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JOB SUMMARY

The RN – Oncology Navigator Care Coordinator is responsible for managing the roles of Navigation, Survivorship Coordinator and Primary Care Management as it relates to patients cared for in Whidbey’s cancer program. The RN – Oncology Navigator Care Coordinator monitors, records and reports symptoms or changes in a patient’s conditions. The RN – Oncology Navigator Care Coordinator requires excellent patient teaching, assessment, communication, problem solving and symptom management skills; can work independently.

Principle Functions includes the following, other duties may be assigned:

Provides oversite, symptom management and patient education for patients receiving oral chemotherapy:

+ Facilitates and/or provide chemotherapy education and signing of consents.

+ Facilitates specialty pharmacy refills, funding with grants, Patient Assistance Programs, refills, prior authorizations, and re-enrolments.

+ Provides telephone and in person triage support, symptom management and education for patients on oral chemotherapies, schedule lab draws and results, and coordinate plan of care with ordering provider.

Provides Oncology Navigation and Coordination of Care:

+ Facilitate/triage new oncology referrals to WH.

+ Facilitates communication with referring providers for coordination of care.

+ Facilitates coordination of concurrent radiation/chemotherapy regimens, specialty consults and outside providers that may be involved with an oncology patients care team.

+ Facilitates self-referral mammogram results to patient and appropriate provider.

+ Participate in Tumor Board meetings.

Participates in meeting Standards as set forth by the Commission on Cancer (CoC) for Accreditation:

+ Coordinates Survivorship care plans and treatment summaries.

+ Identifies eligible patients, track treatments and prompt provider when survivorship office visit is due.

+ Participates in various aspects of the accreditation process to successfully meet Standards. This includes attendance at committee meetings, tracking or working closely with other departments to track referrals for genetic counseling, psychosocial distress screening, clinical trials, nutrition, and rehabilitation.

+ Acts as Survivorship Coordinator for CoC

+ Organizes and carries out community engagement activities, primarily cancer prevention, screening activities and community education.

+ Assists the Cancer Registrar in the completion of cases and facility quality improvement falling under the CoC Standards.

Provides education opportunities for oncology clinical staff when care coordination is the goal:

+ Includes direct training, email alerts or requests for electronic module training. Maintain the Cancer Resources list by adding to or updating it when appropriate.

+ Maintains Primary Care Management using proprietary database and modes of communication.

Education

ASN diploma/degree required, BSN preferred

T raining and Experience

+ Chemotherapy experience and knowledge preferred.

+ At least one year experience as an RN working in specialty area preferred.

+ Must be able to work as an independent problem solver.

+ Excellent interpersonal and communication skills are imperative.

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations

+ + Active Washington State RN licensure.

+ BLS Required.

+ OCN preferred.

Benefit Information and Wage Transparancy:

WhidbeyHealth Employees who work a 0.5 FTE or higher are categorized as, “benefit eligible”.

Click here for benefit information. (https://whidbeyhealth.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/WhidbeyHealth-Benefit-Information.pdf)

Wage Range: $37.450 - $70.012