About the position The Oncology Nurse Navigator is a licensed nurse who has experience in cancer clinical care coordination and care management. This position will optimize care coordination, patient experience and improve the clinical outcome for patients by providing nurse-led navigation throughout the patient journey from diagnosis to survivorship. The Oncology Nurse Navigator is responsible for collaborating with the physician and their clinical team, including but not limited to patient care coordinators, patient financial counselors, clinical research coordinators, social workers, genetic counselors, and other supportive care specialists in the cancer service line. The Navigator is part of an interdisciplinary team to triage the patient's clinical and supportive care needs and connect them to services that will benefit a holistic approach throughout their care continuum. This position fosters a relationship of trust with the patient and their caregiver(s), serves as the patient's clinical care advocate, as well as connects the care across the clinical teams taking care of the patient. Navigation activities that are developed in the cancer destination service line will need to be carefully monitored for facilitating shared decision-making, ensuring patient engagement, addressing the patient's needs, and facilitating communication that is in alignment with the patient's values and preferences across the clinical care journey.

Responsibilities

• Ensures the clinical care meets the guidelines as outlined in the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) and/or Stanford clinical care pathways, including clinical trials available across the Cancer DSL Network.
• Assess the education needs of the patient, providing the patient with disease-specific information including available clinical trials, treatment options, symptom management and supportive care programs.
• Addresses clinical and health system barriers to care and provisions of services to at–risk populations as identified by the nurse navigation tracking tools.
• Works in collaboration with social work and nutrition to address environmental barriers impacting the patients’ ability to adhere to their cancer care pathways as appropriate.
• Facilitates communication with all members of the cancer clinical care team and provides one-on-one oncology nurse navigation to address the mental, emotional, and physical needs of the patient, caregiver(s), and family.
• Focuses on clinically oriented referrals, second opinions, outside testing, local treatment options, and supportive care options in the community where the patient lives.
• Provides clinical care and educational materials in a culturally appropriate manner and facilitates additional services as needed to meet the cultural needs of the patient and their family.
• Screens and assesses for distress and refers to appropriate support services within the cancer destination service line and/or community.
• From diagnosis through treatment, survivorship, and/or palliation, strategic touchpoints with the patient will be performed following NCCN/Stanford quality guidelines implemented by the cancer destination service line.
• Helps support appropriate accreditation requirements within the Cancer DSL Cancer Centers and ensure that quality standards are met with the accreditation team (i.e, CoC, NAPBC, QOPI).
• Serves as Stanford Cancer DSL representative and liaison to academies and associations, including but not limited to Academy of Oncology Nurse and Patient Navigators (AONN), Association of Community Cancer Centers (ACCC) and Oncology Nursing Society (ONS).

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree of Science in Nursing from an accredited college /university
• Minimum of 5 years of nursing experience
• Minimum 2-3 years experience in oncology
• California Registered Nurse (RN) license
• American Heart Association Basic Life Support (BLS) certification
• Clinical knowledge of the disease process, clinical trial information, symptom management, and appropriate cancer care services
• Knowledge of the overall cancer disease processes and treatment
• Knowledge of medical terminology required
• Ability to manage group processes and build an effective working relationship
• Requires strong problem-solving, decision-making, and critical-thinking skills
• Ability to implement professional and community-based education programs
• Experience with MS Office
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills
• Organized and detailed oriented with strong follow-through abilities

Nice-to-haves

• MS or MSN preferred
• Experience with nurse navigation and/or ambulatory oncology case management
• Knowledge in adult learning styles and various teaching methods: ability to deliver educational programs to staff and community.
• Experience with Epic EMR.
• Ability to integrate patient care with other members of the interdisciplinary health care team and provide direction or guidance to non-licensed personnel in the assigned area of responsibility to ensure quality care.
• Ability to develop materials involving graphics and tables.
• OCN - Oncology Nurse Certification preferred
• AOCNS - Advanced Oncology Certified Clinical Nurse Specialist preferred

Benefits

• $2,000 a year in continued education funds
• $15,000 scholarship opportunity towards degrees