Oncology Nurse Navigator in Osage Beach, Missouri at Lake Regional Health System

Lake Regional Health System is looking for a compassionate, professional Nurse Navigator to join our Oncology team. With our state-of-the-art hospital and network of clinics, therapy sites, and pharmacies, Lake Regional offers a wide range of employment opportunities in our community.

Key Responsibilities

• Coordinate care along the continuum for specified disease processes or populations.
• Act as a resource for patients, families, nursing staff, and other health care professionals in their area of expertise.
• Provide education on disease processes and individualized treatment plan to patients and caregivers.
• Drive best practices around programmatic quality indicators and lead/participate in quality/performance improvement
  activities.
• Create processes specific to the disease area of focus to assure access to care is achieved in a timely manner.
• Deliver transitional care per area of specialty to assure an appropriate level of care and compliance with the treatment plan.
• Provide triage/symptom and adverse event management, and route patients to the appropriate level of care.
• Assure care pathways/order sets are followed per disease specialty.
• Review disease-specific mortalities and 30-day readmission for improvement opportunities.
• Provide populations at risk with systematic, coordinated care management to reduce fragmentation and cost of care.
• Provide care management services as contractually obligated.
• Coordinate patient enrollment into clinical trials.
• Reduce variations in care and coordinate amongst specialty and primary care providers.
• May complete unit/department-specific duties as outlined in department documents.

Qualifications/Requirements

• Active Registered Nurse (RN) licensure
• BSN preferred
• OCN certification preferred
• Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree and three (3) years of RN experience, or five (5) years of RN experience.
• Annual influenza vaccines are required

Additional certifications may be required for this position and will be coordinated by Lake Regional as a part of your ongoing training and development. Please contact your recruitment team for more details.

Opportunity Features: Lake Regional offers a competitive compensation package that includes excellent benefits such as:

• Health, Dental, and Vision insurance
• Supplemental policies to fit your individual needs
• Employer-sponsored life and AD&D insurance
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)
• 401K with a company match
• Paid Time Off (PTO)
• Tuition assistance and continuing education opportunities
• Area discounts
• And so much more!
  

If you’d like to be a part of a team setting that fosters excellence, apply now!