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Job Description
The RN- Nurse Navigator acts as a guide and advocate for patients diagnosed with cancer within the Baptist Cancer Institute and Baptist Healthcare. An autonomous role that coordinates, negotiates, procures services and resources for, and manages the care of cancer patients to facilitate achievement of quality and cost-efficient patient outcomes from screening to survivorship. This role assists the patient throughout their care continuum to ensure that proper acute and supportive treatment is provided in a consistent and timely manner by focusing on the patient and family while ensuring the patient's active participation and decision making in their care. The role guides patients through our comprehensive healthcare system works with physicians and multidisciplinary team members to further diagnose or treat, provide adjunctive therapy, coordinate and maintain patient appointments and answer patient's questions, according to the agreed-upon clinical guidelines, to coordinate high-quality patient care across all care delivery sites. The Nurse Navigator-Oncology ensures timely access to healthcare services and provides patient information and education, as needed, to ensure the best patient healthcare experience possible. The Nurse Navigator will manage and assist with any accreditation standards as well as program-related analytics as assigned by the manager. The Nurse Navigator also supports and helps execute specific Baptist Cancer Institute initiatives as directed by the Cancer Support Services Senior Manager as directed. Responsibilities
Qualifications Minimum Education
Minimum Work Experience
Licenses and Certifications
Required Skills, Knowledge and Abilities
About Us Baptist Health Care is a not-for-profit health care system committed to improving the quality of life for people and communities in northwest Florida and south Alabama. The organization includes three hospitals, four medical parks, Andrews Institute for Orthopaedic & Sports Medicine, and an extensive primary and specialty care provider network. With more than 4,000 team members, Baptist Health Care is one of the largest non-governmental employers in northwest Florida. Baptist Health Care, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer. BHC maintains and enforces a policy that prohibits discrimination against any workforce members or applicants for employment because of sex, race, age, color, disability, marital status, national origin, religion, genetic information, or other category protected by federal, state or local law. |