Nurse Practice Coordinator – Oncology

Baptist Health Care; Pensacola (FL); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Baptist Health Care in Pensacola, FL seeks a Registered Nurse - Practice Coordinator in Hematology & Oncology to coordinate day-to-day patient care under physician direction. You will work with physicians, care teams, and support staff to meet patient goals and maintain clinical standards.

The role emphasizes staff supervision, training, documentation, and compliance with licensing, with opportunities to foster quality improvement and patient satisfaction through effective communication and

Qualifications

• Clinical nursing knowledge across acute and chronic settings.
• Quality improvement and patient satisfaction understanding.
• Patient-centered care with sensitivity, respect and understanding.
• Access patient needs, prioritize care, and make sound clinical decisions.
• Ability to provide excellent customer service.
• Maintain confidentiality of patient information per HIPPA guidelines.
• Effective written and verbal communication with co-workers, management, providers, patients and customers.
• Coordinate and manage multiple responsibilities while ensuring quality care and efficiency.
• Skilled with computers and related software applications.

Responsibilities

• Maintains a high degree of excellence in clinical outcomes while providing effective patient care.
• Oversees daily clinical operations and supervises clinical team members by evaluating staffing needs, recruiting and selecting qualified candidates, coordinating onboarding and orientation, delivering ongoing training and professional development, and managing performance through coaching, counseling, and corrective action as appropriate.
• Ensures timely completion of team member annual competencies, mandatory education, and required certifications to maintain compliance, clinical excellence, and high-quality patient care.
• Collaborates with ancillary departments to perform and maintain clinical audits and compliance activities, including HLD (high level disinfection), clinical staff competencies, pharmacy sample log and medication storage audits, and hand-washing technique audits; provides documentation to ancillary departments and the Practice Manager as appropriate; Coordinates with ancillary departments such as Bio-Med for equipment maintenance and yearly calibration checks, warranty and repair needs.
• Supports medical providers and maintains a clear and open communication path for quality care standards, communication and clinical operations.
• Maintains responsibility for all documentation and reporting, developing and implementing plans for meeting regulatory requirements and clinical and budgetary management functions.
• Prepares patient for provider; maintains supplies, rooms, and medications; performs and tracks tests and results; assists providers and nurses; performs chart documentation, review, and maintenance; performs front office duties when required and completes miscellaneous duties as assigned. Maintains patient flow in the clinical areas.
• Processes orders for medical supplies and medications to keep present inventory current and in stock according to ordering protocol.
• Cleans, packages, and sterilizes instruments and procedure supplies per regulatory standards. Cleans exam rooms and equipment per regulatory standards.
• Maintains all office licensures as required by state agencies and ensures they are posted as required.
• Develops and documents a plan of care with physician approval and support that prescribes interventions to attain expected outcomes, individualized to each patient according to condition and need using assessment data. Provides education material and communicate provider advice and instructions to patient.
• Maintains current knowledge/certification/licensure. Pursues professional growth and development.

Skills

Acute and chronic care nursing

Quality improvement

Patient-centered care

Effective communication

HIPPA guidelines

Computer skills

Multitasking ability

Team collaboration

Education

Technical Diploma/Certificate Nursing Required

Associates Degree Nursing Required

Bachelor's Degree Nursing Preferred

Tools

Computer software familiarity

Job description

Baptist Health Care in Pensacola, FL seeks a Registered Nurse - Practice Coordinator in Hematology & Oncology to coordinate day-to-day patient care under physician direction. You will work with physicians, care teams, and support staff to meet patient goals and maintain clinical standards.

The role emphasizes staff supervision, training, documentation, and compliance with licensing, with opportunities to foster quality improvement and patient satisfaction through effective communication and