced medicine at multiple facilities, campuses, clinics, and classrooms. We offer patients convenient access to innovative treatments and advancements that improve the health and overall well-being of our community.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for ensuring patients at University Urology receive quality and comprehensive coordinated care services;
• Functions to promote timely access to appropriate care, decrease emergency room visits, increase utilization of preventative care services and promotion of patients' self-management and shared decision making capabilities;
• Represents the multidisciplinary team of specialists as an advocate, interpreter, educator and counselor for the oncology patient, their family and referring public;
• Creates and promotes adherence to both treatment and survivorship care plans, developed in coordination with the patient, family and multidisciplinary team;
• Serves as primary contact point, advocate, and informational resource for patients, care team, family/caregiver(s), payers, and community resources;
• Demonstrates knowledge, skill, and coordination to provide care and guidance to the cancer patient from screening to survivorship;
• Works with patients to plan and monitor care to include patients' unmet health and social needs;
• Develops a care plan with the patient, family/caregiver(s) and provides both treatment plan and survivorship plan post-treatment;
• Monitors adherence to care plans, evaluates effectiveness, monitors patient progress in a timely manner, and facilitates changes as needed, creating an ongoing process for patient and family/caregiver(s) to determine and request the level of care coordination support they desire at any given point in time;
• Systematically and continually performs the functions of assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating the care of the oncology patient;
• Provides education and information to the patient and family, helping to make the care seamless, continuous and comprehensive,
• Initiates appointment for chemotherapy education and coordinates process of completion prior to initiation of chemotherapy;
• Documents patient teaching including family and others, based on assessment of needs and responds to patient requests for information regarding disease process, expected side effects of treatment and community resources;
• Supports family through difficult decision-making periods and assists in coordination of care for the patient and family and provides emotional support;
• Cultivates and supports primary care and specialty provider co-management with timely communication, inquiry follow-up and integration of information into the care plan regarding transitions in-care and referral assists with the identification of "high-risk" patients (the chronically ill and those with special health care needs];
• Works across healthcare disciplines to assist in coordinating patient tests, procedures, appointments, and treatments and assists patients in overcoming barriers to care including, but not limited to, transportation, financial counseling and referrals;
• Refers patients for supportive care services including nutritionists, social workers, counselors, and financial counselors;
• Assists eligible patients in coordination of care with clinical trials coordinators;
• Participates in multidisciplinary consultations and/or tumor conferences and serves as liaison between the patient and medical staff and services;
• Regular and prompt attendance;
• Ability to work schedule as defined and overtime as required;
• Serves as clinical liaison to the Institutional Clinical Trials office to ensure seamless patient integration into approved clinical trials protocols
• Deliver intravesical agents and provide clinical oversight at designated infusion centers and ambulatory care settings
• Track, identify and navigate bladder cancer patients into appropriate clinical trials and therapeutic pathways
• Completes all mandatory department, educational and hospital requirements
• Adheres to current Infection Control and Safety Standards
• Regular and prompt attendance
• Ability to work schedule as defined and overtime as required
• Related duties as assigned

Additional Information

Employees must be in a regular position, working 20 hours or more per week (.50 FTE or greater) to qualify for benefits.

Qualifications

• Associate's degree in nursing from an accredited institution and 1 years of professional nursing experience
• RN - Registered Nurse - State Licensure and/or Compact State Licensure in accordance with the Nurse Licensure Compact (NLC) for Alabama Upon Hire Required
• ACLS - Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support within 180 Days Preferred
• Certification to administer chemotherapy within 180 Days Required
• Comparable combination of education and experience may substitute for the above requirements.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Strong communication skills and interpersonal skills with demonstrated ability to work collaboratively across departments and disciplines

Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer

The University of South Alabama is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, religion, age, genetic information, disability, protected veteran status or any other applicable legally protected basis. EO Employer minorities/females/veterans/disabilities/sexual orientation/gender identity.