Top of Hackensack staff RN payHackensack staff RN postings that state pay run $100k/yr to $100k/yr, the middle half $100k/yr to $100k/yr, across 50 postings.
Coordinates and navigates outpatient care for patientsCoordinates and navigates outpatient care for patients.
Day to day
Identifies new patients and offers navigation servicesIdentifies new patients as they are diagnosed and offers navigation services.
Day to day
Provides detailed patient and family needs assessment and updates throughout treatmentProvides initial detailed patient and family needs assessment and periodically updates needs assessment throughout the course of treatment.
Day to day
Develops disease site expertiseDevelops disease site expertise.
Day to day
Provides patient and family educationProvides patient and family education.
Day to day
Connects patients and family with resources in health system and communityConnects patients and family with available resources in the health system and community.
Day to day
Maintains database of community resourcesMaintains a database of available community resources.
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Facilitates access to servicesFacilitates access to services.
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Tracks patient flow through diagnostic and treatment servicesTracks the flow of patients through diagnostic and treatment services.
Day to day
Documents assessment and follow-up notes in medical recordDocuments assessment and follow up notes in the patients' medical record.
Day to day
Provides monthly activity reports to the DirectorProvides monthly reports of activity to the Director.
Day to day
Gathers Commission on Cancer information and formulates survivorship care planFor applicable patients, gathers all information required by the Commission on Cancer and formulates a survivorship care plan at the end treatment.
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Distributes and discusses survivorship care plan with patient, family, and providersDistributes and discusses survivorship care plan with the patient and family and other appropriate providers per protocol.
Day to day
Builds and maintains professional relationships with physicians and care teamBuilds and maintains professional relationships with surgeons, other medical physicians and professionals involved in the patients care.
Day to day
Establishes communication with physicians, extenders, and office staff regarding navigation programsEstablishes communication with physicians, physician extenders and their office staff to outline navigation programs and available resources.
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Collaborates with primary provider/surgeon as a resource from initial consultation through treatmentCollaborates with the primary provider/surgeon, to act as a resource for the patient and family beginning during initial consultation and continuing through treatment.
Day to day
Collaborates with physicians and uses pathology reports to identify patients for multidisciplinary care conferencesCollaborates with physicians as well as using positive pathology reports to identify patients for the applicable multidisciplinary care conferences boards.
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Prepares, promotes, and documents tumor conferences for prospective treatment planningAccountable for ensuring that disease sites or general tumor conferences are prepared, promoted and documented, with the goal of prospective treatment planning.
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Participates in committees and ensures standards are met
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Ensures compliance with Joint Commission standards and supports certification initiativesAs applicable, ensures compliance with Joint Commission standards and and supports certification initiatives as requested.
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Represents program services to community and collaborates on marketing materials
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Provides community organizations with information about servicesProvides community organizations with information about services provided and offered to patients.
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May participate in community programs relevant to program promotionMay participate in community programs relevant to the promotion of the program.
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Our team members are the heart of what makes us better.
At Hackensack Meridian Health we help our patients live better, healthier lives — and we help one another to succeed. With a culture rooted in connection and collaboration, our employees are team members. Here, competitive benefits are just the beginning. It’s also about how we support one another and how we show up for our community.
Together, we keep getting better - advancing our mission to transform healthcare and serve as a leader of positive change.
The nurse navigator in collaboration with the surgeons and/or providers and the entire healthcare team navigates the care for patients including but not limited to: ongoing assessment of patient and family needs including educational, financial, psychosocial, nutritional, and clinical; connecting patients and families to available resources within the health system and in the community, assessing patients for eligibility for clinical trials and facilitates access to care.
Responsibilities
A day in the life of a Nurse Navigator at Hackensack Meridian Health includes:
NAVIGATION - Coordinates and navigates outpatient care for patients. Identifies new patients as they are diagnosed and offers navigation services. Provides initial detailed patient and family needs assessment and periodically updates needs assessment throughout the course of treatment. Develops disease site expertise. Provides patient and family education. Connects patients and family with available resources in the health system and community. Maintains a database of available community resources. Facilitates access to services. Tracks the flow of patients through diagnostic and treatment services. Documents assessment and follow up notes in the patients' medical record. Provides monthly reports of activity to the Director.
