High Salary! Patient Navigator (RN) Surgical Oncology / Per Diem
Company: Christus Health
Location: Santa Fe
Posted on: July 6, 2025
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Job Description:
Job Description Description POSITION SUMMARY: As an Oncology
Patient Navigator (OPN), you will play a crucial role in guiding
patients through their cancer care journey, ensuring they receive
comprehensive support beyond clinical treatment. The OPN will work
closely with patients and their families to address needs,
coordinate services, identifying and eliminating barriers to care,
and provide valuable information about cancer care options. Your
primary focus will be on enhancing the patient experience by
removing barriers, facilitating access to resources, and offering
compassionate support. Demonstrates compassionate and caring manner
with clients in person and over the phone. Additionally, the OPN
functions as a patient advocate facilitating accessibility to care
and promotes optimal patient-centered care that supports and
empowers individuals, respects individual choices and meets health
care needs of patients. Requirements EDUCATION: High school diploma
or equivalent required. Bachelor’s degree preferred.
CERTIFICATION/LICENSES: Oncology Patient Navigator Certification
(or obtained within 2 years) SKILLS: - Demonstrate basic knowledge
of medical and cancer terminology - Demonstrate familiarity with
and know-how to access and reference evidence-based information
regarding cancer screening, diagnosis, treatment, and survivorship
- Demonstrate basic knowledge of cancer, cancer treatment, and
supportive care options, including risks and benefits of clinical
trials and integrative therapies - Identify potential physical,
psychological, social, and spiritual impacts of cancer and its
treatment - Demonstrate general understanding of healthcare payment
structure, financing, and where to refer patients for answers
regarding insurance coverage and financial assistance - Demonstrate
interpersonal and communication skills that result in the effective
exchange of information and collaboration with patients, their
families, and health professionals - Employ active listening and
remain solutions-oriented in interactions with patients, families,
and members of the healthcare team - Demonstrate empathy,
integrity, honesty, and compassion in difficult conversations -
licensed and non-licensed professionals and act within professional
boundaries - Demonstrate basic understanding of cancer, healthcare
systems, and how patients access care and services across the
cancer continuum to support and assist patients - Ability to
coordinate various functions and activities for maximum cooperation
and integration of services providers and persons receiving care
within a clinic for continuum of care services - Ability to
understand and implement sensitivity and culture of care measures
appropriate to a diverse population - Ability to work with various
levels of the CHRISTUS organization including clinical, financial,
administrative and medical staff. EXPERIENCE: Minimum of 5 years of
experience in a health care setting and related experience with
quality, care coordination and oncology preferred. NATURE OF
SUPERVISION: -Responsible to: Manager, Cancer Center ENVIRONMENT: -
Blood borne pathogens - A Well-lighted office area. Occasional
exposure to activities and infectious diseases in patient care
areas. PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS: Ability to move around settings of
care. Requires close work, good vision, dexterity to write as well
as to use computer keyboard. Ability to handle stressful
situations.
Keywords: Christus Health, Albuquerque , High Salary! Patient Navigator (RN) Surgical Oncology / Per Diem, Healthcare , Santa Fe, New Mexico
