Oncology Nurse Navigator 2 - Medical Subspecialties - Chicago Location

Responsibilities:
Relationships and Caring
1. Establishes a caring therapeutic relationship with patients and families utilizing effective communication while managing a defined patient caseload.
2. Assesses patients for social determinants of health, utilizing findings to develop a plan of care and mutual goal setting.
3. Serves as liaison for the patient, becoming an expert on the patient and their needs throughout the trajectory of their care from diagnosis to end of life or survivorship
4. Advocates for the patient and their families to ensure timely access to treatment and equal access to health care
5. Collaborates with all members of the health care team in a positive, professional manner to ensure coordination of patient care.
6. Serves as a reference regarding clinical trials and coordinates care with the clinical trial office
7. Provides psycho-social support and facilitates referrals and transitions of care, ensuring effective utilization of internal and community resources

Evidence-Based Practice
1. Provides symptom management utilizing guidelines/evidence based practice from oncology resources in collaboration with providers
2. Performs role utilizing EBP within specialty established by nationally recognized oncology nursing associations, cancer societies and networks as well as published research and quality documents.

Technical Expertise
1. Responds to patient questions and needs via various technology: “My Chart,” staff messages, telephone contact, etc.
2. Coordinates/Schedules admissions, surgeries, laboratory testing, radiographic exams, and infusion.
3. Performs basic administrative tasks related to role
4. Establishes a plan for venous access via assessment of peripheral veins.
5. Performs nursing procedures per policy.
6. Assists providers with procedures utilizing appropriate technique.
7. Assesses patient and family learning style to provide ongoing education regarding diagnosis, staging, treatment, side effects, and self-care.
8. Provides detailed documentation in the electronic medical record to support assessment and interventions

Critical Thinking
1. Reviews medical records to ensure completeness as applicable for patient diagnosis and staging. Requests additional medical records as needed
2. Ensures new patients are scheduled for appropriate providers based upon assessment of patient and collaborates to alter plan as needed
3. Assesses patients in person or remotely to evaluate current status and needs
4. Provides telephone triage as defined by guidelines and in collaboration with provider coordinating care with infusion room, home health, urgent care, or emergency department as required
5. Recognizes changes in patient status and responds promptly to optimize patient outcomes
6. Prioritizes complex patient care based upon knowledge and clinical experience.
7. Assesses patient compliance with treatment plan

Leadership
1. Demonstrates accountability for professional practice, continuing education, and progress toward achievement of goals
2. Establishes and maintains expertise regarding disease, staging, current treatment options, and management of adverse events.
3. Serves as a liaison between practice and referral sources
4. Participates in quality metric initiatives supporting optimal outcomes and value-based metrics
5. Assists in patient identification for tumor board, coordinates tumor board, and participates in patient presentation and care plan development.
6. Participates in the orientation and education of health care team members
7. Serves as key member of multi-disciplinary team supporting patient cohesiveness, efficiency, and patient-focused care.

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