Basic Life Support (BLS), Clinical Research, Communication Skills, Computer Skills, Establish Priorities, Healthcare, Hospital, Infectious Diseases, Leadership, Medical Records, Memory Hardware, Metrics, Needs Assessment, Nursing, Nursing Credentials, Oncology, Oncology Certified Nurse (OCN), Organizational Skills, Patient Assessment, Physical Demands, Problem Solving Skills, Registered Nurse (RN), Team Player, Telephone Skills, Time Management, Training/Teaching, Treatment Plan, Willing to Travel
An oncology nurse navigator is a professional registered nurse with oncology-specific clinical knowledge who offers individualized assistance to oncology patients, families, and caregivers to help overcome healthcare system barriers. Utilizing the nursing process and oncology nurse navigator standards, an oncology nurse navigator provides education and resources to facilitate informed decision making and timely access to quality health and psychosocial care throughout all phases of their care. All services are provided under the direction of a provider from the oncology care team.
Mosaic Life Care is a health care system in northwest Missouri. With a vision of transforming community health by being a life-care innovator, Mosaic places the holistic needs of patients first by providing the right care at the right time and place, offering high value and quality health care.
Mosaic has a wide array of benefits to meet each employee's individual needs. Our benefits were designed by listening to people just like you. Mosaic also offers several perks with a focus on ensuring our employees feel valued, including concierge services, employee lounge, wellness programs, free covered parking, free on-site and virtual health clinics and many more. When paired with compensation and recognition, it is what continues to make us the employer of choice for employees at any stage of their journey.
Skills and Abilities
Essential Technical/Motor Skills
- Ability to communicate clearly to patients, providers and staff.
- Ability to prioritize and reprioritize quickly.
Interpersonal Skills
- Displays a friendly, positive attitude and communicates with patients, families, physicians and co-workers in a professional manner.
- Requires excellent organizational skills and clinical knowledge regarding specialty care services, as well as coordination services.
- Critical thinking skills.
Essential Physical Requirements
- Must move, kneel, crouch, stoop, reach, stand, push, pull, and lift.
- Must follow good body mechanics.
Essential Mental Abilities
- Ability to collect thorough information regarding patient''s condition and evaluate effects of care; must be able to visually inspect patient''s condition.
- Problem solve, manipulate numbers, adaptability, interpret data, calculate, comprehend, understand, explain, assess, evaluate short term and long term memory.
Essential Sensory Requirements
- Hear patients in person and on the telephone and be able to verbally respond.
- Basic computer skills.
Exposure to Hazards
- Potential exposure to communicable diseases, toxic substances, body fluids, needle sticks and other conditions common to a medical clinic environment.
Other Skills and Abilities
- Must have the ability to work autonomously and in teams.
- Strong leadership skills.
- Completes patient assessment, identifies specific patient needs, and addresses barriers to care
- Provides education and resources to patients and their family
- Coordinates appointments and referrals
- Facilitates shared decision making
- Develops relationships with referring physicians and ensures follow-up and treatment plan is communicated
- Collaborates with Clinical Research Team
- Participates in interdisciplinary tumor conference
- Supports palliative care, if applicable
- Provides consultation throughout survivorship trajectory, if applicable
- Completes intake logs and reports monthly to program manager for outcome metric reporting
- Adheres to the oncology navigation standards.
- Other duties as assigned
Education
- Graduate of a school of nursing - Required
- Bachelor''s Degree - Preferred
Work Experience
- 2 Years - Hospital or clinic nursing experience - Required
- 1 Year - Previous Oncology and/or Navigator experience - Preferred
Licenses and Certifications
- Registered Nurse (RN) - State Licensure/Or Compact State Licensure - State Licensure/Or Compact State Licensure in state, depending upon designated work location - Required within 90 Days
- Basic Life Support (BLS) - Required within 90 Days
- Oncology Nurse Navigator-Certified Generalist (ONN-CG) - Preferred within 3 Years
Travel Requirements
- Must be able to travel between various system facilities and off-site locations as needed. - Required
- Completes patient assessment, identifies specific patient needs, and addresses barriers to care
- Provides education and resources to patients and their family
- Coordinates appointments and referrals
- Facilitates shared decision making
- Develops relationships with referring physicians and ensures follow-up and treatment plan is communicated
- Collaborates with Clinical Research Team
- Participates in interdisciplinary tumor conference
- Supports palliative care, if applicable
- Provides consultation throughout survivorship trajectory, if applicable
- Completes intake logs and reports monthly to program manager for outcome metric reporting
- Adheres to the oncology navigation standards.
- Other duties as assigned
Education
- Graduate of a school of nursing - Required
- Bachelor''s Degree - Preferred
Work Experience
- 2 Years - Hospital or clinic nursing experience - Required
- 1 Year - Previous Oncology and/or Navigator experience - Preferred
Licenses and Certifications
- Registered Nurse (RN) - State Licensure/Or Compact State Licensure - State Licensure/Or Compact State Licensure in state, depending upon designated work location - Required within 90 Days
- Basic Life Support (BLS) - Required within 90 Days
- Oncology Nurse Navigator-Certified Generalist (ONN-CG) - Preferred within 3 Years
Travel Requirements
- Must be able to travel between various system facilities and off-site locations as needed. - Required