Oncology Nurse Navigator - Breast Cancer - Duke Cancer Center
Posted 2025-03-14Position: Oncology Nurse Navigator - Breast Cancer - Duke Cancer Center, Durham NC
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Duke University Hospital is the largest of Duke Health's three hospitals and features 1048 patient beds, 65 operating rooms, as well as comprehensive diagnostic and therapeutic facilities, including a regional emergency/trauma center, an endo-surgery center, and more.
This Oncology Nurse Navigator position will focus on supporting complex Breast Cancer patients to decrease untimely and fragmented care at the Duke Cancer Center. The Navigator assesses patients for barriers and helps connect the patient with resources to improve treatment compliance and appointment arrival rate. The Navigator assesses health literacy and provides personalized education throughout all phases of care to support and promote patient advocacy.
The Nurse Navigator is a crucial member of the careteam to ensure multidisciplinary actions are followed up on to provide comprehensive and high-quality care for our patients.
This is a hybrid position with 3-4 days onsite per week meeting patients in clinic and supporting the careteam and 1-2 days remote per week following up with patients via phone and video. Occ Summary The Oncology Nurse Navigator (ONN) is a professional RN with oncology- specific knowledge who offers personalized assistance to patients, families, and caregivers to address health system barriers.
For patients with barriers, health-related social needs, or other factors that contribute to risk of untimely or fragmented care, the ONN assesses for and addresses barriers, provides patient with personalized education and support, and communicates with other members of care team to support patient receiving timely, quality care (medical and psychosocial care). Due to the complex, multi-disciplinary, multi-site care model of cancer care, the oncology nurse navigator has specific clinical knowledge of the care, the other treatment providers, and the disease process that is critical to support patients and families across the continuum, from prevention and screening to survivorship or end of life.
The ONN builds and maintains trusting relationships with patients and caregivers, and collaborators in the cancer care continuum (community resources, primary care providers, cancer care providers, etc., as appropriate) to support communication, defragmentation, and seamless, timely care. Work Performed For Oncology patients with barriers or health-related social needs, or other factors that contribute to risk of untimely or fragmented care, the ONN identifies & addresses barriers and communicates with other members of care team to support patients.
For Oncology patients with highly acute care needs, such as complex treatment plans, multiple co-morbidities, etc., the ONN provides focused education and support, addresses barriers, and communicates with other members of the care team to support patient on cancer continuum. Provide communication, advocacy, and education in a culturally competent manner. Ability to clinically triage identified complex patient cases (those with significant barriers and health-related social needs or otherwise identified as a vulnerable population within oncology) and navigation referrals efficiently to ensure timely, equitable access to care.
Collaborate with multidisciplinary care team (including cancer specialists, primary care, and other specialists) to facilitate shared decision making and engagement of patients in their care. Provide education and reinforcement of clinical information to oncology patients and caregivers about screenings, diagnosis, treatment, survivorship, end of life, psychosocial care, other specialty care, as needed/appropriate. Focused symptom assessment and management for identified patient population in oncology.
Assess physical and psychosocial needs for identified patient population and provide education, referrals for services (medical family therapists, clinical social workers, physical and occupational therapists, dietitians, etc.), and communication with collaborating clinicians on care for patients. Assess health literacy and educational needs of oncology patient and family caregivers. Provide personalized education to patient and family members, and coordinate with care team to ensure any barriers are identified and addressed.
Assess and document patient's needs, goals, and preferences and work to ensure such are integrated into treatment and care delivery. Identify gaps in, or fragmented care, and facilitate reduction or elimination of barriers to seamless, timely?
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