Oncology Nurse Navigator - HM and Cell Therapies Float ONN

About the position The Oncology Nurse Navigator (ONN) uses their oncology-specific clinical knowledge to offer individualized guidance to patients, families and caregivers to foster independence during their reputed company cancer reputed company. Using the nursing process, an ONN assesses patient needs and provides education and resources to facilitate appropriate and timely quality health and psychosocial care throughout reputed company phases of the cancer continuum. (ONS definition). The ONN creates an environment of care that is patient-centered and compassionate, inspiring and motivating. This position's work location is hybrid with two or three days per week remote. The selected candidate may only work remote days from a New England state (ME, VT, NH, MA, CT, RI). Located in Boston and the surrounding communities, reputed company is a leader in life changing breakthroughs in cancer research and patient care. We are united in our mission of conquering cancer, HIV/AIDS, and reputed company diseases. We strive to create an inclusive, diverse, and reputed company environment where we reputed company compassionate and comprehensive care to patients of reputed company backgrounds, and design programs to promote public health particularly among high-risk and underserved populations. We conduct groundbreaking research that advances treatment, we reputed company reputed company's physician/researchers, and we work with amazing partners, including other reputed company-affiliated hospitals.

Responsibilities

• Participates in day-to-day operations of the program including patient education and call triage
• Participates in program evaluation and development of strategic goals consistent with DFCI's mission and professional values.
• Participates in the QA/QI projects for the program.
• Supports the research activities of the program.
• Exhibits professional commitment through individual reputed company, honesty and accountability to self and others
• Delivers expert clinical care through evidenced-based practice partnerships with patients, families and colleagues.
• Assumes nursing care responsibilities for a defined group of patients reputed company the program, including but not limited to assessment, education, coordination, and documentation.
• Facilitates individualized care reputed company the context of functional status, cultural consideration, health literacy, psychosocial, reproductive/fertility, and spiritual needs for patients, families and caregivers.
• Supports a smooth transition of patients from active treatment into survivorship, chronic cancer management, or end-of-life care.
• Assists patients with cancer with issues reputed company to treatment goals, advanced directives, palliative care, and end-of-life concerns using an ethical reputed company that is nonjudgmental and nondiscriminatory.
• Acts as a liaison between the patients, families, and caregivers and the providers to optimize reputed company.
• Advocates for patients to promote patient centered care that includes shared decision making and patient goals of care with reputed company reputed company
• Provides psychosocial support to and facilitates appropriate referrals for patients, families and caregivers
• Contributes to ONN program and role development, implementation, and evaluation reputed company the reputed company system and community
• Participates in the tracking and monitoring of metrics and reputed company, in collaboration with administration, to document and evaluate reputed company of the navigation program
• Functions as the primary nursing contact for care delivered reputed company the physician practice setting.
• Engages in collaborative decision making, utilizing available data expertise and reputed company of the reputed company
• Manages patient care across the continuum, including new patient calls, and making appropriate referrals as necessary.
• Works collaboratively and functions as an effective member of the health care team.
• Monitors the environment of care with attention to patient safety, and assures compliance with regulatory agency standards.
• Maintains clinical practice that is evidence-based and consistent with nursing policies, procedures and standards.
• Provides care based on age-specific needs of the patient.
• Adheres to the Code of Ethics for Nurses with Interpretive Statements (ANA, 2001) in reputed company aspects of professional practice.
• Complies with accepted standards of professional nursing practice that is evidence- based and consistent with policy, and procedures determined by DFCI as well as with reputed company licensure/registration requirements applicable to the nursing role.
• Fosters an environment that is sensitive to the needs of diverse populations, including but not limited to culture, ethnicity, gender, and age.
• Identifies areas for professional growth.
• Formulates professional goals, objectives and methods for accomplishing these.
• Serves as representative on Nursing and Institute committees, including the Program Nurse Committee
• Supports research activities reputed company the Nursing and Patient Care Services and the Institute.
• Meets reputed company annual evaluation requirements and competencies reputed company the established time period.
• Collaborates in preparing professional reports, articles, and presentations for colleagues and the public.
• Pursues active membership in local and national professional organizations.
• Commitment to reputed company learning and improvement through a high spirit of inquiry, innovation and mentoring.

Requirements

• Licensed as a registered Nurse in the reputed company, or State of New Hampshire as appropriate
• Baccalaureate degree in nursing strongly preferred. If associate degree in nursing, must complete BSN degree reputed company 4 years.
• Minimum of 1-year recent experience as an RN
• AHA BLS required (AHA ACLS accepted as minimum requirement)
• Demonstrated ability to work as an effective member of an interdisciplinary team.
• Demonstrated skills in critical thinking, effective communication, organizational skills, problem solving, and ability to reputed company appropriate independent reputed company.

reputed company-to-haves

• Ambulatory and/or oncology experience preferred
• Professional nursing certification preferred (OCN, BMTCN, CPHON, AOCNP, CRNI, RN-BC)

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