Registered Nurse Infusion - GI Care Neighborhood

Overview

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center is an independent, nonprofit organization providing adult cancer treatment and groundbreaking research focused on cancer and infectious diseases. Based in Seattle, Fred Hutch is the only National Cancer Institute‑designated cancer center in Washington. With a track record of global leadership in bone marrow transplantation, HIV/AIDS prevention, immunotherapy and COVID‑19 vaccines, Fred Hutch has earned a reputation as one of the world’s leading cancer, infectious disease and biomedical research centers.

Fred Hutch operates eight clinical care sites that provide medical oncology, infusion, radiation, proton therapy and related services, and network affiliations with hospitals in five states. Together, our fully integrated research and clinical care teams seek to discover new cures to the world’s deadliest diseases and make life beyond cancer a reality. At Fred Hutch we value collaboration, compassion, determination, excellence, innovation, integrity and respect.

Our mission is directly tied to the humanity, dignity and inherent value of each employee, patient, community member and supporter. We seek employees who bring different and innovative ways of seeing the world and solving problems.

The Registered Nurse is a member of an interdisciplinary care team. This role provides patient‑centric care and is primarily responsible for nursing assessment and diagnosis, planning, implementation, and evaluation. The Infusion Registered Nurse (RN) in the Thoracic Head and Neck Care Neighborhood at Fred Hutch Cancer Center brings together the leading research teams and cancer specialists of Fred Hutch, Seattle Children’s, and UW Medicine.

This extraordinary group’s sole mission is the pursuit of better, longer, richer lives for our patients. In support of our mission, Fred Hutch is physically growing the clinic footprint and expanding into Care Neighborhoods. The Care Neighborhood puts the patient at the center of our work and brings the care team together to more effectively care for the patient. In preparation for the expansion, the GI Clinic at Fred Hutch will implement the new model of care in two Care Neighborhoods beginning Spring 2020.

The clinicians testing this model will be innovators in their field and will work together to create a better patient and staff experience. This position is 1.0 FTE, 40 hours/week.

• Assesses physical, emotional, social, and spiritual needs and evaluates patients’ adaptation to health changes.
• Develops a plan of care based on patients’ disease, symptoms, and response to treatment.
• Educates patients, families, and caregivers on disease processes, treatment, side effects and symptom management.
• Coordinates with inter‑disciplinary team to ensure continuity of care.
• Refers patients, families and caregivers as appropriate to other clinical resources/professionals such as social work, home health care, clinical nutrition, etc.
• Implements, evaluates and modifies plan of care.
• Integrates research and evidence‑based knowledge into clinical practice.

In addition to the primary responsibilities of the Registered Nurse (RN), the Infusion RN will have the following key responsibilities:

• Demonstrates knowledge of standard treatment and medication side effects.
• Performs nursing assessment, reviews relevant lab results, assesses pain and other symptoms.
• Administers IV hydration, electrolyte replacement, chemotherapy/biotherapy, and blood products.

• Demonstrates awareness of the potentially hazardous nature of many agents administered and uses correct precautions when handling them.
• Follows all procedures regarding safe disposal of any materials used in the administration of chemotherapy or other hazardous agents and blood products.

• Provides patient and family education in coordination with treatment and care plan.
• Conducts learning needs assessment for patient and caregiver(s).
• Ensures patients have clinic contact information and understand when to call if symptoms arise or persist post‑infusion therapy.

• Communicates or escalates…