Nurse Navigator II Oncology Union Hospital Elkton, Maryland

ChristianaCare is currently hiring a full-time Oncology Nurse Navigator II for Union Hospital in Elkton Maryland.

Work Schedule:

• Flexible day hours with occasional weekend and evening

Christianacare Offers:

• Full Medical Dental Vision Life Insurance etc.
• 403(b) with company match
• Generous paid time off
• Incredible Work/Life benefits including annual membership to access to backup care services for dependents through retirement planning services financial coaching fitness and wellness reimbursement and great discounts through several vendors for hotels rental cars theme parks shows sporting events movie tickets and much more!

PRIMARY FUNCTION:

• To manage the care of at-risk cancer patients and their families through collaboration with the multi-disciplinary care team utilizing appropriate clinical guidelines
• To provide/coordinate quality patient care and throughout the healthcare continuum
• To impact population health

PRINCIPAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Completes a comprehensive assessment of the patient upon initial encounter and periodically throughout navigation matching unmet needs with appropriate services and referrals and support services such as dietitians social work genetic counselor and financial services to maintain healthy lifestyle choices and self-care strategies.
• Identifies potential and realized barriers to care (e.g. transportation childcare elder care housing language culture literacy role disparity psychosocial employment financial insurance) and facilitates referrals.
• Schedules or facilitates scheduling of appointments diagnostic testing and procedures to expedite the plan of care timely followup to promote continuity of care
• Assesses patient and family learning needs to identify barriers to education (e.g. literacy language cultural influences comorbidities)
• Collaborates with multidisciplinary team to develop patients clinical treatment plan
• Educates the patient/family/caregiver: diagnosis treatment options side effect management post treatment and survivorship.
• Acts as a liaison and advocate between the patients families caregivers and health care providers to promote and optimize patient outcomes
• Contributes to Cancer program development implementation and evaluation within the healthcare system and community
• Contributes to the knowledge base of the healthcare community and in support of the ONN role through activities such as involvement in professional organizations presentations publications and research
• Participates in system committees such as magnet cancer nursing council safety cultural competency/diversity patient education professional nursing council

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS:

• Bachelor of Science in Nursing
• Maryland RN licensure required.
• Three or more years of combined clinical experience in oncology
• Oncology Certification (OCN) preferred or must be obtained within two years of hire into this position
• An equivalent combination of education and experience may be considered.

Christiana Care Health System is an equal opportunity employer firmly committed to prohibiting discrimination whose staff is reflective of its community and considers qualified applicants for open positions without regard to race color sex religion national origin sexual orientation genetic information gender identity or expression age veteran status disability pregnancy citizenship status or any other characteristic protected under applicable federal state or local law.

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