Nurse Navigator and Educator - Oncology ONCOLOGY Mon Medical Center Main Campus

The Inpatient Oncology Clinical Practice Nurse Navigator & Educator is a dual-focused clinical leadership role dedicated to advancing nursing excellence, patient safety, and specialized oncological care and education. This position coordinates the design, planning, evaluation, and integration of clinical education and professional development activities to maintain consistent standards of practice and competencies focused on the oncology patient population.

Serving as a vital partner to the unit leadership team, this role drives quality improvement initiatives, nurtures clinical staff development, and fosters an environment of innovation, empowerment, and evidence-based practice within a high-stress, specialized care environment.

Core Duties

• Lead quality improvement and patient safety activities for inpatient oncology.
• Monitor, analyze, and trend clinical practice to drive evidence‑based improvements.
• Ensure compliance with regulatory, accreditation, and professional oncology standards.
• Develop and oversee standardized clinical education and nursing competency programs.
• Collaborate with clinical and operational leaders to implement system‑wide oncology initiatives.
• Provide patient and family education related to clinical diagnosis.

Job ‑ Specific Duties

• Program Development:
  Develops, implements, and facilitates unit‑specific staff educational activities, continuing education, and academic experiences within the scope of nursing practice.
• Strategic Training:
  Collaborates with department leadership and support staff to prioritize educational needs using indicators such as regulatory requirements, new policies, emerging technologies, patient case studies, and quality assurance monitors.
• Onboarding & Orientation:
  Defines and coordinates orientation needs for all new unit employees. Assists leadership in assessing learning needs and developing structured orientation plans to ensure consistency in implementation, validation, and documentation methodologies.
• Preceptor Partnership:
  Individualizes orientation pathways in collaboration with unit preceptors. Evaluates orientee progress and provides ongoing constructive feedback to the orientee, preceptor, and unit manager.
• Competency Assessment:
  Assists unit teams in developing annual competency analysis system requirements and criteria, ensuring staff possess the knowledge, skills, and attitudes necessary to fulfill institutional oncology expectations.

• Performance Improvement (PI):
  Actively participates in and drives departmental Performance Improvement activities. Provides direct input and assists the Manager/Director in the annual review of the unit’s Scope of Service and PI initiatives.
• Change Agency:
  Serves as a proactive change agent to implement appropriate updates within the healthcare delivery system, anchoring clinical practices in robust, evidence‑based research.
• Leadership Support:
  Supports the unit leadership team by demonstrating effective leadership, clear communication, and professional conflict resolution skills.
• Staff Development:
  Facilitates strong leadership behaviors among unit staff, specifically targeting the orientation of Charge Nurses, the development of unit preceptors, delegation skills, and interpersonal communication.
• Talent Retention:
  Assists with unit‑specific recruitment and retention initiatives to build a resilient, sustainable oncology nursing team.
• Team
  
  Collaboration:
  
  Contributes positively to the teamwork of the department by assisting staff, sharing innovative ideas, and helping to resolve operational problems.
• Excellence Under Pressure:
  Exhibits the emotional and professional strength required to participate in,…