Nurse Navigator RN Mechanicsburg Oncology

Location

Mechanicsburg, PA | United States

Job description

UPMC’s Hillman Cancer Center is looking to add a Nurse Navigator (Registered Nurse, RN). This Nurse Navigator position will be at the Women’s Center in Mechanicsburg. The Hillman Cancer Center team values a shared governance model of Relationship Based Care in relating without team and our patients. Our Nurse Navigator are valuable and integral resources to facilitate patient care throughout UPMC system and network with our team to ensure quality patient outcomes in an efficient manner. We are looking to add a Registered Nurse (RN) who has a minimum of 3 years of clinical experience . Previous oncology experience or infusion experience is preferred, but not a requirement. We are looking someone who is friendly and empathetic, as well as self-motivated to help our patients navigate and thrive through all aspects of their cancer care. We look forward to sharing our vision and knowledge with qualified candidates. 

HOURS: Monday-Friday Dayshift position. Salaried position. NO WEEKENDS. NO MAJOR HOLIDAYS. NO LATE EVENINGS.

Responsibilities:

• The Nurse Navigator is an essential member of the interdisciplinary team, providing expert care related to wellness, prevention, illness, and rehabilitation.
• Participates in the evaluation of patient care and specialty services and programs through quality improvement activities. 
• Uses all components of the nursing process, to provide comprehensive nursing care, support and education to patients and their families during screening and diagnostic tests, treatment, recovery, and rehabilitation.
• Provides expert knowledge of specialty (Oncology) issues to health care professionals and patients/families.
• Works closely with the interdisciplinary team to meet the education and development needs of the professional and ancillary staff.
• Possesses the ability to obtain and interpret information considering age specific needs.
• Provides health promotion, disease prevention, and nursing care while cognizant of age, developmental status, culture, ethnicity, and sexual orientation to individual patients and members of the community.
• Integrates current research findings and technology into practice, performance improvement, and education as appropriate.
• Participates in the evaluation of patient care and programs through quality improvement activities.
• Identifies and coordinates performance improvement activities, including monitoring, evaluation, and development of appropriate outcomes; participates in processes to implement change.
• Monitors changes in legislation and regulations to assure that effective actions are taken in a timely and consistent manner.
• Demonstrates UPMC’s commitment to service excellence by understanding the needs of patients, their families, physicians and co-workers and doing what is required the first time, every time by being responsible, sensitive, accurate, timely, coordinated and thorough
• Assesses and addresses the educational needs of individual patients and members of the community as a whole, in regard to health issues with an emphasis on specialty practice.
• Coordinates tests, treatments, referrals and appointments as necessary to meet the physical, spiritual and psycho-social needs of the patient and family.
• Provides clinical support and patient care during procedures.
• Works as a team member to plan, develop, market and implement community health and wellness educational programming and health care services, with an emphasis on specialty care.

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Salary

$32.91 - $51.05 per hour