Registered Nurse - Clinical Nurse Coordinator - Issaquah Clinic (Per Diem)

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center•Seattle, WA

3d•Onsite

About The Position

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center is seeking a Registered Nurse to serve as a Clinical Nurse Coordinator on an interdisciplinary care team. The role provides patient-centric care and is primarily responsible for nursing assessment and diagnosis, planning, implementation, and evaluation. The position is per diem, with shifts available Monday through Friday, 10 hours per shift from 7:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., at the Issaquah Clinic in Issaquah, Washington. In addition to core Registered Nurse responsibilities, the Clinical Nurse Coordinator provides direct and indirect patient care, education, symptom triage, care coordination, and support to patients and caregivers. The coordinator collaborates with providers, nursing teams, research staff, ancillary services, and outside clinicians to support continuity of care. The role also includes accurate and timely documentation, protecting patient privacy, continuing education, departmental projects, committee work, and quality improvement initiatives.

Requirements

Graduate from an accredited school of nursing.
Current Washington State Registered Nurse Multistate License (MSL), or current MSL from another state and ability to update to an MSL with Washington as the Primary State of Residence within 60 days of hire; this requirement may be waived in specific circumstances subject to approval.
Current BLS AHA Health Provider Card or equivalent course, such as American Red Cross, with renewal every two years.
Critical-thinking ability, including analyzing, applying standards, discriminating, information seeking, logical reasoning, predicting, and transforming knowledge.
Ability to develop clinical judgment.
Time-management skills and ability to organize and manage time and tasks independently.
Ability to communicate effectively by observing and listening for cues, asking open-ended questions, exploring cues, using pauses, screening responses, and clarifying responses.
Ability to listen effectively using reflecting, acknowledging, summarizing, empathizing, and paraphrasing skills.
Ability to provide information effectively by checking prior knowledge, giving small amounts of information at a time, using clear terms and avoiding jargon, checking for understanding, and pausing for a response.
Additional certification may be required depending on the department.

Nice To Haves

BSN-prepared nurse.
OCN (Oncology Certified Nurse) or BMT RN.
Two years of oncology nursing experience.
Previous telephone triage experience.
Previous outpatient clinic experience.
Takes initiative.
Good communication skills.
Skilled at multitasking and organization.

Responsibilities

Assess patients’ physical, emotional, social, and spiritual needs and evaluate their adaptation to health changes.
Develop plans of care based on patients’ disease, symptoms, and responses to treatment.
Educate patients, families, and caregivers about disease processes, treatment, side effects, and symptom management.
Coordinate with the interdisciplinary team to ensure continuity of care.
Refer patients, families, and caregivers to appropriate clinical resources and professionals, such as social work, home health care, and clinical nutrition.
Implement, evaluate, and modify plans of care.
Integrate research and evidence-based knowledge into clinical practice.
Educate patients and families about chemotherapy, central lines, injections, and home care.
Conduct telephone and email symptom triage.
Perform dressing changes and administer medications and injections.
Provide new-patient orientation and caregiver support.
Assess needs for additional supportive-care resources.
Manage prescription refills and result reviews.
Make supportive-care referrals and assist with FMLA and disability paperwork and ferry passes.
Coordinate outside clinical care and ensure continuity with outside providers.
Collaborate with the research team for patients participating in trials.
Attend regular provider and nursing team meetings and coordinate care with ancillary services.
Delegate tasks to appropriate team members.
Coordinate patient schedules with the clinic team.
Collaborate with infusion nurses and other care-team members to ensure patient needs are met.
Document nursing care activities accurately and in a timely manner.
Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of patient privacy rights.
Participate in continuing education, departmental projects, committee work, and quality improvement initiatives.