Registered Nurse - Clinical Nurse Coordinator - Evergreen Clinic

Registered Nurse - Clinical Nurse Coordinator - Evergreen Clinic

Overview:
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center is an independent, nonprofit organization providing adult cancer treatment and groundbreaking research focused on cancer and infectious diseases. Based in Seattle, Fred Hutch is the only National Cancer Institute-designated cancer center in Washington. We value collaboration, compassion, determination, excellence, innovation, integrity and respect. Our mission is directly tied to the humanity, dignity and inherent value of each employee, patient, community member and supporter.

Our commitment to learning across our differences and similarities makes us stronger.

Overview:
The Registered Nurse – Clinical Nurse Coordinator is a member of an interdisciplinary care team. This role provides patient-centric care and is primarily responsible for nursing assessment and diagnosis, planning, implementation, and evaluation. This position will be 1.0 FTE/full-time, Monday-Friday, four 10-hour shifts from 7:00am-5:30pm or 7:30am-6:00pm.

• Assesses physical, emotional, social, and spiritual needs and evaluates patients’ adaptation to health changes
• Develops a plan of care based on patients’ disease, symptoms, and response to treatment
• Educates patients, families, and caregivers on disease processes, treatment, side effects and symptom management
• Coordinates with inter-disciplinary team to ensure continuity of care
• Refers patients, families and caregivers as appropriate to other clinical resources/professionals such as social work, home health care, clinical nutrition, etc.
• Implements, evaluates and modifies plan of care
• Integrates research and evidence-based knowledge into clinical practice
• In addition to above primary responsibilities of the Registered Nurse (RN), the Clinical Nurse Coordinator (CNC) will have the following key responsibilities:

Direct Patient Care

• Education of patients and families: chemotherapy, central lines, injections, home care
• Telephone and email symptom triage
• New patient orientation
• Caregiver support
• Assessment of needs for additional supportive care resources
• Prescription refills
• Result reviews
• Perform blood draws

Indirect Patient Care

• Supportive care referrals
• FMLA paperwork, disability paperwork, Ferry passes
• Coordination of outside clinical care
• Ensuring continuity of care with outside providers
• Collaboration with research team for patients on trial

Communication and Teamwork

• Attend regular team meetings with provider and nursing teams
• Coordination of care with ancillary services
• Delegation of tasks to appropriate team members
• Coordinating patient schedules with clinic team
• Collaboration with infusion RN and other members of the care team to assure patient needs are met
• Real-time management and escalation of issues in clinic

Professional Development and Clinic Engagement

• Document all nursing care activities accurately and in a timely fashion
• Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of patient privacy rights
• Active participation in continuing education, departmental projects, committee work, and quality improvement initiatives

Required:

• Graduate from an accredited school of nursing
• Current Washington State RN license or current NLC Multistate License (MSL); must upgrade to an MSL with primary state of residence, WA, within 60 days of hire. This requirement may be waived under specific circumstances, subject to approval.
• Current BLS AHA Health Provider Card (or equivalent) renewed every two years
• Additional certification may be required depending on department
• Critical thinking; ability to analyze, apply standards, discriminate, seek information, use logical reasoning, predict, and transform knowledge
• Ability to develop clinical judgment
• Time management and ability to organize and manage tasks independently
• Effective communication by listening, asking open-ended questions, exploring cues, and clarifying responses
• Active listening with reflecting, acknowledging, summarizing, empathizing, and paraphrasing
• Ability to provide clear information, check understanding, and avoid jargon
• Good communication skills and the ability to multitask and stay organized

Preferred:

• BSN prepared nurse
• OCN (Oncology…