Patient Care Manager; RN), Cancer Clinical Research

Patient Care Manager

Join our dynamic team at Stanford Health Care! Cancer Destination Service Line as Patient Care Manager Research and Cell Therapy. In this pivotal role, you will provide operational oversight for the Oncology Research Nursing Professional (RN) team during a period of growth and expansion for the role across the cancer service line and expanding access to clinical research and exceptional clinical care for patients.

This role will also have operational oversight over our Early Drug Development Department.

As a Patient Care Manager, you will collaborate closely with key clinical and support staff to enhance patient experiences and outcomes. Your leadership will be instrumental in streamlining processes, optimizing resource allocation, and fostering a culture of excellence in patient care. You will play a critical role in advancing our mission to deliver innovative therapies and improve the lives of patients through seamless research integration.

If you are passionate about clinical excellence in patient care and seamless research integration, we invite you to apply and be part of a team that is at the forefront of cancer treatment and research. Together, we can make a difference in the lives of our patients and their families.

A Brief Overview

The Patient Care Manager is a Registered Nurse who provides unit leadership and works in partnership with nursing, the healthcare team, hospital/system leaders to develop a quality practice setting that supports professional nursing and quality patient care. The Nurse Manager is accountable for the effective delivery of competent, compassionate, and efficient patient care. Responsibilities include coordination of patient care; supervision of a professional team that includes multiple nursing and other staff as appropriate;

administrative and budget management; troubleshooting of problem areas; organizational change management; ensuring compliance with accreditation and regulatory standards; quality assurance/quality improvement; safety and risk management requirements as well as actualization of hospital and unit policies, goals and objectives. Further, improving unit operations, enhancing communication and feedback, customizing education and staff roles, and accepting organizational accountability for services provided to recipients are critical outcomes expected of this role.

The Nurse Manager role is critical to hospital operations and minimally accomplishes the following essential duties.

What you will do

• Clinical Practice:
  Ensures the effective delivery of competent, compassionate, and efficient patient care by planning, organizing, and directing the nursing services of unit(s), including the assessment of patients, implementation of physicians' orders, treatment plans and medical procedures, administration of medication and record keeping of same as well as by monitoring and evaluating patient care processes and outcomes for the patient care unit(s);
  
  coordinates nursing activities with those of other services or disciplines. Demonstrates clinical competency in assigned specialty area role models nursing practice consistent with the organizational and department mission, vision and values.
• Communication:
  Communicates in a clear and effective manner to enhance team effectiveness, manage conflicts, engage employees and interdisciplinary colleagues in unit activities and performance changes. Collaborates with others within the unit and with all hospital departments and disciplines to enhance problem solving, decision making and performance improvement.
• Fiscal Accountability:
  Plans and forecasts the department budget by calculating required FTES, planning annual budgets, interpreting payroll and other key fiscal reports, projecting workload as well as monitoring and enhancing productivity. Performs variance analysis by interpreting financial performance and identifying key drivers. Identifies unit/capital budget needs in collaboration with physician and nursing colleagues. Plans and implements staff scheduling, position controls and attendance control procedures.
• Human Resources:
  Directs the personnel management of the employees assigned to…