Registered NURSE; Ambulatory Care Nurse Resource Pool-Cancer Center Cluster

Job Overview

Provide nursing care in a variety of Ambulatory Care settings with primary responsibilities in the Rogel Cancer Center Clinics. Other potential locations are BCSC and NHC. The role includes care of adult patients and may involve travel to various Michigan Medicine facilities.

• Assessment of patient needs and assist with medical issues related to health concerns.
• Manage prescription refill requests and secure patient messages.
• Adapt communication style to patients representing diverse personal, professional, cultural, and socio-economic backgrounds.
• Use excellent listening skills to receive detailed information.
• Utilize electronic protocol database to assess, educate and document all health information accurately and expediently.
• Respond to clinic needs.
• Meet minimum established quality and productivity standards.
• Use internal and external resources appropriately.
• Collaborate with providers when necessary to advise or determine patient disposition.
• Provide functional supervision to assistive personnel and collaborate with colleagues, other disciplines, and health care/community services to promote continuity of care.
• Manage telephone calls, patient and family education, assist with procedures, daily clinic operations, functional supervision of assistive personnel and other responsibilities as requested.
• Handle triage/assessment of high‑acuity patients, therapy education, procedural education, medication administration and management, respond to clinic emergencies, port maintenance, collaboration with multiple disciplines, infusion/scheduling/lab management.

• Demonstrated critical thinking skills through the nursing process, excellent problem‑solving skills, and ability to set priorities.
• Demonstrated customer service, interpersonal communication skills, and ability to build respectful relationships within and between units and individuals.
• Demonstrated accountability and dependability including good attendance record with punctuality.
• Demonstrated adaptability to changing needs and priorities based on unit, department, and institutional goals/objectives.
• Demonstrated knowledge and skills providing patient and family education and coaching related to chronic conditions.
• Proficiency with typing and electronic health record documentation.
• Ability to manage complex clinical issues utilizing assessment skills, protocols, and evidence‑based interventions.
• Willingness to adapt to different populations within the Maize team as patient demands require; orientation and training will be provided for new subspecialties.

• Current licensure as a Registered Nurse in the State of Michigan.
• Minimum of 18 months of oncology RN experience within the last two (2) years.
• Ambulatory Care Experience with telephone triage/symptom management within the last three (3) years.
• BSN degree.
• OCN certification.

Resume required for both internal and external applicants. Attach a complete and accurate resume.

This UMPNC RN posting is posted as Nursing Framework Level

C. Actual Nursing Framework Level and salary will be determined at time of hire. Nursing Framework levels range from Level A to Level

F.

• Hours per week: 40 hours per week, 5‑8 hour shifts.
• Shift schedule:
  Day Shift;
  Monday‑Friday, may include Saturdays/Sundays/Holidays in the future if clinic hours expand. Hours may be variable based on patient and volume needs.
• Location:
  
  Ambulatory Care Nursing Resource Pool (ACNRP) Cancer Center Focus. All new employees will be expected to float to a designated unit(s) in times of low census.

This position is covered under the collective bargaining agreement between the U‑M and the Michigan Nurses Association and the U‑M Professional Nurse Council union, which contains and settles all matters with respect to wages, benefits, hours and other terms and conditions of employment.

Michigan Medicine conducts background screening and pre‑employment drug testing on job candidates upon acceptance of a contingent job offer and may use a third party administrator to conduct background screenings. Background screenings are performed in compliance with the Fair Credit Report Act.

If you have questions regarding this posting or would like assistance with nursing opportunities please contact Nurse Recruitment at (734) 936‑5183.

The University of Michigan is an equal employment opportunity employer.