RN Navigator, Ambulatory - Oncology

Careers With Purpose

Sanford Health, the largest rural health system in the United States, is dedicated to transforming the health care experience and providing access to world-class health care in America’s heartland.

Facility: Marsh Main
Location: Marshfield, WI
Address: 1000 N Oak Ave, Marshfield, WI 54449, USA
Shift: Day
Job Schedule: Full time
Weekly

Hours:

40.00
Salary Range: $34.00 - $51.00

We are seeking a highly motivated, self-driven Registered Nurse to serve as an Oncology Nurse Navigator. This role is essential in guiding patients through the cancer care continuum, ensuring timely coordination of care, patient education, and compassionate support from diagnosis through treatment and survivorship.

The ideal candidate is an independent, proactive RN with a passion for patient advocacy and care coordination. This individual must be comfortable working autonomously while collaborating closely with multidisciplinary teams to optimize patient outcomes.

Minimum of 2 years of nursing experience preferred (oncology experience preferred)

Strong organizational, communication, and critical thinking skills preferred

Ability to manage multiple priorities and work independently preferred

Commitment to delivering patient-centered, compassionate care

Integrates health care for patients/clients across the continuum of care. Collaborates with healthcare team and other professionals to coordinate and ensure timely sequencing of care. Integration enhances patient flow and interdisciplinary communication promotes early intervention. Supports patients/clients and other family members by removing barriers of care.

Seeks to evaluate outcomes based on an integration among established clinical, financial and utilization data. Functions in structured and unstructured health care settings described as a geographic and/or situational environment that may not have established policies and procedures. Utilizes independent nursing judgment when integrating health care. Knowledge of and utilizes appropriate age-related patient care protocols relating to the physical and psychological needs of pediatric, adolescent, adult and geriatric patients according to department scope of service.

May serve as a key link between providers, clinics, insurance concerns, communication, inpatient floors and outside facilities. Establishes and maintains good interpersonal relationships with those with whom has contact. Able to work with growth and development needs of client populations in clinical area. Strong communication skills are required. Coordinates, facilitates and negotiates with others. Monitors, evaluates and trends patient responses utilizing structured care methodologies.

Work closely with ancillary and support services. Ability to solve problems, identify and implement process improvements when needed. Self-motivated, working with little direction. Ability to facilitate groups, multidisciplinary teams, and implement best practices when necessary.

Functions within the scopes and standards of nursing practice as outlined in the Nurse Practice Act and Administrative Rules in state of practice and licensure. The Sanford Professional Nursing Practice recognizes the Scope and Standards of Practice and the Code of Ethics for Nurses with Interpretive Statements as published by the American Nurses Association as the foundation of nursing care delivery and professional conduct.

Bachelor's degree in Nursing strongly preferred in Bemidji and Rapid City. Required in Fargo and Sioux Falls (Sanford USD Medical Center and Clinics). Required in Bismarck or enrolled and starting a Bachelor’s degree program within one year of hire with a completion date within three years upon date of hire into position. Required in Fargo Network and Sioux Falls Network or employees hired after January, 2025, who do not possess a Bachelor’s degree in the required field, leadership may consider an educational plan with proven continuous action toward achieving a Bachelor’s degree in Nursing within five years of hire into position.

Approval from the Nursing Executive for the market is required in order to waive the bachelor…