Registered Nurse - Clinical Nurse Coordinator - Issaquah Clinic

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center • Seattle, WA

3d • Onsite

About The Position

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center is seeking a Registered Nurse to join an interdisciplinary care team at its Issaquah Clinic. The nurse provides patient-centered care and is primarily responsible for nursing assessment and diagnosis, care planning, implementation, and evaluation. This position is full-time (1.0 FTE), Tuesday through Friday, four 10-hour shifts from 7:30 a.m. to 6 p.m., in Issaquah, Washington.

In addition to Registered Nurse responsibilities, the Clinical Nurse Coordinator provides direct and indirect patient care, supports communication and coordination across the care team, and contributes to professional development and clinic activities. Applicants without previous oncology experience will receive additional training and support.

The hourly pay range is $51.06 to $93.04, based on experience and qualifications. Registered Nurses are paid on a step scale and may be eligible for shift differentials and other premiums, including those for advanced degrees, precepting, and certification. The position may be eligible for relocation assistance. Fred Hutch offers a comprehensive benefits package designed to support employees’ health, well-being, and financial security.

Requirements

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

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.
• Provide direct patient care, including chemotherapy, central-line, injection, and home-care education; telephone and email symptom triage; dressing changes; medication administration; injections; new-patient orientation; caregiver support; assessment for supportive-care resources; prescription refills; and result reviews.
• Coordinate indirect care, including supportive-care referrals, FMLA and disability paperwork, ferry passes, outside clinical care, continuity with outside providers, and collaboration with research teams for patients on trial.
• Attend regular provider and nursing team meetings, coordinate with ancillary services, delegate tasks to appropriate team members, coordinate patient schedules, and collaborate with infusion nurses and other care team members to meet patient needs.
• Document nursing care 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.

Benefits

• Medical and vision benefits.
• Dental insurance.
• Flexible spending accounts.
• Life insurance.
• Disability benefits.
• Retirement benefits.
• Family life support.
• Employee assistance program.
• Onsite health clinic.
• Tuition reimbursement.
• Paid vacation (12–22 days per year).
• Paid sick leave (12–25 days per year).
• Paid holidays (13 days per year).
• Paid parental leave (up to 4 weeks).
• Potential relocation assistance.
• Shift differentials and other pay premiums, including premiums for advanced degrees, precepting, and certification.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: No Education Listed