Nurse Care Manager

Atlas Oncology Partners; Mobile (AL); Hybrid; USD 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, Dental, Vision insurance

Competitive pay

Paid vacation & holidays

Sick leave

Job summary

Atlas Oncology Partners is hiring a Registered Nurse Care Manager to serve as the clinical anchor for cancer patients, coordinating care across oncology, behavioral health, and supportive services. You will educate, advocate, and empower patients while collaborating with a team that values empathy and innovative, whole-person care.

The role requires a current RN license, at least 3 years of RN experience in healthcare, and comfort with change in a growing organization.

Qualifications

• Active RN license required.
• Minimum of 3 years RN experience in a healthcare setting.
• Excellent communication, documentation, and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to navigate sensitive clinical situations with compassion and professionalism.
• Comfort with change, process improvement, and working in a start‑up or growing organization.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a consistent clinical liaison between patients, families, and the oncology care team.
• Conduct comprehensive assessments and develop individualized care plans.
• Provide education to patients and families regarding diagnosis, treatment, symptom management, and survivorship.
• Coordinate care across disciplines, schedule appointments, and facilitate timely follow-up.
• Identify and address barriers to care, including financial, transportation, or cultural challenges.
• Deliver proactive outreach, regular check-ins, and telephone triage to ensure continuity of care.
• Document care coordination activities and patient interactions in the EMR clearly and accurately.
• Participate in interdisciplinary team meetings and contribute to shared care planning and quality improvement.
• Collect and document patient history and current symptoms.
• Evaluate and prioritize patient symptoms and concerns based on urgency and severity.
• Recognize urgent and emergent situations requiring care escalations.
• Communicate with navigators and social workers to ensure access to support services.

Skills

RN license

Communication skills

Documentation

Interpersonal skills

Change management

Process improvement

Startup experience

Education

BSN preferred

Tools

athenahealth

Job description

Role: Registered Nurse Care Manager

Company: Atlas Oncology Partners

Location: Hybrid, 50% onsite (1 day in Mobile, 1 day in Daphne); 50% remote

Hours: 8am-5pm, CST

Position Type: Full-Time

About Us

Atlas is built for oncologists by oncologists. We provide practices with the staff, contracts, and toolkit they need to deliver truly whole person care to their cancer patients. Our value-based approach to care delivery aligns incentives, offering patients better outcomes, payors guaranteed reduction in medical expenses, and provider partners greater financial independence.

Role Description

At Atlas Oncology, we believe people facing cancer deserve not only medical excellence but compassionate, coordinated support. We are seeking a dedicated Registered Nurse to join our interdisciplinary care team and serve as a clinical anchor for patients navigating the cancer care continuum. In this role, you will ensure that patients receive timely, proactive, and holistic care by facilitating communication, addressing barriers, and coordinating services across oncology, behavioral health, and supportive care.

As a consistent point of contact, you will provide education, advocacy, and personalized support that empowers patients and enhances quality of life—while partnering with a team that values innovation, empathy, and whole-person care.

Responsibilities include, but not limited to, the following

• Serve as a consistent clinical liaison between patients, families, and the oncology care team
• Conduct comprehensive assessments and develop individualized care plans tailored to each patient’s medical, psychosocial, and behavioral health needs
• Provide education to patients and families regarding diagnosis, treatment, symptom management, and survivorship
• Coordinate care across disciplines, schedule appointments, and facilitate timely follow-up
• Identify and address barriers to care, including financial, transportation, or cultural challenges
• Deliver proactive outreach, regular check-ins, and telephone triage to ensure continuity and early issue identification
• Document care coordination activities and patient interactions in the EMR clearly and accurately
• Participate in interdisciplinary team meetings and contribute to shared care planning and quality improvement
• Collect and document patient history and current symptoms.
• Evaluate and prioritize patient symptoms and concerns based on urgency and severity.
• Recognize urgent and emergent situations requiring care escalations.
• Communicate with supportive care staff (navigators, social workers) to ensure the patient has access to appropriate support services, or additional services as needed.
• Support shared decision-making, patient empowerment, and health equity through culturally responsive care

Required Qualifications

• Active RN license
• Minimum of 3 years of RN experience in a healthcare setting
• Excellent communication, documentation, and interpersonal skills
• Ability to navigate sensitive clinical situations with compassion and professionalism
• Comfort with change, process improvement, and working in a start‑up or growing organization

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in nursing (BSN) preferred
• Certification in Oncology Nursing (OCN) or related specialty preferred
• Value based primary care experience
• 2-3 years’ experience in oncology treatment and symptom management
• Experience working with diverse populations and an understanding of health disparities
• Experience with athenahealth

Some of the benefits of our comprehensive benefits package includes:

• Health, Dental, Vision insurance
• Competitive pay
• Paid vacation, holidays, and sick leave

You will collaborate with like-minded health care professionals who, like you, understand the importance and value of Atlas’ high-quality, value-based care model.

Atlas is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to inclusion and diversity. We take affirmative action to ensure equal opportunity for all applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, Veteran status, or other legally-protected characteristics.

Atlas is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to job applicants with physical or mental disabilities. Applicants with a disability who require a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or hiring process should email [e-mail] for assistance. Reasonable accommodation will be determined on a case‑by‑case basis.