Registered Nurse - Oncology Chemo Certified

Location: Winston Salem, NC

Onsite Flexibility: Onsite

• Position Type: Contract
• Contract Duration: 3 months
• Pay Rate: $62.00 / Hour (USD)
• Shift / Schedule: 8-Hour Days;
  Monday Friday, 8:00 AM 4:30 PM
• Work Authorization: Applicants must be authorized to work for ANY employer in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment Visa at this time.

This is a Hematology/Oncology Transplant Coordinator contract nursing role requiring Hematology/Oncology experience and Navigator/Case Manager experience as a must. The position is based in an Acute Hospital and Outpatient Clinic setting within a Peripheral Blood Transplant Cellular Therapy program. Transplant Coordinators follow patient cases from candidate identification through workup/evaluation, cell harvest, and cellular therapy infusion or cell transplant. Patients are in different phases of this process, and a coordinator could have an assignment of 8 patients at one time.

Coordinators meet with patients several times and schedule all appointments according to a required timeline; there is no daily census or set visits per day. Daily census could be 8, but visits could be approximately 20 if counting all interactions with all parties on behalf of and including the patient. Coordinators attend meetings with doctors and other staff throughout the week.

Coordinators must be organized and able to work autonomously.

• Coordinate all patient care needs before, during, and after transplantation
• Perform pre-transplant evaluation and assessment
• Interpret lab results and diagnostic tests related to transplant
• Review medical history of potential/actual donors
• Monitor vital signs, weight, fluid balance, and graft function
• Review and interpret relevant diagnostic and laboratory data
• Schedule and track pre- and post-transplant testing
• Follow transplant center protocols and collaborate with transplant team
• Maintain patient confidentiality and HIPAA compliance
• Provide patient and family education
• Apply understanding of post-transplant health maintenance and long-term care
• Adhere to universal precautions and waitlist criteria
• Attend meetings with doctors and other staff throughout the week

• Hematology/Oncology experience REQUIRED
• Navigator/Case Manager experience REQUIRED
• Work Setting:
  Acute Hospital and Outpatient Clinic
• Pre-transplant evaluation and assessment
• Interpretation of lab results and diagnostic tests related to transplant
• Knowledge of medical history of potential/actual donors
• Monitoring of vital signs, weight, fluid balance, and graft function
• Review and interpretation of relevant diagnostic and laboratory data
• Coordination of all patient care needs before, during, and after transplantation
• Patient Confidentiality/HIPAA
• Patient/Family Education
• Scheduling and tracking of pre- and post-transplant testing
• Transplant center protocols
• Transplant team collaboration
• Understanding of post-transplant health maintenance and long-term care
• Universal precautions
• Waitlist criteria
• Unit Systems:
  Pyxis, EPIC

Pre-Transplant/Candidates Skills:

• Absolute contraindications to transplant
• Assists with organ offers, acceptance, and recipient preparation
• Organ allocation process
• Relative contraindications to transplant

Post-Transplant/Recipients Skills:

• Coordinates post-transplant care with team
• Monitors post-transplant patient progress
• Offers psychosocial support and education on lifestyle adjustments to patient and family
• Teaches medication adherence and post-op care plans

Clinical Assessment and Skills:

• Familiarity with organ-specific diseases (e.g., ESRD, cirrhosis, heart failure)
• Identifies signs/symptoms of transplant complications (infection, rejection, etc.)
• Performs comprehensive physical and psychosocial assessments
• Recognition and management of transplant complications (infection, rejection, etc.)

Medication Administration Skills:

• Coordinates medication adjustments post-transplant with provider
• Reviews pre-transplant medication regimens for contraindications
• Teaches medication adherence and self-administration
• Understanding of pharmacology relevant to transplant patients

Regulatory & Administrative Compliance Skills:

• Tracks patient outcomes and reports per regulatory standards

Professional Knowledge and Skills:

• Assisting with scheduling of the OR

• BLS Certification Required
• Chemo Certification (ONS/ONCC) Preferred
• Minimum 3 years of experience required
• Clinic will accept 1st time travelers

• Minimum 3 years of nursing experience Required
• Hematology/Oncology experience Required
• Navigator/Case Manager experience Required

• Work setting:
  Acute Hospital and Outpatient Clinic
• Patient diagnoses:
  Hematologic malignancies
• Special procedures:
  Peripheral blood transplant cellular therapy
• Unit systems:
  Pyxis, EPIC
• Call requirement:
  None
• Float requirement:
  None
• Weekend requirement:
  None
• Scrubs:
  Not provided
• Unit orientation: 40 hours basic, with…