Career Opportunities

Job Type: Regular

Time Type: Full time

Work Shift: Day (United States of America)

FLSA Status: Exempt

When you join the growing BILH team, you're not just taking a job, you’re making a difference in people’s lives.

Job Description:

Join Anna Jaques Hospital (AJH), a distinguished not-for-profit community hospital nestled in the picturesque coastal community of Newburyport, Massachusetts. Since 1884, AJH has been a cornerstone of healthcare excellence in the Merrimack Valley, North Shore, and Southern New Hampshire regions, renowned for our commitment to high-quality care and exceptional patient satisfaction. Located just 35 miles northeast of Boston, AJH offers the perfect blend of a supportive community hospital environment and the vast opportunities that come with being part of Beth Israel Lahey Health, one of the largest healthcare systems in the region. As a member of our team, you'll be part of a network of over 39,000 caregivers and staff dedicated to providing extraordinary care to more than 1.7 million people from 150+ cities and towns across Eastern Massachusetts and Southern New Hampshire. Discover a rewarding career at AJH, where you can make a meaningful impact within a close-knit community while advancing your professional growth within a thriving healthcare system.

Are you ready to become a part of our dynamic team?

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Coordinates patient care and assures timely access to treatment and support across the cancer continuum. Focuses on decreasing time from diagnosis to treatment and preventing treatment delays. Educates/provides information and supports patients and their families while facilitating a treatment plan. Functions as a patient advocate, guides patients and families throughout cancer care and survivorship experience.
• Tracks patients via the navigation system and the NCCN algorithms. Identifies where the patient is in the cancer continuum and anticipates the next step in the plan of care.
• Assesses cancer patients to anticipate and identify necessary support along the cancer continuum. Provides access to community resources and links patients to support services such as: social services, nutrition services, psychologist, pastoral care, physical therapy, rehabilitation therapy, financial counseling, national and local programs, and resources, etc. as expected in NAPBC standards.
• Develops and maintains relationships with healthcare providers, oncology providers and other outpatient and inpatient support services and departments. Acts as a liaison and facilitates communication regarding the plan of care and navigation services. Assures referral to the navigation team is complete and aides in the prior authorization process.
• Actively participates in and helps to organize the Tumor Board and the multidisciplinary meetings.
• Coordinates high risk identification program, post treatment ancillary and support service, and survivorship programs.
• Develops and implements in-house and community programs/workshops/seminars/support services. Participates on the delivery of appropriate outreach programs. Works directly with AJH marketing personnel to evaluate and promote the Breast Care Center. Maintains data on referring physicians to Breast Care Center.
• Effectively engages the patient and families to provide support while assessing their emotional, physical, psychological and spiritual needs.
• Maintains familiarity with the NAPBC standards and ensures data base for NAPBC is complete and up to date. Maintains performance improvement.
• Monitors and reports on patient satisfaction data for breast care program. Helps to identify and implement solutions for problems identified in patient satisfaction.

Scheduled Hours: 40 hr/wk

Work Shift: M - F 8a - 430p (some flexibility with schedule).

Education Required: High School Diploma or equivalent required. Graduate of an accredited nursing program.

Experience Required: 3-5 years oncology nursing or navigational experience; OCN preferred.

Licensure/Certification Requirements: Current Massachusetts license as a Registered Nurse. Willingness to be certified as a Certified Breast Care Nurse (CBCN) after 1-year experience. OCN and/or CBCN preferred upon hire.

Benefits working at Anna Jaques Hospital:

• Tuition Reimbursement
• Career Development and Opportunities
• Free On-Site Parking
• Discounts/Savings on various businesses.
• Health and Wellness activities

Apply today and learn more!

As a health care organization, we have a responsibility to do everything in our power to care for and protect our patients, our colleagues and our communities. Beth Israel Lahey Health requires that all staff be vaccinated against influenza (flu) and COVID-19 as a condition of employment. Learn more about this requirement.

More than 35,000 people working together. Nurses, doctors, technicians, therapists, researchers, teachers and more, making a difference in patients' lives. Your skill and compassion can make us even stronger.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled