Elevate Your Nursing Career at the brand new Sierra Medical Center!!!

Northern Nevada Health System – Sierra Medical Center is a 200-bed tertiary care located in south Reno. Our brand new full-service facility presents an awesome opportunity for nurses to help build, grow, and develop Sierra Medical Center into an acute care force in the within the broader Reno, NV community. Come join us and “Elevate Your Nursing Career” at Sierra Medical Center.

WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT

Earn the recognition and support you deserve as a key member of our healthcare team.

• Relocation Assistance
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Tuition Loan Repayment Program
• $1000 Annual Certification Bonus
• Challenging and rewarding work environment with advanced technological systems, processes and practice
• Significant opportunities to grow and develop through job-related training, continuing education, and mobility up
• Competitive compensation and generous benefits, including 401(k) with company match and excellent medical, dental, vision and prescription drug plan
• Shared Governance Model
• Clinical Nurse Advancement Program with monetary reward
• Significant opportunity to grow in Management

Job Description:

As an Oncology Nurse Navigator, you will function as a member of the multidisciplinary team and serve as an advocate and educator for cancer patients from diagnosis through end of active treatment. 

You will ensure the patient remains compliant to the treatment plan. You will achieve this goal by building relationships with patients and physicians, coordinating the plan of care, education, resource provision and/or representation within the multidisciplinary care environment. You will also assume responsibility and accountability for the management of resources to achieve efficient, high-quality outcomes for cancer patients, including support with interdisciplinary and cross-facility coverage and collaboration.  You will serve as a liaison between the patient and family with the multidisciplinary healthcare providers to ensure effective communication and collaboration. You will collaborate with local physician liaisons and leadership to conduct internal and external outreach and marketing when appropriate

• You will serve as a patient advocate from diagnosis to end of active treatment
• You will assess patients’ medical, social, and psychosocial needs/barriers to care and link them to appropriate resources.
• You will provide appropriate teaching, outreach, and support to patients and families and ensure the patient is empowered to manage their own healthcare needs
• You will conduct follow-up conversations with all patients and communicate any concerns, changes, or social needs to the appropriate physician or other care providers

Experience

• Minimum Two (2)  years oncology nursing experience required.
• Experience in program development – preferred.
• Experience as a nurse navigator and/or patient educator in oncology – required.
• Experience in leadership and customer service – preferred.

Education

• Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing - preferred

Licenses and Certifications

• Basic Cardiac Life Support (BCLS) certification
• Current licensure as a Registered Nurse (RN) in the state of Nevada
• Oncology Certified Nurse (OCN) achieved or in progress – preferred

EEO Statement

All UHS subsidiaries are committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants and teammates.  UHS subsidiaries are equal opportunity employers and as such, openly support and fully commit to recruitment, selection, placement, promotion and compensation of individuals without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), genetic information, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

We believe that diversity and inclusion among our teammates is critical to our success.

Notice

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About Northern Nevada Health System

Be part of the healthcare system that is elevating healthcare … and elevating your career. Northern Nevada Health System is a regional multi-facility system that has excelled at offering quality care to residents of the greater Truckee Meadows. We have many locations across the region and in our rural communities. Northern Nevada Medical Center, a 124-bed acute care hospital in Sparks, is our flagship provider. A second hospital, Sierra Medical Center, opened in 2022. It is the first full-service hospital built in the region in over a century. We also provide primary care services and a wide range of specialty care through Northern Nevada Medical Group. Our providers have locations throughout Reno, Sparks, Fallon and Bishop to serve the community. In addition, patients can receive a variety of outpatient surgical services at Quail Surgical and Pain Management Center.

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