Navigator

• Provide resources, support, assessments, referrals, education, care coordination, and guidance throughout the cancer care continuum
• Serve as the primary contact and advocate for oncology patients
• Educate patients, families, providers, caregivers, colleagues, and communities about cancer and oncology navigation
• Assess patient understanding, needs, barriers to care, and treatment goals
• Coordinate diagnostic, treatment, survivorship, hospice, and palliative care appointments and referrals
• Facilitate communication among patients, families, caregivers, providers, and multidisciplinary healthcare teams
• Provide telephone triage, symptom management, emotional support, education, and resource referrals
• Monitor patients from screening through treatment and survivorship
• Document patient encounters, education, diagnostic testing, treatments, referrals, and outcomes
• Assist with tumor board selection, presentations, tumor conferences, and follow-up recommendations
• Connect patients with financial, psychosocial, genetic counseling, rehabilitation, home care, hospice, support group, and community resources
• Track metrics, dashboards, program outcomes, quality improvement initiatives, and patient satisfaction
• Prepare reports for the Director and report navigation outcomes to key stakeholders
• Participate in community health fairs, screenings, support groups, interdisciplinary meetings, cancer committee, and professional education
• Develop oncology education materials and action plans for improving care
• Maintain current oncology knowledge through continuing education and evidence-based practice

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