Oncology Nurse Navigator - 438008 - Alamogordo New Mexico

Company: Christus Health
Location: Alamogordo, New Mexico
Posted On: 04/29/2025

Description

• Assist patients in understanding their diagnosis, treatment options, and the resources available, including educating eligible patients about appropriate clinical research studies and technologies
  
• Serve as an essential link between patients and all other care providers
  
• Facilitate appointments for consults and support services within established service standards, including social workers, dieticians, physicians, and other members of the interdisciplinary team.
  
• Coordinate interdisciplinary planning conferences, develop concise patient summaries for use by the care team, and document recommendations made utilizing the standardized care protocols in accordance with nationally recognized care guidelines
  
• Develop patient education programs and tools
  
• Follow patients throughout the care continuum, including inpatient admissions, and collaborate with inpatient care management resources
  
• Work with the Cancer Registry staff and others to collect data, track outcomes, and support strategic planning processes
  
• Report up quality outcomes to the CQC
  
• Responsible for outreach efforts to establish and maintain positive working relationships with key customers (physicians, office staff, diagnostic staff, nurses, radiology staff, social services staff, and radiation oncology staff)
  
• Demonstrates communication skills necessary to interact with persons of varying age and/or cultures.
  
• Answers telephone as assigned, routes calls or takes messages appropriately.
  
• Supports the Mission and Philosophy of the hospital and the Department. Demonstrates an understanding and application of these policies.
  
• Respects confidentiality.
  RequirementsEducationRequired: Bachelor of ScienceLicenses & CertificationsRequired: L-RN MultistatePreferred: C-BLS More...

      

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