JOB DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
• Review patient medical information, obtains any missing records, imaging or outside pathology slides and prioritizes care according to patient acuity
• Proactively assesses the need for financial counseling or psychosocial services and refers patient appropriately to needed network or community resources.
• Appropriately refers/assists with coordination of timely appointments for consultations, physician referrals, and network or community resources as indicated to meet patient needs and plan of care.
• Provides multidisciplinary team with appropriate information and patient summaries.
• Attends all assigned disease site specific multidisciplinary working groups, facilitating the conference with physician leader.
• Disseminates disease site specific multidisciplinary working group recommendations within one day of meeting and disperses appropriate documentation to each physician/team involved in patent’s care, including referring physician.
• Provides individualized patient/family information, support, education and resources regarding diagnosed cancer, diagnostic testing, procedures, and surgeries.
• Build relationships with patients and physicians to coordinate a plan of care including appointments, transportation, education, provision of and/or access to support services, and representation within the multidisciplinary care environment.
• Serves as a contact for patient/family throughout the process of diagnosis and treatment. Empowers patient/family to participate in the plan of care, documents compliance and concerns, monitors patient progress, consults with physicians and other members of the health care team at agreed upon intervals.
• Assess/identify patient needs for and promote the use of additional supportive resources within the network and ensure they are referred to appropriate support groups, dietitians, social workers, financial counselors, palliative care, smoking cessation and more.
• Appropriately refers/assists with coordination of appointments for consultations, physician referrals, and community resources as related to the cancer program.
• Interacts with administration, manages, and facilitates program improvement, keeps team up to date with program and monitors progress in achieving desired outcomes.
• Manages the cross-continuum care of multidisciplinary patients to provide high quality of care in an effective and efficient manner with close attention to service excellence.
• Acts as network-wide oncology resource nurse for disease site specific cancer and program coordinator.
• Identifies patient and/or provider needs and ensures delivery of quality services to patients.
• Collaborates with Network Clinical Studies Coordinator in clinical trials enrollment and data collection. Reviews and identifies appropriate cases for clinical trial eligibility with the study coordinator.
• Functions as members of the multidisciplinary team who educates and advocates for patients from point of entry, through diagnostic studies, diagnosis, and treatment plan for cancer through survivorship.
• Travel to offices in the network to meet with patients, to support, educate and assess to build/strengthen patient relationships
• Telephone communications with patients in order to continue/maintain relationships and be available to patients
• Other related duties as assigned.
PHYSICAL AND SENSORY REQUIREMENTS:
Sit up to 7 hours per day; 3 hours at a time. Stand for up to 3 hours per day; 2 hours at a time. Walk 1 hour per day; 10 minutes at a time. Frequently lifting, carrying, and pushing objects up to 10 pounds. Rarely lifting, carrying, and pushing objects up to 75 pounds. Frequently stooping and bending. Frequently reaching above shoulder level. Must be able to perceive attributes of an object through touch. Must be able to hear as it relates to normal conversation, high and low frequencies. Must be able to see as it relates to general near, far, color and peripheral vision. Must be able to speak as it relates to normal conversation and projection as it relates to lectures and presentations.
EDUCATION:
Registered Professional Nurse with current license to practice in the State of Pennsylvania required.
Bachelor’s Degree preferred, OCN preferred.
TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE:
Minimum three years Oncology Nursing experience preferred.
Registered Professional Nursing license in the state of New Jersey will need to be obtained once hired.
Please complete your application using your full legal name and current home address. Be sure to include employment history for the past seven (7) years, including your present employer. Additionally, you are encouraged to upload a current resume, including all work history, education, and/or certifications and licenses, if applicable. It is highly recommended that you create a profile at the conclusion of submitting your first application. Thank you for your interest in St. Luke's!!