What are the responsibilities and job description for the Oncology Nurse Navigator Breast Surgery position at Inova Health System?
Inova Schar Clinic is looking for a dedicated RN Oncology Navigator to join the team in their Riverstone Clinic for Breast Surgery. This role will be full time day shift position, Monday - Friday, 8:00am - 5:00pm.
Inova is consistently ranked a national healthcare leader in safety, quality and patient experience. We are also proud to be consistently recognized as a top employer in both the D.C. metro area and the nation.
Featured Benefits:
- Committed to Team Member Health: offering medical, dental and vision coverage, and a robust team member wellness program.
- Retirement: Inova matches the first 5% of eligible contributions - starting on your first day.
- Tuition and Student Loan Assistance: offering up to $5,250 per year in education assistance and up to $10,000 for student loans.
- Mental Health Support: offering all Inova team members, their spouses/partners, and their children 25 mental health coaching or therapy sessions, per person, per year, at no cost.
RN Oncology Navigator Job Responsibilities:
- Conducts ongoing promotion of healthcare program to community-based resources to include developing written materials and public presentations describing activities related to patient care and research. Coordinates community health programs and cancer-related education and groups.
- Conducts comprehensive assessment of the patient's health and psycho-social needs, and develops a case management plan in collaboration with the patient and their support system. Assesses patient needs and coordination of multidisciplinary care. Serves as a clinical consultant to the health care team.
- Coordinates a patient's plan of care which may include answering patient questions regarding disease process and plan of care, appointment scheduling when appropriate, assisting with referral process, and providing community resources. Coordinates patient discharge from hospital to insure adherence to SOPs. Maintains a working knowledge of availability of community resources and financial services for providing clinical care and knowledge about appropriate referrals. Educates patients and family members regarding disease process.
- Completes documentation related to pretesting, plan, written consent, orders and outcome according to policy; communicate verbally or in writing to other team members.
- Organizes and submits data to ensure compliance with regulatory guidelines. Incorporates data and information to continuously improve services and practice to enhance outcomes. Participates in the development of outcomes measures as well as surveys regarding patient satisfaction with the services received, services provided, and the impact of patient education.
Minimum Qualifications:
- Education: Bachelors Degree in Nursing
- License: Licensed in the Commonwealth of Virginia as a Registered Nurse
- Experience: 3 years progressive nursing experience with primary care management of patient population
- Certification: BLS from the American Heart Association. OCN within 2 years of employment
Preferred Qualifications:
- Previous oncology experience strongly preferred
As a recipient of federal financial assistance, Inova Health System (“Inova”) does not exclude, deny benefits to, or otherwise discriminate against any person on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, disability, or age in admission to, participation in, or receipt of the services or benefits under any of its programs or activities, whether carried out by Inova directly or through a contractor or any other entity with which Inova arranges to carry out its programs and activities.
This policy is in accordance with the provisions of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Age Discrimination Act of 1975, Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act, and regulations of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services issued pursuant to these statutes at 45 C.F.R. Parts 80, 84, 91 and 92, respectively.
Salary : $5,250