Nurse Navigator- Head and Neck, surgical oncology
Company: Hackensack Meridian Health
Location: Edison
Posted on: April 16, 2024
Job Description:
Overview
Our team members are the heart of what makes us better. At
Hackensack Meridian Health we help our patients live better,
healthier lives - and we help one another to succeed. With a
culture rooted in connection and collaboration, our employees are
team members. Here, competitive benefits are just the beginning.
It's also about how we support one another and how we show up for
our community. Together, we keep getting better - advancing our
mission to transform healthcare and serve as a leader of positive
change.The nurse navigator in collaboration with the surgeons
and/or providers and the entire healthcare team navigates the care
for patients including but not limited to: ongoing assessment of
patient and family needs including educational, financial,
psychosocial, nutritional, and clinical; connecting patients and
families to available resources within the health system and in the
community, assessing patients for eligibility for clinical trials
and facilitates access to care.
Responsibilities
A day in the life of a Nurse Navigator at Hackensack Meridian
Health includes: NAVIGATION
- Coordinates and navigates outpatient care for patients.
- Identifies new patients as they are diagnosed and offers
navigation services.
- Provides initial detailed patient and family needs assessment
and periodically updates needs assessment throughout the course of
treatment.
- Develops disease site expertise. Provides patient and family
education.
- Connects patients and family with available resources in the
health system and community.
- Maintains a database of available community resources.
Facilitates access to services.
- Tracks the flow of patients through diagnostic and treatment
services.
- Documents assessment and follow up notes in the patients'
medical record.
- Provides monthly reports of activity to the Director.
SURVIVORSHIP CARE PLAN
- For applicable patients, gathers all information required by
the Commission on Cancer and formulates a survivorship care plan at
the end treatment.
- Distributes and discusses survivorship care plan with the
patient and family and other appropriate providers per protocol.
RELATIONSHIPS
- Builds and maintains professional relationships with surgeons,
other medical physicians and professionals involved in the patients
care.
- Establishes communication with physicians, physician extenders
and their office staff to outline navigation programs and available
resources.
- Collaborates with the primary provider/surgeon, to act as a
resource for the patient and family beginning during initial
consultation and continuing through treatment. MULTIDISCIPLINARY
CARE CONFERENCES
- Collaborates with physicians as well as using positive
pathology reports to identify patients for the applicable
multidisciplinary care conferences boards.
- Accountable for ensuring that disease sites or general tumor
conferences are prepared, promoted and documented, with the goal of
prospective treatment planning. QUALITY
- Participates in appropriate committees.
- Ensures standards are met. As applicable, ensures compliance
with Joint Commission standards and and supports certification
initiatives as requested. COMMUNITY MARKETING
- As applicable represents the programs services to the
community.
- Collaborates with marketing for brochures and other marketing
materials.
- Provides community organizations with information about
services provided and offered to patients.
- May participate in community programs relevant to the promotion
of the program.
Qualifications
Education, Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Required:
- Graduate of licensed school of nursing;
- RN with at least 5 years of clinical experience in a relevant
clinical specialty.
- Proficient computer skills- proficiency in MS Office.
- Strong organizational, time management, critical thinking RN
skills.
- Ability to work independently and exercise sound judgment in
interactions with physicians, APNs, patients, and their families.
Education, Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Preferred:
- BSN. Licenses and Certifications Required:
- NJ State Professional Registered Nurse License.
- AHA Basic Health Care Life Support HCP Certification. Licenses
and Certifications Preferred:
- National Certification. If you feel that the above description
speaks directly to your strengths and capabilities, then please
apply today!
Our Network
Hackensack Meridian Health (HMH) is a Mandatory Influenza
Vaccination Facility
As a courtesy to assist you in your job search, we would like to
send your resume to other areas of our Hackensack Meridian Health
network who may have current openings that fit your skills and
experience.
Keywords: Hackensack Meridian Health, Clifton , Nurse Navigator- Head and Neck, surgical oncology, Healthcare , Edison, New Jersey
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