What are the responsibilities and job description for the Nurse Navigator – Inpatient/Outpatient Transplant and Cellular Therapy position at Nemours?
Nemours is seeking a Nurse Navigator - Inpatient / Outpatient Transplant and Cellular Therapy to join our Nemours Children's Health team in Wilmington, DE. This position is responsible for coordination of a high level of service and quality of care to individuals requesting outpatient service for the Lisa Dean Moseley Foundation Institute for Cancer and Blood Disorders (LDMFI-CBD) and sub-specialties where patients of the LDMFI-CBD are treated. The Inpatient / Outpatient Transplant and Cellular Therapy (TCT) Nurse Navigator will serve as an advocate for complex patients, their families, and caregivers, to overcome health care system barriers. The primary functions include :
- Improve patient's access to care by assuring efficient and effective coordination of patient care between admissions, visits, including scans, complex scheduling, and sub-specialty interface.
- Triage newly diagnosed patient and family with complex needs in the inpatient and outpatient setting and provide procedure related information during the scheduling process.
- Collaborate with the physicians, members of the healthcare team, and the patient / family to maintain a plan to deliver quality healthcare in the inpatient and outpatient setting, and in the home environment, focusing on educational and resource needs.
- Provide guidance and education for the highly complex patient and family to ensure the patient receives the necessary care, throughout the continuum of care.
- Coordination and delegation for prior authorizations and peer to peer for highly complex patients.
- Collaborate with the LDMFI-CBD specialty nurses for care coordination and cross coverage as needed.
- Evaluate the patient / family response to care on an ongoing basis. Requirements BSN from accredited program Current, unrestricted DE Registered Nurse License required (subject to change based on patient base). Specialty Certification : CPON / CPHON certification preferred. Minimum 5 years of pediatric hematology / oncology nursing experience required
