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Posted Mar 23Oncology Clinical RN Navigator
Roanoke, United StatesOn-site
Responsibilities
- Collaborates with clinical team to triage new patient referrals efficiently to ensure timely access to care.
- Collaborates with multidisciplinary care team and expedite sequence of patient’s workup, active treatment, survivorship, and end of life care.
- Coordinate patient education and provide resources for financial, legal and social support.
- Utilize delegation and critical thinking skills to provide quality service through a team oriented, collaborative approach to patient care.
- Demonstrate the role of patient advocate, protector of patient’s rights, provider of psychological/social/cultural support, and tolerate stressful situations.
Requirements
- The Clinical RN Navigator uses clinical processes in decision-making, patient assessment, data analysis, development and implementation of methods and systems to improve the overall quality and efficiency of patient care.
- The Clinical RN Navigator offers individualized support across the continuum of care to patients, families, and caregivers to expedite care delivery and alleviate barriers.
- F acilitates daily coordination of patient care. What We Require: Education: Bachelor's degree from an accredited program in area of clinical specialty strongly preferred.
- experience in a healthcare setting.
- Licensure, certification, and/or registration: Licensed/Registered in clinical specialty as required by the state of Virginia (i.e.
- Proven ability to understand medical terminology, problem solving and handle stressful situation with a professional manner.
- Must be able to work with minimal amount of supervision.
- Must work autonomously and in a team environment.
- Above average organizational skills, ability to multi-task, and attention to detail in work.
Experience
- Experience: 3 years of
Benefits
- Employment Status: Full time Shift: Day (United States of America) Facility: 1906 Belleview Ave SE - Roanoke Requisition Number: R159001 Oncology Clinical RN Navigator (Open) How You’ll Help Transform Healthcare: The Oncology Nurse Navigator is a licensed clinical professional who applies the nursing process to guide patients, families, and caregivers through the cancer continuum from diagnosis through treatment, survivorship, or end of life care.
- Through proactive communication, education, and advocacy, the navigator serves as a consistent point of contact, ensuring patients and families understand their care plan and can navigate complex healthcare systems.
- This role partners closely with physicians, nursing, and ancillary services to improve care quality, patient experience, and clinical outcomes, while also identifying opportunities to enhance care delivery processes and reduce delays across the cancer care continuum.
- The OCN will ensure ease of transition through various health settings during the patient's cancer journey. Coordinates care through interdisciplinary collaboration with a goal of delivering efficient care with optimal outcomes.
- Assesses, implements, and coordinates patient care plans.
- Interacts with staff, patients, families, visitors, members of the health care team and external partners to develop, coordinate, and manage the plan of patient care.
- Carilion Clinic is an Equal Opportunity Employer: We provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age (40 or older), disability, genetic information, or veterans status.
- benefits package, and many perks and well-being resources to help you live a happy, healthy life – at work and when you’re away.
- benefits available to you when you join Carilion: Comprehensive Medical, Dental, & Vision
- Benefits Employer Funded Pension Plan, vested after five years (Voluntary 403B) Paid Time Off (accrued from day one) Onsite fitness studios and discounts to our Carilion Wellness centers Access to our health and wellness app, Virgin Pulse Discounts on childcare Continued education and training
Contact
- The incumbents may be requested to perform job-related tasks other than those stated in this description. Recruiter: Emily Hicks Recruiter Email: elhicks@carilionclinic.org For more information, contact the HR Service Center at 1-800-599-2537.
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Additional details
- This role provides individualized, patient-centered support by assessing for clinical, psychosocial, financial, and logistical barriers to care and implementing interventions to reduce or eliminate those barriers.
- The Oncology Clinical RN Navigator (OCN) is responsible for the coordination of care through interdisciplinary collaboration with a goal of delivering efficient care with optimal outcomes.
- Ensures ease of transition through various health settings during the patient's journey.
- Organizes, formulates and coordinates a multi-disciplinary approach to the patient population for achievement of optimum outcomes.
- Screens referrals to ensure appropriate patient placement in programs.
- Ensures patients and family members understand the plan of care and responds to patient needs and concerns.
- Assesses and documents patient needs, goals, and preferences to ensure integrated into treatment and care delivery.
- Researches access to therapeutic clinical trials and communicates with patients, families and investigators regarding therapeutic clinical trials, including patient-specific education about clinical trials.
- Evaluates barriers to care and collaborate with community resources to eliminate barriers.
- Serves as a liaison between department staff, patients and families, physicians, external vendors/partners to ensure a collaborative approach to care for patients and families.