Breast Cancer Nurse Navigator part time
Company: Inova Health System
Location: Falls Church
Posted on: November 22, 2021
Job Description:
Registered Nurse Navigator for Breast Cancer - Inova Mount
Vernon Hospital **PART TIME position** (2-3 shifts per
week)Provides safe therapeutic care in a holistic and systematic
way across the health system and continuum of care and in the
community for past, current and potential cancer patients. Guides
patient and family through the health system from diagnosis,
testing, treatment and follow-up care to assist patients with
navigating the continuum of care. Acts as a liaison, advocate and
point of contact to patient/family members by helping them access
the best healthcare outcomes from doctors, hospitals and others who
provide their required services. May assist patients and families
with resolving financial, psychosocial, functional, and
administrative issues by advising of options and referring to
appropriate resources. Acts as advisor/educator by providing
emotional support, counseling, clinical education, resources and
expert guidance to patients and families to promote their ability
to understand and meaningfully participate in the healthcare
process and personal decision-making. Facilitates and oversees the
care delivery for patient under the direction of the department
manager and in collaboration with the Life with Cancer Director.Job
Responsibilities
- Anticipates patient's needs and advocates for patient rights
and appropriate utilization of services.
- Offers individualized assistance to patients, families, and
caregivers to help overcome health system barriers.
- Develops and maintains effective liaison role between patient
and attending, consulting other medical team members.
- Acts as advisor/educator by providing emotional support,
counseling, clinical education, resources and expert guidance to
patients and families to promote their ability to understand and
meaningfully participate in the healthcare process and personal
decision-making.
- Educates patient, family or caregiver(s), and members of the
health care delivery team regarding treatment options, community
resources, insurance benefits, self-care management, etc. to
facilitate timely and informed decision-making throughout all
phases of the treatment/disease continuum process. Encourages and
coaches patients to be engaged in their care planning and to
embrace their essential role in the decision making process.
- Conducts ongoing promotion of healthcare program to community
based resources to include developing written materials and public
presentations describing activities related to patient care and
research.
- Co-facilitates at least one disease specific support group in
area of expertise and participates in community outreach
opportunities related to cancer care, as relevant.
- Serves as a clinical consultant to the health care team.
Assesses patient needs and coordination of multidisciplinary
care.
- Creates and maintains transplant calendar.
- Facilitates assessment of patient appropriateness for
transplantation.
- Coordinates pre-transplant evaluation and disease re-staging,
based on diagnosis, to determine appropriate timing to proceed with
transplant.
- Collects and reviews all pre-transplant clinical data to
summarize and highlight potential points of issue for physician
review.
- Assesses patient needs and dynamically collaborate with other
members of the health-care team to address actual and potential
problems and provide direction for their resolution.
- Verifies with Transplant Financial Coordinator benefits for
stem cell transplantation and need for authorization for any pre
transplant testing.
- Participates in transplant insurance company site visits and
all program specific transplant collaborative practice committees.
- Completes documentation related to pretesting, plan, written
consent, orders and outcome according to policy; communicate
verbally or in writing to other team members.
- Coordinates the health care team to implement the plan of
care.
- Keeps team members informed of patient progress/changes.
- Coordinates patient discharge from hospital to insure adherence
to SOPs.
- Facilitates smooth transition from inpatient services to
outpatient clinic.
- Performs stem cell infusions according to program SOPs and
hospital policies.
- Identifies, trains, and maintains competency documentation for
back-up infuser RNs.
- Builds working relationships with patient, healthcare
providers, and community resources to maximize patient outcome and
identify/resolve barriers to the plan of care.
- Conducts comprehensive assessment of the patient's health and
psycho-social needs, and develops a case management plan in
collaboration with the patient and their support system.
- Collaborates with multidisciplinary team to address patient
questions and responses about the care process and treatment
options.
- Collaborates with the interdisciplinary team and incorporates
the expertise of the team to achieve desired patient outcomes.
- Respects and has an understanding of other clinical
disciplines.
- Communicates with payers to facilitate covered day
reimbursement certification for assigned patients.
- Discusses payer criteria and issues on a case-by-case basis
with clinical staff and follows up to resolve problems with payors
as needed.
- Communicates effectively and works collaboratively and
cooperatively with others.
- Demonstrates respect and understanding of other clinical
disciplines and uses and integrated approach to achieve desired
patient outcomes.
- Participates in weekly team review of transplant patients.
- Participates in monthly quality assurance meetings. Facilitates
communication among departments to ensure continuity of care.
Establishes and cultivates relationships with physicians and health
care team members. Demonstrates effective communication skills and
assists in the resolution of conflict among health care team
members, patients and families.
- Uses an integrated approach to patient outcomes.
- Maintains collaborative professional working relationships with
clinicians and administrative staff necessary to develop and
implement a successful system-wide management of cancer population
and program activities.
