Registered Nurse - Cancer Care Coordinator

Department of Veterans Affairs • Kansas City, MO

72d • Onsite

About The Position

The Registered Nurse (RN) - Cancer Care Coordinator is located at the Kansas City VA Medical Center in Kansas City, MO and provides patient management, care coordination, and disposition planning for cancer patients. Provides oversight of the patient's journey through the diagnostic and treatment continuum, ensuring that all steps in the process are scheduled, timely and completed, while tracking the overall treatment plan. This is an OPEN CONTINUOUS ANNOUNCEMENT and will remain open until December 18, 2025. Eligible applicants will be reviewed and referred to the hiring manager on a bi-weekly basis beginning November 7, 2025. This announcement may close without prior notification or at the point when all vacancies are filled.

Requirements

• 1 full and unrestricted license from any US State or territory

Nice To Haves

• Care Coordination
• Oncology experience

Responsibilities

• Provides patient management, care coordination, and disposition planning for cancer patients.
• Assists Veterans, family members, and caregivers with receiving the most appropriate options and services to meet their complex health care needs.
• Coordinates care with multiple providers across all levels and sites of care. Coordination also includes assuring services interface within the Veterans Affairs (VA) and community programs to provide continuity of care to patient
• Interface with outside referral agencies, and ensure that their business and clinical practices are in compliance with regulatory standards.
• Anticipates and implements preventive patient care measures.
• Possesses the ability to assess data reflective of the patient's status and interpret the appropriate information needed to identify each patient's requirements relative to their age-specific needs, providing care as considered necessary.
• Provides guidance and education to patients and caregivers and collaborates with other professionals at all levels.
• Evaluates care and outcomes to ensure timely and appropriate provision of services.
• Advocates for holistic care through patient/family education and provider interaction and implements an educational plan to meet the patient care needs.

Benefits

• Competitive salary, regular salary increases, potential for performance awards
• 50 days of paid time off per year (26 days of annual leave, 13 days of sick leave, 11 paid Federal holidays per year)
• Traditional federal pension (5 years vesting) and federal 401K with up to 5% in contributions by VA
• Federal health/vision/dental/term life/long-term care (many federal insurance programs can be carried into retirement)

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Industry: Administration of Human Resource Programs
• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees