Care Coordinator (RN) - Oncology

Advocate Health and Hospitals Corporation•Crystal Lake, IL

19h•Hybrid

About The Position

The Care Coordinator RN works closely with the physicians and APPs. Their role is to support their clinician and their patients with a strong focus on oral chemotherapy adherence while supporting patients navigating through any barriers to care with both internal and community resources throughout their oncology/hematology journey. The Care Coordinator primarily works in the Crystal Lake location however will also follow their clinician to the Barrington Office on the Good Shepherd Hospital campus one day per week. Schedule is Monday through Friday; no weekends or holidays. Office is in operation from 7:30am to 5pm. Staggered starts occurring to equal an 8.5-hour day which includes a 30-minute mealtime. Lab and Pharmacy are on-site. Onboarding with a preceptor is very individualized. All training is done on-site.

Requirements

Registered Nurse license issued by the state in which the team member practices
Bachelor's Degree in Nursing
Typically requires 5 years of experience in nursing that includes performing nursing assessments, care plan development, and educating patients

Responsibilities

Navigates patient and family members through the diagnosis, treatment, and follow-up of the patient throughout the continuum of care ensuring smooth transitions between care settings.
Collaborates with a multi-disciplinary team to support patients and families in addressing the following dimensions of care: education, psychosocial needs, advocacy, and continuity of care.
Provides continuity of care by ensuring smooth transitions between care settings.
Develops a relationship with patient and their multidisciplinary team to facilitate and/or navigate through subsequent treatment and follow-up to reflect continuity of care.
Completes a nursing assessment to identify the patient's individualized needs and collaborates with multidisciplinary team and other departments to develop an interdisciplinary plan of care.
Supports the patient and family by providing education, addressing psychosocial needs, advocating, providing continuity of care and identifying barriers to care.
Navigates patients and family members throughout the diagnosis, treatment and follow-up of the patient throughout the continuum of care.
Provides expert clinical advice to the multidisciplinary team in designing collaborative teaching plans/programs and in planning/providing patient/family education and discharge planning including wellness and health maintenance within designated specialty.
Coordinates timely, seamless, evidenced based care across the care continuum resulting in best patient outcomes.