- Develops and maintains effective liaison role between patient
and attending, consulting and other medical team members.
- Focuses on contributing information regarding the availability
of community based resources.
- Demonstrates proficiency in the referral process and use of the
multidisciplinary resources to meet patient needs; maintains
culturally sensitive channels of communication at all times.
- Facilitates the assessment of patients learning needs and
outcomes measures of patient education, accesses resources from all
disciplines to achieve patient outcomes.
- Provides patient and family members with appropriate education
and materials as well as treatment guidelines and management of
symptoms and side effects of treatment.
- Seeks to improve healthcare experience and positive patient
outcome.
- Assists with patient's satisfaction with the integrated health
care delivery model and access to appropriate care or facility.
- Promotes lifelong learning and evidence-based practice by self
and others to improve the care of patients with past, current, or
potential diagnosis of cancer.
- Provides personal, single point of contact for patients and
their family, provides referrals to support and ancillary services
as needed, and ensures patient has appropriate access to health
care services and providers.
- Develops and administers all aspects of the Transplant
Program's performance improvement program.
- Works with transplant team, establishes quality goals and
identifies performance and quality improvement initiatives.
Implements data collection and review methodologies.
- Performs analysis of data for the performance improvement
program.
- Monitors and reports quality and performance improvement data
to the transplant team, hospital quality structure and regulatory
bodies as required.
- Facilitates program adverse event review and reporting.
- Participates in organ specific protocol development and
variance analysis.
- Educates patient, family and care providers.
- Plans, implements and evaluates formal and informal education
regarding all aspects of care for the patient, family and
caregivers and documents according to established policy.
- Maintains a working knowledge of availability of community
resources and financial services for providing clinical care and
knowledge about appropriate referrals.
- Conducts comprehensive assessments of patients to include
psycho-social, psycho-educational, physical, and spiritual
assessments.
- Utilizes the nursing process, provides education and resources
to facilitate informed decision making and timely access to quality
health and psycho-social care throughout all phases of the
continuum process.
- Offers individualized assistance to patients, families, and
caregivers to help overcome health system barriers.
- Plans, implements and evaluates formal and informal education
regarding all aspects of care for the patient, family and
caregivers and documents according to established policy.
- Assess and utilize resources from all disciplines to meet
patient and family educational needs and improve patient outcomes.
- Reviews self development plan and professional goals; seeks new
knowledge toward the progression of professional goals.
- Promotes lifelong learning and evidence-based practice, by self
and others, to improve the care of patients with past, current, or
potential diagnosis of cancer.
- Coordinates a patient's plan of care which may include
answering patient questions regarding disease process and plan of
care, appointment scheduling when appropriate, assisting with
referral process, and providing community resources.
- Provides educational information and advocacy to patient
throughout care process in accordance with service line policies
and procedures.
- Functions as a contact to internal and external
community/family services for patients in need of services such as
screening, diagnostic treatment, clinical research participation,
support services, and follow-up/aftercare plan.
- Refers cases to the appropriate resources for assistance.
- Creates a seamless flow through the health system to facilitate
the patient's care. Incorporates data and information to
continuously improve care and practice.
- Organizes and submits data to ensure compliance with regulatory
guidelines.
- Identifies and documents variances from SOPs.
- Presents the results in monthly meeting for team review.
- Maintains entry, review and validation of all required data
including engraftment documentation, 30-day review, etc.
- Performs formal clinical audits per policy.
- Participates in quality improvement initiatives and assists
with process and protocol development/revision based on evidence
based/best practice findings. Maintains current knowledge of all
regulatory requirements for hospitals and organ transplant
programs.
- Coordinates continuous survey readiness activities.
- Monitors compliance with all CMS, UNOS and JCAHO requirements.
Assists in RFI completion.
- Represents transplant programs in appropriate hospital quality
activities and committees.
- Obtains appropriate continuing education to maintain and
improve knowledge of regulatory requirements and quality
improvement tools and techniques.
- Educates patients and family members regarding disease
process.
- Maintains a working knowledge of availability of community
resources and financial services for providing clinical care and
knowledge about appropriate referrals.
- Utilizes standards, guidelines, and protocols for determination
of care needs.
- Coordinates community health programs and cancer-related
education and groups.
- Incorporates data and information to continuously improve
services and practice to enhance outcomes.Participates in the
development of outcomes measures as well as surveys regarding
patient satisfaction with the services received, services provided,
and the impact of patient education.
- Supports a smooth transition of patients from active treatment
into survivor ship or end-of-life care.Requirements:
- 3 to 5 years' progressive clinical nursing with primary care
management of patient population
- BSN
- Current Basic Life Support (BLS) and
- Certification in oncology within 2 years of employment.
