Registered Nurse Coordinator - Cancer Center Breast Surgery Durham, NC

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• Duke University Health System is designated as a Magnet organization
• Nurses from each hospital are consistently recognized each year as North Carolina’s Great 100 Nurses.
• Duke University Health System was awarded the American Board of Nursing Specialties Award for Nursing Certification Advocacy for being strong advocates of specialty nursing certification.
• Duke University Health System has 6,000+ registered nurses
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• Relocation Assistance (based on eligibility)

Breast Surgical‑Oncology RN Coordinator – Duke Cancer Center Clinic 2-2

4 days/week, (3 in‑clinic, 1 administrative). 10 hours/day (7:30 am–6:00 pm). No weekends or holidays.

The RN Coordinator is a professional RN with oncology‑specific clinical knowledge who offers individualized assistance to patients, families, and caregivers to help overcome healthcare system barriers. Using the nursing process, a Nurse Coordinator provides education and resources to facilitate informed decision making and timely access to quality health and psychosocial care throughout all phases of the cancer continuum. The RN Coordinator is a key member of a multi‑disciplinary patient care team, which includes providers, residents, fellows and other clinical support staff and provides clinical support to patients and caregivers, such as comprehensive assessment, general and focused education, and decision‑making support.

The RN Coordinator has the skills and knowledge to coordinate quality, patient‑centered care through effective communication with the inter‑professional cancer care team.

• Collaborate with the multidisciplinary team, including physicians, APPs, clinic staff, nurse triage, schedulers, and other support services as needed for care, education, and follow up for patients and caregivers.
• Pre‑treatment teaching and follow up.
• Route return appointment requests in clinic to front desk as directed by MD/APP.
• Check through clinic visits and ensure all patients have appropriate orders.
• Coordinate outside labs/scans with community providers.
• Ensure follow‑up appointments are scheduled appropriately as requested.
• Assist with prior authorizations, as needed.
• Coordinate Home Health Services and medical supplies as needed.
• Triage and manage RN appropriate patient messages sent through the EMR portal.
• Assist with insurance/family medical leave paperwork.
• Coordinate treatment schedules.
• Symptom management.
• Triage of patients (calling patients back for issues that don’t need direct APP/MD response).
• Assist with medication refill requests.
• Calling patients with negative or normal test results as directed by the APP/MD.
• Collect labs and specimens as needed.
• Perform patient intake for clinic visits as needed.

Independently plan and provide professional nursing care for patients in accordance with physician orders and established policies and procedures. Provide nursing services to patients and families in accordance with the scope of the RN as defined by the North Carolina Board of Nursing. Plan, provide, supervise and document professional nursing care utilizing the nursing process for patients in accordance with physician orders and established policies and procedures.

Use professional nursing judgment to individualize the plan of care based on assessment of the patient’s baseline needs and response to care. Delegate tasks and supervise the activities of other licensed and unlicensed care providers. Assist other nursing personnel in the delivery of nursing…