Registered Nurse - Transplant Clinic

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center•Seattle, WA

About The Position

The Registered Nurse is a member of an interdisciplinary care team and provides patient-centered care, with primary responsibility for nursing assessment and diagnosis, planning, implementation, and evaluation. The role supports patients throughout the transplant process, coordinating care and communicating with patients, caregivers, and clinical teams. This position is 0.95 FTE, 38 hours per week. The nurse provides comprehensive assessment, monitors responses to therapies, supports patient and caregiver education, and helps coordinate research-related activities. The nurse also maintains current clinical knowledge, participates in continuing education and quality-improvement efforts, and communicates operational or high-risk patient concerns to the Nurse Manager.

Requirements

Graduate from an accredited school of nursing.
Current Washington State Registered Nurse Multistate License (MSL), or current MSL from another state with 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.
Ability to think critically, including analyzing, applying standards, discriminating, seeking information, reasoning logically, 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, including gathering and clarifying information using appropriate verbal and listening techniques.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor of Science in Nursing.
Two years of nursing experience.

Responsibilities

Assess patients’ physical, emotional, social, and spiritual needs and evaluate their adaptation to health changes.
Develop, implement, evaluate, and modify plans of care based on patients’ diseases, symptoms, and responses to treatment.
Educate patients, families, and caregivers about disease processes, treatment, side effects, symptom management, medications, therapies, and home infusions.
Coordinate with the interdisciplinary team to ensure continuity of care and refer patients and caregivers to appropriate clinical resources and professionals.
Perform comprehensive initial and ongoing assessments of patients, families, and caregivers throughout the transplant process.
Monitor patient responses to therapies, including laboratory values and symptoms, in collaboration with medical, nutrition, and pharmacy staff.
Provide psychosocial support to patients and families and serve as a resource for rotating physicians regarding clinic standards and operations.
Review orders written by medical staff and communicate hospital admissions to the Charge RN.
Coordinate home infusions provided by outside agencies after referral by Transition RNs.
Communicate care effectively with Charge, Evening, Weekend, Infusion Room, Procedure, Triage, and Inpatient RNs.
Document assessments, teaching, responses to therapies, and plans of care in a timely manner and keep the patient Kardex up to date.
Serve as the primary telephone contact for patients and caregivers and participate in daily interdisciplinary rounds.
Provide initial education and clinic orientation, review the Patient Resource Manual at the arrival visit, and provide departure teaching when patients leave the Acute Transplant Program.
Act as a patient advocate in coordinating research consent forms, assist in obtaining research data alongside patient-care data, and maintain working knowledge of relevant protocols and research resources.
Participate in committees and task forces to review and improve standards, and serve as a resource to nurses caring for BMT transplant patients.
Assist with patient care needs outside the nurse’s own team assignment when needed.
Inform the Nurse Manager of high-risk patient situations or operational issues and communicate respectfully and effectively with staff and other departments.
Participate in continuing education and keep current in the area of expertise through journals, books, and conferences.
Maintain regular attendance and punctuality.

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 advanced degree, preceptor, and certification premiums