Oncology Care Navigator

Arootah

. Navigate the cancer-care journey, including diagnostic testing, specialist consultations, treatment planning, surgery, systemic therapies, radiation, recovery, follow-up, and survivorship .

Posted 9/26/2026part-timeNew York City • New York • United StatesMid-LevelSenior💰 $125 - $175 per hourWebsite

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About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Navigate the cancer-care journey, including diagnostic testing, specialist consultations, treatment planning, surgery, systemic therapies, radiation, recovery, follow-up, and survivorship
Prepare for medical appointments by organizing information and developing prioritized questions for specialists
Organize physician recommendations, identify unresolved questions, and translate agreed plans into next steps
Coordinate information across oncology, breast surgery, cardiology/cardio-oncology, primary care, nutrition, and other specialists with client authorization
Maintain a care plan tracking appointments, testing, recommendations, medications, pending decisions, questions, and follow-up actions
Help the client understand general medical terminology and treatment pathways and identify questions for physicians
Facilitate second opinions and additional specialist consultations
Provide patient advocacy and communicate the client’s priorities, concerns, and questions to the healthcare team
Support physician-approved priorities involving nutrition, hydration, medication adherence, sleep, movement, recovery, stress management, and other health behaviors
Provide calm, compassionate support and refer medical, nutritional, or psychological issues to appropriate licensed professionals
Support recommendations from physicians and/or a registered dietitian related to calories, protein, weight, muscle preservation, hydration, eating barriers, physical activity, sleep, recovery, and stress management
Participate in or support important medical appointments when requested and authorized
Maintain confidentiality of sensitive personal and medical information

Requirements

What you’ll need

Substantial hands-on oncology experience, preferably supporting individuals with breast cancer
Strong clinical literacy, care navigation, organization, patient advocacy, communication, and interpersonal skills
Familiarity with breast-cancer care and terminology, including pathology, tumor grade, staging, ER, PR, HER2 status, breast imaging, lymph-node evaluation, breast surgery, radiation therapy, chemotherapy, systemic therapies, endocrine therapy, treatment sequencing, second opinions, multidisciplinary cancer care, recovery, surveillance, and survivorship
Several years of direct oncology experience preferred
Significant breast-cancer experience preferred
Experience navigating multidisciplinary cancer care
Experience with medically complex patients
Familiarity with cardio-oncology
Patient-advocacy experience
Health-coaching or behavior-change training
Cancer-nutrition knowledge
Background as an Oncology Registered Nurse (RN), Oncology Nurse Navigator, Breast Cancer Nurse Navigator, Oncology Nurse Practitioner, certified oncology nurse, Oncology Patient/Care Navigator, Oncology Social Worker with substantial care-navigation experience, or other licensed or credentialed healthcare professional with significant oncology experience
Exceptional discretion and confidentiality in accordance with applicable professional, legal, and contractual obligations
Must maintain professional boundaries and refer medical, nutritional, psychological, and other issues to appropriate licensed professionals
Must not independently diagnose, determine prognosis, prescribe treatment, select cancer therapies, recommend medication changes, override physician recommendations, or provide individualized diagnostic interpretations outside the scope of the professional license

Benefits

Comp & perks

Part-time, independent contractor engagement
Compensation for approved in-person appointment support, travel time, transportation, and other reasonable engagement-related expenses may be addressed separately
High-touch engagement with reasonable communication between sessions when significant care-navigation needs arise
Specific scheduling, availability, communication expectations, compensation, and scope of engagement discussed during the interview process