Access Nurse Navigator

Overview

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center is an independent, nonprofit organization providing adult cancer treatment and groundbreaking research focused on cancer and infectious diseases. Based in Seattle, Fred Hutch is the only National Cancer Institute-designated cancer center in Washington.

 

With a track record of global leadership in bone marrow transplantation, HIV/AIDS prevention, immunotherapy and COVID-19 vaccines, Fred Hutch has earned a reputation as one of the world’s leading cancer, infectious disease and biomedical research centers. Fred Hutch operates eight clinical care sites that provide medical oncology, infusion, radiation, proton therapy and related services, and network affiliations with hospitals in five states. Together, our fully integrated research and clinical care teams seek to discover new cures to the world’s deadliest diseases and make life beyond cancer a reality.

 

At Fred Hutch we value collaboration, compassion, determination, excellence, innovation, integrity and respect. These values are grounded in and expressed through the principles of diversity, equity and inclusion. Our mission is directly tied to the humanity, dignity and inherent value of each employee, patient, community member and supporter. Our commitment to learning across our differences and similarities make us stronger. We seek employees who bring different and innovative ways of seeing the world and solving problems. Fred Hutch is in pursuit of becoming an anti-racist organization. We are committed to ensuring that all candidates hired share our commitment to diversity, anti-racism and inclusion.

 

The Oncology Nurse Navigator is a member of an interdisciplinary care team. This role provides patient centric care and is primarily responsible for the care of patients with past, current, or potential diagnosis of cancer. Assist patients, families, and caregiver to overcome healthcare system barriers and provide education and resources to facilitate informed decision making and timely access to quality health and psychosocial care throughout all phases of the cancer continuum.

Responsibilities

• Uses critical thinking and the nursing process to assess and meet the needs of patients by providing care coordination throughout the cancer continuum
• Works between the domains of the patient and family unit and the healthcare delivery system to improve health, treatment, or end-of-life outcomes
• Demonstrates effective communication with peers, members of the multidisciplinary healthcare team, health care partners, community organizations and resources
• Assesses physical, emotional, social, spiritual needs of the patients and families and identifies barriers to care. Provides support and referrals to decrease barriers
• Follows care pathways to place orders for the providers for diagnostic workup and ensures timely appointments
• Integrates research and evidence-based knowledge into clinical practice
• Facilitates the appropriate and efficient delivery of healthcare services, both within and across systems, to promote optimal outcomes while delivering patient-centered care.

Qualifications

Required:

• Nursing Degree
• Two years of nursing experience
• Current Washington State nursing license
• Current BLS AHA Health Provider Card (or equivalent course, such as by the American Red Cross) and renewal required every two years
• Promotes lifelong learning and evidence-based practice, by self and others, to improve the care of patients with a current, or potential diagnosis of cancer
• Demonstrates professionalism within both the workplace and community through respectful interactions and effective teamwork
• Disseminates knowledge of the ONN role to other healthcare team members through peer education, mentoring, and preceptor experiences
• Participates in the tracking of metrics and patient outcomes, in collaboration with administration, to document and evaluate outcomes of the navigation program and report findings to the cancer committee
• Promotes a patient- and family-centered care environment for ethical decision making and advocacy for patients with cancer
• Establishes and maintains professional role boundaries with patients, caregivers, and the multidisciplinary care team in collaboration with manager as defined by job description
• In collaboration with other members of the healthcare team, builds partnerships with local agencies and groups that may assist with cancer patient care, support, or educational needs.
• Critical thinking; the ability to practice the cognitive skills of analyzing, applying standards, discriminating, information seeking, logical reasoning, predicting, and transforming knowledge
• Assesses educational needs of patients, famili