The Oncology Nurse Navigator will work collaboratively with the Community Hem/Onc teams when a patient is referred to the department and throughout the cancer continuum. An oncology nurse navigator (ONN) is a professional RN with oncology-specific clinical knowledge who offers individual assistance to patients, families, and caregivers to help overcome healthcare system barriers. Using the nursing process, an ONN provides education and resources to facilitate informed decision making and timely access to quality health and psychosocial care throughout all phases of the cancer continuum. The ONN will work with the ONS core competencies as the guide. The ONN competencies to be performed: (a) coordination of care, (b) communication to patient, families, and members of the healthcare team, (c) patient and family education (d) professional role.

 

This position also comes with great benefits! Some highlights include:

• Comprehensive health care plans. Covered 100% for full-time employees and 88% for dependents.
• $25K of term life insurance provided at no cost to the employee
• Two separate above market pension plans to choose from
• Vacation - 192 to 288 hours per year depending on length of service, prorated for part-time
• Sick Leave - 96 hours per year, prorated for part-time
• Holidays - up to 64 holiday hours per calendar year (employees accrue .0308 holiday hours for each hour paid)
• Substantial public transportation discounts (Tri-met and C-Tran)
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Innovative Employee Assistance Program (EAP) including extensive wellness resources

The RN Navigator works with the Providers to ensure that all baseline clinical information, both diagnostic and therapeutic, is gathered together in a systematic fashion prior to the patients visit.  S/he works to ensure that new patients are prepared for the testing, evaluation and potential outcome of the visits ahead of time

 

The RN Navigator collaborates with the Team Coordinators and Managed Care Coordinators to ensure that all appropriate business related information is gathered prior to the visit, authorizations have been obtained and pre-registration has taken place.

 

The RN Navigator may be called upon to assign tasks to team members after assessing patient needs, staff skills and resources.

 

The RN Navigator collaborates with other members of the team to ensure that patient flow is expedited during clinical practice sessions.

 

The RN Navigator ensures that Provider orders that result from the new patient visit are recorded and executed.  S/he also works to ensure that laboratory and other diagnostic findings are available to clinicians in a timely fashion after tests are performed.  S/he tracks the post visit flow information to ensure that plans of care are executed in a timely fashion.

 

The RN Navigator ensures that when hospitalization is required; those patients and their family members understand prior to admission, what they can expect during the pre-hospitalization, hospital stay and post discharge period.  The RN Navigator is expected to troubleshoot any problems that patients and their families may encounter in preparing for or during their hospital stay.

 

Department Specific Working Conditions:

• Shared and collaborative infusion space.
• Ability to alternate between various work sites, depending on the practices’ space allocation, division of daily work activities, etc.
• Rotate into other assignments (conditional based on appropriate training) such as OLC, triage and charge nurse

• BSN Graduates: Baccalaureate Degree in Nursing from a program accredited by Commission of Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE), Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing (ACEN) or Commission for Nursing Education Accreditation (CNEA) 30 days before start date. 
• ADN Graduates: Associate Degree in Nursing from an accredited program 30 days before the start date.   
• Associate Degree Nurses required to enroll in BSN program within 3 years of hire and complete within 5 years of hire 
• Internal ONA applicants: Associate Degree in Nursing; BSN preferred 
• Current, unencumbered Oregon State Registered Nurse License 
• BLS at time of hire and must be issued by the American Heart Association (AHA) 
• BLS must not expire during orientation  
• Must be able to perform the essential functions of the position with or without accommodation 

Department Specific Requirements (competencies, equipment, certifications, etc.):

 

• Two years of experience in an adult oncology setting
• Recent adult oncology triage experience
• Competence in EPIC and beacon plans

• At least one year experience providing nursing skills over the phone.
• Demonstrated experience in patient and family education, including development of teaching materials.
• Recent experience in an Ambulatory care setting.
• Bilingual.
• OCN certification
• Chemotherapy and Biotherapy Provider Certification 
• Bachelors of Nursing preferred

Length of Orientation – Experienced Nurse

• External candidates: OHSU & Nursing New Employee Orientation (NEO) for about a week.
• Either Transition to Practice (TTP) Program Specialty Fellowship/Fellowship Learning Pathway or Orientation experience for 3 days-26 weeks depending on the care area. An employment service agreement may apply.
• TTP Program Specialty Fellowship/Fellowship Learning Pathway details and dates: https://www.ohsu.edu/human-resources/transition-practice-program-rns

Oregon Health & Science University values a diverse and culturally competent workforce. We are proud of our commitment to being an equal opportunity, affirmative action organization that does not discriminate against applicants on the basis of any protected class status, including disability status and protected veteran status. Individuals with diverse backgrounds and those who promote diversity and a culture of inclusion are encouraged to apply. To request reasonable accommodation contact the Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Department at 503-494-5148 or aaeo@ohsu.edu.