Job Title: Assistant Nursing Officer, Navigation (Clinical Navigator) – 6Job Placements
Organization: Uganda Cancer Institute (UCI)
Duty Station: Uganda
Salary scale: U5 (SC)
Reports to: Nursing Officer, Navigation (Lead Clinical Navigator)
About US:
Uganda Cancer Institute (UCI) in collaboration with American Cancer Society (ACS) is implementing the UCI Patient Navigation Program at UCI with grants from ACS, with the aim of improving the quality of patients’ care at UCI using three types of navigation; Physical Navigation, Clinical Navigation and Resource Navigation. To reach this goal, the Program intends to provide patient navigation services to cancer patients at UCI; improve patients’ knowledge on their diagnosis, treatment, self-care and services provided at UCI; improve the overall patient’s satisfaction of the care at UCI; improve UCI staff knowledge, attitudes and practices towards the use of compassionate, patient-centered cancer care; and increase the number of cancer patients completing their prescribed cancer treatment at UCI.
Job Summary: Provide clinical navigation services in areas of assessing patients/caregivers needs, providing tailored cancer information and health education, coordinating care for patients, conducting follow up of patients, prompt reporting on tasks performed and maintaining accurate patient records
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
- Receive, triage patient and take brief history of the illness and vital signs (weight and height) and prepare the patient to be clerked by the doctor.
- Assess patients for pain and appropriately support patients to manage pain in consultation with the doctor.
- Maintain accurate patient records and forwards the information for entry in to data system by data assistant
- Conduct rapid psychosocial and nutritional needs assessment of patients and promptly refer those with identified needs to the Medical Social Worker and nutritionist and others respectively.
- Provides information about the services provided at UCI, orientates patients when and how to access them.
- Acts as interpreters in case of language barrier between the patient and other staff.
- Give information and health education to patients and provide them with cancer education materials for patients and caregivers (CEMPC)
- Provide counselling to cancer patients and attendants after they receive news of their diagnosis.
- Develop patients care plan which are individualized.
- Educate patients to allow treatment adherence and self-care.
- Facilitate appointment scheduling as per care plan.
- Provides patients with patients held file and ensure they are reviewed and updated at each visit
- Ensures revisit encounters with the patients are carried out and documented in relevant forms
- Provide and maintain communication between the primary care givers in the family and the cancer treatment team of health care givers.
- Conducts follow up of patients through phone calls and or physically to establish their status and help identify if they are experiencing any barriers to treatment and discuss intervention measures.
- Prompt reporting on tasks performed and compilation of weekly, monthly and quarterly reports.
- Participate in training and annual surveys and other research activities.
- Performs any other duties as assigned
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- The ideal applicant must have a Diploma in Nursing or Comprehensive Nursing from a recognized Institution
- Must be registered with Uganda Nurses and Midwives Council
- Must have annual practicing license
- Training in palliative care or counselling is additional advantage.
- Experience in cancer care or palliative care of counselling is an added advantage
- Accountability
- Assertiveness and Self confidence
- Effective communication
- Concern for quality and standards
- Ethics and Integrity and confidentiality
- Flexibility
- Innovativeness
- Patient centred care
How to apply:
All suitably qualified individuals to fill the position under the UCI Patient Navigation Program at UCI on contract basis.
Application should be hand written and addressed to the Executive Director Uganda Cancer Institute.
Deadline: Monday 3rd February, 2020.