SURVIVORSHIP CARE PLAN -. For applicable patients, gathers all information required by the Commission on Cancer and formulates a survivorship care plan at the end treatment. Distributes and discusses survivorship care plan with the patient and family and other appropriate providers per protocol.
RELATIONSHIPS - Builds and maintains professional relationships with surgeons, other medical physicians and professionals involved in the patients care. Establishes communication with physicians, physician extenders and their office staff to outline navigation programs and available resources. Collaborates with the primary provider/surgeon, to act as a resource for the patient and family beginning during initial consultation and continuing through treatment.
MULTIDISCIPLINARY CARE CONFERENCES - Collaborates with physicians as well as using positive pathology reports to identify patients for the applicable multidisciplinary care conferences boards. Accountable for ensuring that disease sites or general tumor conferences are prepared, promoted and documented, with the goal of prospective treatment planning.
QUALITY - Participates in appropriate committees. Ensures standards are met. As applicable, ensures compliance with Joint Commission standards and and supports certification initiatives as requested.
COMMUNITY MARKETING - As applicable represents the program's services to the community. Collaborates with marketing for brochures and other marketing materials. Provides community organizations with information about services provided and offered to patients. May participate in community programs relevant to the promotion of the program.
Neighborhoods+Single professionals and medical staff frequently settle in the mid-rise and high-rise apartment and condominium corridors along Prospect Avenue, Summit Avenue, and Overlook Avenue. Downtown Hackensack along Main Street is also experiencing active residential redevelopment with newer multi-family apartment communities, while surrounding pockets transition into quieter blocks lined with mature trees and single-family yards.
Single professionals and medical staff frequently settle in the mid-rise and high-rise apartment and condominium corridors along Prospect Avenue, Summit Avenue, and Overlook Avenue. Downtown Hackensack along Main Street is also experiencing active residential redevelopment with newer multi-family apartment communities, while surrounding pockets transition into quieter blocks lined with mature trees and single-family yards.
Getting around+As the seat of Bergen County and home to Hackensack University Medical Center, local commutes to hospital shifts are short via municipal roads, though dense apartment corridors can make parking a consideration. Regional transit includes access to NJ Transit's Pascack Valley Line rail service and a central bus terminal, offering commutes to Manhattan that typically run thirty to forty-five minutes. Drivers also benefit from immediate proximity to major regional highways.
As the seat of Bergen County and home to Hackensack University Medical Center, local commutes to hospital shifts are short via municipal roads, though dense apartment corridors can make parking a consideration. Regional transit includes access to NJ Transit's Pascack Valley Line rail service and a central bus terminal, offering commutes to Manhattan that typically run thirty to forty-five minutes.
Drivers also benefit from immediate proximity to major regional highways.
Outdoors+Foschini Park sits directly along the Hackensack River, offering walking trails, athletic fields, scenic sunset views, and seasonal outdoor community concerts. Nature seekers also visit Borg's Woods Nature Preserve for quiet woodland walks, while nearby Overpeck County Park provides extensive recreational trails, picnic lawns, and calm waters for kayaking.
Foschini Park sits directly along the Hackensack River, offering walking trails, athletic fields, scenic sunset views, and seasonal outdoor community concerts. Nature seekers also visit Borg's Woods Nature Preserve for quiet woodland walks, while nearby Overpeck County Park provides extensive recreational trails, picnic lawns, and calm waters for kayaking.
Check the commute at your shift’s start and end, upfront housing costs, and whether moving assistance must be repaid if you leave.
Living in Hackensack
Hackensack stands out as Bergen County's dynamic county seat and healthcare epicenter, anchored by Hackensack University Medical Center. For healthcare professionals relocating to the area, it offers an appealing blend of small-city vibrancy and practical convenience twelve miles outside Midtown Manhattan. Most clinical staff and young professionals live in the mid-rise and high-rise towers along Prospect and Summit Avenues or newly developed downtown apartment buildings along Main Street, avoiding heavy highway commutes for local hospital shifts. When off duty, residents can grab historic sliders at White Manna, sample craft pours at Hackensack Brewing or The Alementary, and catch live jazz at the Hackensack Performing Arts Center. Green escapes like Foschini Park along the river and nearby Overpeck County Park provide trails and kayaking to decompress after long shifts. While prospective residents should consider local tradeoffs such as busy corridor traffic and block-by-block differences in neighborhood character, Hackensack delivers an authentic, culturally rich home base in Northern New Jersey.