- Strong oncology knowledge; Basic knowledge of managed care;
Working knowledge of insurance coverage and procedures; Working
knowledge of community resources; understanding of health care
facilities and processes; Strong verbal and written communication
skills; Strong interpersonal skills; Proficient computer skillsFor
internal use: IND1Registered Nurse Navigator for Breast Cancer -
Inova Mount Vernon Hospital **PART TIME position** (2-3 shifts per
week)Provides safe therapeutic care in a holistic and systematic
way across the health system and continuum of care and in the
community for past, current and potential cancer patients. Guides
patient and family through the health system from diagnosis,
testing, treatment and follow-up care to assist patients with
navigating the continuum of care. Acts as a liaison, advocate and
point of contact to patient/family members by helping them access
the best healthcare outcomes from doctors, hospitals and others who
provide their required services. May assist patients and families
with resolving financial, psychosocial, functional, and
administrative issues by advising of options and referring to
appropriate resources. Acts as advisor/educator by providing
emotional support, counseling, clinical education, resources and
expert guidance to patients and families to promote their ability
to understand and meaningfully participate in the healthcare
process and personal decision-making. Facilitates and oversees the
care delivery for patient under the direction of the department
manager and in collaboration with the Life with Cancer Director.Job
Responsibilities
- Anticipates patient's needs and advocates for patient rights
and appropriate utilization of services.
- Offers individualized assistance to patients, families, and
caregivers to help overcome health system barriers.
- Develops and maintains effective liaison role between patient
and attending, consulting other medical team members.
- Acts as advisor/educator by providing emotional support,
counseling, clinical education, resources and expert guidance to
patients and families to promote their ability to understand and
meaningfully participate in the healthcare process and personal
decision-making.
- Educates patient, family or caregiver(s), and members of the
health care delivery team regarding treatment options, community
resources, insurance benefits, self-care management, etc. to
facilitate timely and informed decision-making throughout all
phases of the treatment/disease continuum process. Encourages and
coaches patients to be engaged in their care planning and to
embrace their essential role in the decision making process.
- Conducts ongoing promotion of healthcare program to community
based resources to include developing written materials and public
presentations describing activities related to patient care and
research.
- Co-facilitates at least one disease specific support group in
area of expertise and participates in community outreach
opportunities related to cancer care, as relevant.
- Serves as a clinical consultant to the health care team.
Assesses patient needs and coordination of multidisciplinary
care.
- Creates and maintains transplant calendar.
- Facilitates assessment of patient appropriateness for
transplantation.
- Coordinates pre-transplant evaluation and disease re-staging,
based on diagnosis, to determine appropriate timing to proceed with
transplant.
- Collects and reviews all pre-transplant clinical data to
summarize and highlight potential points of issue for physician
review.
- Assesses patient needs and dynamically collaborate with other
members of the health-care team to address actual and potential
problems and provide direction for their resolution.
- Verifies with Transplant Financial Coordinator benefits for
stem cell transplantation and need for authorization for any pre
transplant testing.
- Participates in transplant insurance company site visits and
all program specific transplant collaborative practice committees.
- Completes documentation related to pretesting, plan, written
consent, orders and outcome according to policy; communicate
verbally or in writing to other team members.
- Coordinates the health care team to implement the plan of
care.
- Keeps team members informed of patient progress/changes.
- Coordinates patient discharge from hospital to insure adherence
to SOPs.
- Facilitates smooth transition from inpatient services to
outpatient clinic.
- Performs stem cell infusions according to program SOPs and
hospital policies.
- Identifies, trains, and maintains competency documentation for
back-up infuser RNs.
- Builds working relationships with patient, healthcare
providers, and community resources to maximize patient outcome and
identify/resolve barriers to the plan of care.
- Conducts comprehensive assessment of the patient's health and
psycho-social needs, and develops a case management plan in
collaboration with the patient and their support system.
- Collaborates with multidisciplinary team to address patient
questions and responses about the care process and treatment
options.
- Collaborates with the interdisciplinary team and incorporates
the expertise of the team to achieve desired patient outcomes.
- Respects and has an understanding of other clinical
disciplines.
- Communicates with payers to facilitate covered day
reimbursement certification for assigned patients.
- Discusses payer criteria and issues on a case-by-case basis
with clinical staff and follows up to resolve problems with payors
as needed.
- Communicates effectively and works collaboratively and
cooperatively with others.
- Demonstrates respect and understanding of other clinical
disciplines and uses and integrated approach to achieve desired
patient outcomes.
- Participates in weekly team review of transplant patients.
- Participates in monthly quality assurance meetings. Facilitates
communication among departments to ensure continuity of care.
Establishes and cultivates relationships with physicians and health
care team members. Demonstrates effective communication skills and
assists in the resolution of conflict among health care team
members, patients and families.
- Uses an integrated approach to patient outcomes.
- Maintains collaborative professional working relationships with
clinicians and administ
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