Foundation Medical Partners - RN Patient Oncology Navigator - Oncology - Full Time

Come work at the best place to give and receive care!

​Job Description: 

Who We Are 

Affiliated with Southern New Hampshire Medical Center, Foundation Medical Partners is the second largest multi-specialty group in New Hampshire and serves the greater Nashua community.  We encourage the professional growth and development of our employees and are proud of the workplace culture we have developed.  

We understand the need to respond swiftly, and with accuracy, to cancer and blood conditions. And we know that successfully treating illness takes a team effort. That’s why our team is unified to coordinate care, responding to patient conditions with a precise diagnosis and personalized treatment plan that coordinates care across specialties. Our patients can find comfort in knowing that Massachusetts General Hospital can care for them close to home. Our clinical affiliation with the Mass General Cancer Center assures our patients access to highly skilled specialists, the newest clinical trials, and shared test and treatment options. This seamless care delivered locally by world-leading doctors gives patients what they need most when they are fighting cancer – peace of mind. 
 

About the Job: 
The role of the nurse navigator along the continuum of care is bidimensional in nature with a patient-centered (advocate, empowerment with education, and psychosocial support) and health system (member of the multidisciplinary team) orientation to deliver timely, seamless care. Across the care continuum, the role of the nurse navigator is to identify and address barriers to care (utilizing the 5 steps of the nursing process); empower patients with appropriate education and awareness of health literacy so they can make informed decisions; offer psychosocial support and access to resources; advocate for the unique needs with a cultural awareness of each patient regarding the use of facility and community resources; encourage patients to be engaged in their care planning; streamline care path transitions and logistic issues (diagnosis, treatment, survivorship, and end of life); and liaise between clinical and nonclinical specialists in the multidisciplinary care team 

What You’ll Do: 

• Facilitates the appropriate and efficient delivery of healthcare services, within and across systems, and serves as the key contact to promote optimal outcomes while delivering patient-centered care. Assesses patient needs at the initial encounter and periodically throughout navigation, matching unmet needs with appropriate services and referrals to support services. 

• Develops knowledge of local, community, or national resources and the quality of services provided; establishes relationships with providers of these services. 

• Develops or uses appropriate screening and assessment tools and methods to promote a consistent, holistic plan of care, connecting patients to appropriate resource (social work, care coordination, dietary, and physician). 

• Facilitates timely and individualized care within the context of functional status, cultural consideration, health literacy, psychosocial, reproductive and fertility, and spiritual needs for patients, families, and caregivers. 

• Supports a smooth transition of patients from active treatment into survivorship, chronic disease management, or end-of-life care. 

• Follows patients throughout the care continuum, including emergency room visits and inpatient admissions, and collaborates with inpatient care management resources. 

• Demonstrates interpersonal communication skills that enable exchange of ideas and information effectively with patients, families, and colleagues at all levels. This includes writing, speaking, and listening skills. 

• Serves as a liaison for patient and family with diagnostic, treatment, supportive and financial services in order to o