Clinical Nurse Coordinator - Myeloma

Fred Hutch Cancer Center; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center in Seattle seeks a Clinical Nurse Coordinator to provide care management for myeloma outpatients, coordinating assessments, education and interprofessional care.

You will join a multidisciplinary team at South Lake Union, working 40 hours/week onsite, with a focus on evidence-based practice and patient-centered care.

Qualifications

• Graduated from an accredited school of nursing.
• Current Washington State Registered Nurse license (MSL) or equivalent.
• Experience in rehabilitation or oncology settings preferred.

Responsibilities

• Assesses physical, emotional, social, and spiritual needs and evaluates patients' adaptation to health changes.
• Develops a plan of care based on the patient’s disease, symptoms, and response to treatment.
• Educates patients, families, and caregivers on disease processes, treatment, side effects and symptom management.
• Coordinates with the interdisciplinary team to ensure continuity of care.
• Facilitates external referrals for ongoing rehabilitation needs.

Skills

Care coordination

Patient education

Team collaboration

Clinical assessment

Education

Bachelor of Science in Nursing

Tools

Epic Rehab

Job description

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.

The Clinical Nurse Coordinator 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 that collaborates closely to provide the highest level of care for patients.

This is a full-time position at our South Lake Union location. The schedule for this position may vary, from Monday through Friday from 8:00 am to 4:30 pm.

This position is 1.0 FTE, 40 hours/week onsite at our South Lake Union location

Responsibilities

• Assesses physical, emotional, social, and spiritual needs and evaluates patients' adaptation to health changes
• Develops a plan of care based on the patients' disease, symptoms, and response to treatment
• Educates patients, families, and caregivers on disease processes, treatment, side effects and symptom management
• Coordinates with the interdisciplinary 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 the primary responsibilities of the Registered Nurses (RN), the Clinical Nurse Coordinator (CNC) will have the following key responsibilities:

Direct Patient Care

• Educating 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 the service line
• Caregiver support
• Assist with in-clinic procedures: (set up, consent, time out, and patient positioning)
• Assessment of needs for additional supportive care resources
• Prescription refills and addressing medication questions
• Result reviews

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 the 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

Communication and Teamwork

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

Qualifications

Required:

• Graduated from an accredited school of nursing
• Must have a current Washington State Registered Nurse Multistate License (MSL) or current MS