Job Descriptions:

New England Cancer Specialists (NECS) is currently seeking a Full-Time 32 hour Breast Health Nurse Navigator. The Breast Health Nurse Navigator will will coordinate care for all NECS breast referrals for benign, high-risk, and malignant patients. This nurse will coordinate care for all breast patients referred to NECS for surgical, medical and radiation oncology care. The successful candidate will help navigate the patient through diagnostic workup to surgical and medical interventions and/or other clinical care needed to ensure the best outcomes for the patient such as: imaging, medical oncology, physical therapy, genetic testing, radiation oncology and other supportive services. The ideal candidate must have excellent communication and organizational skills and a strong commitment to providing high quality patient care. The successful candidate must have two years of experience in surgical specialty or related field such as breast oncology.

NECS is a private medical practice composed of 18 oncologists and hematologists serving the region from six separate locations in Maine and New Hampshire. Our mission is to make life better for people with cancer and blood disorders. Kindness, compassion, and respect are part of everything that we do - from our phone operators to our physicians, every person on our team is important, and everyone makes a difference every day. We are proud to be the first Dana Farber Affiliate practice in the country, striving to provide the highest quality care and unmatched, holistic support for every patient, every day.

Required Experience:

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• This individual will work closely with NECS intake department and triage benign, high-risk, and breast cancer referrals to the appropriate department.

• Collaborates in developing and monitoring a measurement system that ensures services perform within defined standards.

• Provides holistic care, education, support and advocacy to the patient and family.

• Identifies and develops resources to meet breast patients' educational and psychosocial needs.

• Works collaboratively with the breast care team.

• Demonstrates the ability to articulate the breast services in a positive manner to health care providers and the public.

• Serves as a consistent contact for patient/family throughout diagnosis and treatment.

• Coordinates appointments for consultations and physician visits.

• Maintains two-way communication with physician offices to improve the process of coordinating care for breast center patients.

• This individual will provide care to our surgical patients throughout their entire experience, from pre-surgery to post-surgery to medical oncology and beyond.

• Works closely with the oncology team to develop and implement individualized care plans.

• Works well with other NECS navigators and other departments such as Radiology, Pathology, and supportive services.

• Organizes and leads case conferences, tumor boards, and patient care meetings

Knowledge/Skills/Abilities:

• Knowledge in breast and/or surgical care with motivation to acquire additional knowledge in these areas.Proven organizational, communication and interpersonal skills.

• Proactive initiative to identify issues and recommend solutions. Ability to handle multiple priorities.

• High ethical standards. Intense desire to succeed. Ability to make tough decisions. Change agent.

• Knowledge of the nature of diseases, their treatments both curative and palliative, and the side effects of related therapies.

• Knowledge of area agencies and willingness to collaborate with these agencies, initiating referrals when applicable.

Education and/or Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in nursing required. Licensed Nurse within State of Maine required.

• Two years plus nursing professional experience required.

• Surgical/Breast Oncology experience preferred.

• OCN required within 1 (one) year of hire or when eligible based on ONCC criteria

Keyword: Surgical Nurse Navigator

From: New England Cancer Specialists