Registered Nurse-Heme​/Heme Malignancies

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.

With a track record of global leadership in bone marrow transplantation, HIV/AIDS prevention, immunotherapy and COVID‑19 vaccines, Fred Hutch has earned a reputation as one of the world’s leading cancer, infectious disease and biomedical research centers. Fred Hutch operates eight clinical care sites that provide medical oncology, infusion, radiation, proton therapy and related services, and network affiliations with hospitals in five states.

Together, our fully integrated research and clinical care teams seek to discover new cures to the world’s deadliest diseases and make life beyond cancer a reality.

At Fred Hutch 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 make us stronger. We seek employees who bring different and innovative ways of seeing the world and solving problems.

Full‑time position at South Lake Union location.

The Clinical Nurse Coordinator (CNC) provides clinical support to medical providers, providing care management to their entire panel of patients. As the primary point of contact for complex outpatients, the Myeloma CNC provides continuity of care through nursing assessments, triage, patient education and care coordination. The clinical nurse coordinator is an integral part of a dedicated multidisciplinary team which collaborates closely to provide the highest level of care for patients.

• 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

• Education patients and families: specific to rehabilitation services
• Telephone and email symptom triage
• Engage in meaningful patient follow up and care coordination
• Ex: post‑procedure, medication side effects
• New patient orientation to service line
• Caregiver support
• Assist with in‑clinic procedures: (setup, consent, time out, and patient positioning)
• Assessment of needs for additional supportive care resources
• Prescription refills, and addressing medication questions
• Result reviews

• 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
• Place physiatry return orders and Supportive Care referral orders as directed by MD
• Coordinate responses to patient inquiries via MyChart and phone
• Coordinate lab tests and notification of patients
• Coordinate with Supportive Care and medical care teams as needed, across Fred Hutch sites
• Facilitate external referrals for ongoing rehabilitation needs
• Manage Epic Rehab Medicine Clinical Support InBasket inquiries from patients, staff, or other providers

• 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

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