Nurse Navigator – Lung – Full Time, Days

Here’s What You Need

Education

·        Bachelor’s Degree Nursing or related field required

 

Experience

·        3 years clinical experience required

·        1 year oncology experience preferred

·        Procedural experience preferred

 

Licenses and Certifications

·        RN – Registered Nurse upon hire required AND

·        BCLS – Basic Cardiac Life Support prior to providing independent patient care and maintained quarterly required AND

·        OCN – Oncology Certified Nurse upon hire preferred

 

What You Will Do

·        Program Development: Acts as a leader in the development, implementation, and evaluation of clinical outcomes that support departmental and organizational goals of oncology care within the hospital entity and overall Texas Health System.

·        Coordination of Care/Patient Navigation: Utilizes current research and evidence based standards of practice to develop, analyze, and coordinate a comprehensive plan of patient education activities, including goals assessment, planning, implementation, needed resources and evaluation methods to support improved patient outcomes.

·        Coordination of Educational Resources: Functions as a consultant by collaborating with managers, staff, physicians, patients and other members of the healthcare team to identify, plan, implement, and evaluate educational interventions.

·        Community Awareness and Education: Utilizes current evidence-based practice and research findings to promote cancer awareness in the community.

·        Cancer Program Responsibilities: Participates in development, implementation and evaluation of cancer program specific goals and objectives. Evaluates opportunities to provide patient care in a cost-efficient manner and when possible increase patient revenue and patient satisfaction.

 

Additional perks of being a Texas Health employee

·        Benefits include 401k, PTO, medical, dental, Paid Parental Leave, flex spending, tuition reimbursement, Student Loan Repayment Program as well as several other benefits.

·        Delivery of high quality of patient care through nursing education, nursing research and innovations in nursing practice.

·        Strong Unit Based Council (UBC).

·        A supportive, team environment with outstanding opportunities for growth.

 

Entity Highlights

Texas Health Arlington Memorial Hospital has a rich history in North Texas serving the local communities of Arlington, Kennedale, Pantego, Mansfield and Grand Prairie. We’re a 369-bed, acute-care, full-service hospital serving our community since 1958. Our location in central Arlington provides convenient care to people in the DFW Metroplex and surrounding areas.  

 

We specialize in comprehensive medical/surgical care, cancer care, women’s services, behavioral health, neurosciences and emergency medicine. Plus, we’re a Level III neonatal intensive care unit, Level III Maternal Newborn care unit and a Level III Trauma Center. We’re accredited by the American College of Surgeons as a Comprehensive Community Cancer Center and by the National Accreditation Program for Breast Centers.   

 

Texas Health Arlington Memorial is a Joint Commission-certified Primary Stroke Center, a Chest Pain Center and a Heart Failure Center. We’ve been recognized by the American Heart Association with a Gold Plus award for the exceptional care we provide to our stroke, heart failure and chest pain patients. We’re also a designated Magnet hospital! Our community members recently recognized us as the best emergency department in Arlington. Plus, we’re recognized by Blue Cross/Blue Shield as a Blue Distinction Center for care of our patients receiving Hip and Knee Replacement and Spine Surgery procedures. We’re a top choice in North Texas for cancer and emergency services, women’s health and much more.  

 

Explore our Texas Health careers site for info like Benefits, Job Listings by Category, recent Awards we’ve won and more.

 

Do you still have questions or concerns? Feel free to email your questions to recruitment@texashealth.org.