Registered Nurse-Oncology Care Navigator

The Oncology Care Navigator (OCN) Registered Nurse (RN) executes position responsibilities that demonstrate expert leadership, experience, and creative approaches in providing complex patient management. Provides patient management, care coordination, and disposition planning for cancer patients.

*** THIS IS NOT A REMOTE POSITION, YOU MUST LIVE WITHIN OR BE WILLING TO RELOCATE WITHIN A COMMUTABLE DISTANCE OF THE DUTY LOCATION***

The OCN RN assists Veterans, family members, and caregivers with receiving the most appropriate options and services to meet their complex health care needs. Coordinates care with multiple providers across all levels and sites of care. Coordination also includes assuring services interface within the Veterans Affairs and community programs to provide continuity of care to patients. Provides oversight of the patient’s journey through the diagnostic and treatment continuum, ensuring that all steps in the process are scheduled, timely and completed, while tracking the overall treatment plan.

OCN RN will identify and eliminate barriers to care for patients in need of oncology care and coordinates care across the continuum and through transitions in care. OCN RN will follow certain patients from the earliest suspicion of cancer through the continuum of cancer care including diagnosis, treatment, survivorship/surveillance, or palliation/end of life.

The OCN RN is responsible and accountable for all elements of the nursing process when providing and/or supervising direct patient care. Assesses, plans, implements, and evaluates care based on age‑specific components. The OCN RN will develop and execute appropriate multi‑disciplinary oncology navigation activities in collaboration with interdisciplinary team – IDT – as needed in support of the Veteran’s health needs.

The OCN RN is responsible for outreach efforts to establish and maintain positive working relationships with key community stakeholders – e.g., community hospitals and providers, etc. – and will interface with outside referral agencies and ensure that their business and clinical practices are compliant with regulatory standards.

Anticipates and implements preventive patient care measures. Possesses the ability to assess data reflective of the patient’s status and interpret the appropriate information needed to identify each patient’s requirements relative to their age‑specific needs, providing care as considered necessary.

Provides guidance and education to patients and caregivers and collaborates with other professionals at all levels. Addresses psychosocial, as well as nursing and medical needs of patients and their families/caregivers, through participation with the interdisciplinary care team. Ensures the plan of care and educational requirements are individualized and tailored specifically to support each individual patient’s needs.

Reports status of service needs and contributes to problem resolution and modification of processes as necessary. Evaluates care and outcomes to ensure timely and appropriate provision of services. Advocates for holistic care through patient/family education and provider interaction and implements an educational plan to meet the patient care needs.

OCN provides education/training to all clinicians and services on the OCN’s role and processes. The OCN RN documents all encounters in the Electronic Medical Record (EMR) and documents all Veteran interactions/encounters/communication using face‑to‑face, Clinical Video Telehealth (CVT), telephonic, VA Video Connect (VVC), or secure message (SM) in EMR.

Will appropriately code encounters/communication/historical notes using the International Classification of Diseases (ICD), Evaluation and Management (E&M), and DM‑specific Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS) codes. Encounters will be completed and signed within 72 hours of initiation. The incumbent conducts nursing peer reviews as assigned. OCN RN participates in local and VISN oncology‑related meetings including conferences and committees.

• Pay: Competitive salary, regular salary increases, potential for performance awards
• Paid Time Off: 50 days of paid time…