Location: Red Bank, NJ
Cap-Exempt H-1B Position — No lottery required
Overview: Our team members are the heart of what makes us better. At Hackensack Meridian Health we help our patients live better, healthier lives — and we help one another to succeed. With a culture rooted in connection and collaboration, our employees are team members. Here, competitive benefits are just the beginning. It’s also about how we support one another and how we show up for our community. Together, we keep getting better - advancing our mission to transform healthcare and serve as a leader of positive change. Under the direction of the local leadership, the Oncology Nurse Navigator (ONN) navigates the patient's journey (starting with pre diagnosis) and continues throughout the treatment continuum. In collaboration with the multidisciplinary team, which may include PCP's, surgeons, GYN, GI, oncologists, etc and the entire healthcare team, the ONN supports the oncology patient and facilitates access and timeliness to care. The ONN makes referrals as applicable (not limited to) financial counseling, nutrition, social worker. Responsibilities: - Coordinates and navigates outpatient care for oncology patients. Identifies new patients during pre-diagnosis journey and offers navigation services from the beginning of the patient's diagnosis journey to survivorship or end of life. 2. Builds and maintains professional relationships with the medical oncologists, radiation oncologists, surgeons, other medical physicians and professionals involved in the patients care. 3. Establishes communication with physicians, physician extenders and their office staff to outline navigation programs and available resources. Collaborates with the primary medical oncologist, radiation oncologist and/ or oncology surgeon, to act as a resource for the patient and family beginning during initial consultation and continuing through treatment. 4. Maintains a communication system which ensures comprehensive and timely transmission of information to physicians, nursing staff, and the inter