Ambulatory Oncology Clinical RN Coordinator Job Portland area,Oregon USA,Nursing

Ambulatory Oncology Clinical RN Coordinator

US-OR-Portland

Requisition :

Position Category: Nursing-RN

Job Type: ONA union represented

Position Type: Regular Part‑Time

Posting Department: Oncology Clinic‑Care Coordination

Posting Salary Range: $55.24 - $92.02 per hour with offer based on experience, education and internal equity

Posting FTE: 0.75

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Schedule:

Monday‑Friday;
Potential for Hybrid

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Hours:

variable between 7:00am - 6:30pm; 10 hour shifts

HR Mission: Healthcare

Drug Testable: Yes

Department Overview

The Registered Nurse Coordinator is a key member of a multi‑disciplinary patient care team, which includes providers, residents, fellows and other clinical support staff. The RN Coordinator provides direct and indirect professional nursing care for patients seeking care at OHSU for Oncology services including bone marrow/stem cell transplant, cellular therapies, chemotherapy, and immunotherapy treatments. They assess patient and family needs, assists in developing a plan of care, implements, educates, and evaluates the care delivered.

The RN Coordinator serves as a key communication link between the patient, his/her family and the care team. The RN Coordinator is a continuous advocate for patients and their families, ensuring that clinical and business systems are customer service focused. The RN Coordinator practices in accord with professional standards, core values and with a commitment to service excellence. The RN Coordinator reports to the Care Management and Coordination Manager in Ambulatory Oncology.

The Knight Cancer Institute provides total patient centered medical care in a practice setting staffed by faculty (Physicians, Nurse Practitioners) as well as fellows of Oregon Health & Science University.

Benefits

Comprehensive health care plans. Covered at 100% of the cost for full‑time employees and 88% for dependents.
$50K of term life insurance provided at no cost to the employee
Two separate above market pension plans to choose from
Vacation - 192 to 288 hours per year depending on length of service, prorated for part‑time
Holidays - up to 64 holiday hours per calendar year (employees accrue .0308 holiday hours for each hour paid included in vacation accruals)
Sick Leave - 96 hours per year, prorated for part‑time
Substantial public transportation discounts (Tri‑met and C‑Tran)
Tuition Reimbursement
Innovative Employee Assistance Program (EAP) including extensive wellness resources

Function/Duties of Position Department Specific Responsibilities

The RN Coordinator works with the Providers to ensure that all baseline clinical information, both diagnostic and therapeutic, is gathered together in a systematic fashion prior to the patients visit. S/he works to ensure that new patients are prepared for the testing, evaluation and potential outcome of the visits ahead of time.

The RN Coordinator collaborates with the Nurse Navigators, Team Coordinators, Care Coordinators and Managed Care Coordinators to ensure that all appropriate business‑related information is gathered prior to the visit, authorizations have been obtained and pre‑registration has taken place.

The RN Coordinator collaborates with multiple interdisciplinary teams to ensure timely and accurate care is provided to patients and their families. (Cellular Therapy program, Intervention Radiology, Apheresis, Research etc.)

The RN Coordinator may be called upon to assign tasks to team members after assessing patient needs, staff skills and resources.

The RN Coordinator collaborates with other members of the team to ensure that patient flow is expedited during clinical practice sessions.

The RN Coordinator ensures that Provider orders that result from the new patient visit are recorded and executed. S/he also works to ensure that laboratory and other diagnostic findings are available to clinicians in a timely fashion after tests are performed. S/he tracks the post visit flow information to ensure that plans of care are executed in a timely fashion.

The RN Coordinator ensures that when hospitalization is required; those patients and their family members understand prior to admission, what they can expect during the pre‑hospitalization,…


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