RN / Oncology Nursing

Position Summary As an RN Patient Navigator, you support the Medical Oncology Team and play a pivotal role in guiding patients through their oncology journey. You provide comprehensive education about oncology, collaborate with multidisciplinary teams, and coordinate seamless care to empower patients and support their overall well‑being.
This position provides comprehensive care coordination, supporting a holistic and coordinated approach across the continuum of care. It assists with informed decision‑making, collaborates with a multidisciplinary team to allow for timely screening, diagnosis, treatment, and increased supportive care throughout the patient experience. It provides individual assistance to patients, families, and caregivers to help identify and overcome barriers that may hinder quality medical and psychosocial care.
Schedule: Monday - Friday, 8:00 AM - 4:30 PM.
Core Functions Assesses the patient’s plan of care and develops, implements, monitors, and documents the utilization of resources and progress of the patient through their care, facilitating options and services to meet the patient’s health care needs.
Evaluates the medical necessity and appropriateness of care, optimizing patient outcomes. Serves as a liaison for referring physicians and assists with scheduling initial tests and consultations.
Assists the patient/family through diagnostic services, treatment and care. Coordinates disease care using an interdisciplinary holistic approach, making appropriate referrals and consultations in coordination with physicians and providers.
Ensures that the patient and family understand the diagnostic processes, care strategy, and recommended actions, and are provided with appropriate information in coordination with physician and health care providers. Responds to patient requests for information regarding the disease process, expected side effects, and community resources.
Evaluates patient’s functional abilities and limitations. Determines if intervention is needed. Establishes treatment goals that are functional, measurable, patient‑related, and reflect key limiting factors. Establishes and implements a plan of care to achieve treatment goals. Collaborates with patient and family when setting goals; initiates discharge planning. Recommends additions to or modifications of referring orders.
Supports the patient and family during difficult decision‑making periods, assists in coordination of end‑of‑life care, and provides emotional support.
Supports process improvement activities for populations of patients to achieve optimal clinical, financial, operational, and satisfaction outcomes. Participates in staff development to maintain current standards of practice and ensure the highest quality of care.
Establishes and promotes a collaborative relationship with physicians, payers, and other members of the health care team. Collects and communicates pertinent, timely information to payers and others to fulfill utilization and regulatory requirements.
Works independently with freedom to determine how to best accomplish functions within established procedures, confers with supervisor on any unusual situations, and requires decision making related to patient care coordination throughout various facilities and with various specialty practices. Requires complex problem solving related to plan of care for evaluation, treatment, and discharge planning for patients.
Minimum Qualifications Bachelor’s degree in nursing or related field (or equivalent experience).
Current RN license in the state of practice and BLS certification.
Minimum of 5 years clinical experience with excellent organizational skills.
Clinical knowledge of specialty care services and care coordination of diagnostic and health services.
Proficiency with electronic medical record and database software.
Strong communication, writing, and time‑management skills.
Ability to teach clinical and non‑clinical personnel regarding care and diagnostic services.
Good understanding of process improvement.
Preferred Qualifications Current certification in specialty area.
Prior case management experience.
EEO Statement EEO/Disabled/Veterans. Our organization supports a drug‑free work environment.

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