Registered Nurse-Sarcoma Surgery clinic

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. These values are grounded in and expressed through the principles of diversity, equity and inclusion. Our mission is directly tied to the humanity, dignity and inherent value of each employee, patient, community member and supporter. Our commitment to learning across our differences and similarities make us stronger. We seek employees who bring different and innovative ways of seeing the world and solving problems. Fred Hutch is in pursuit of becoming an anti-racist organization. We are committed to ensuring that all candidates hired share our commitment to diversity, anti-racism and inclusion.

 

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.

 

Responsibilities

The Registered Nurse for the Sarcoma Surgery Clinic provides longitudinal comprehensive nursing care to surgical sarcoma patients. This position serves as the primary point of contact for surgical patients in the sarcoma clinic. He or she will be responsible for coordination of care, education of patients and caregivers, triage, and support of providers. 

 

Care Coordination 

 

The Clinical Nurse Coordinator for the Sarcoma Surgery population should be able to effectively coordinate patient care through a high level understanding of sarcomas and treatment modalities . 

• Telephone triage 
• Development of a plan of care 
• Management of prescription refills, prior authorizations, and home health 
• Monitoring of patient response to therapies in collaboration with medical, nutrition, and pharmacy staff  
• Management of ongoing physical, emotional, and social needs of patients through continuous assessments of adaptation to illness 
• 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 primary responsibilities of the Registered Nurses (RN), the Clinical Nurse Coordinator (CNC) will have the following key responsibilities:

 

Direct Patient Care

• Education patients and families 
• Telephone and email symptom triage
• Dressing changes, medication administration, injections
• New patient orientation
• Caregiver support
• Assessment of needs for additional supportive care resources
• Prescription refills
• Result reviews

Indirect Patient Care

• Supportive care referrals
• FMLA paperwork, disability paperwork, Ferry passes
• Coordination of outside clinical care
• Ensuring continuity of care with outside providers
• Collaboration with research team for patients on trial

Communication and Teamwork

• Attend regular team meetings with provider and nursing teams
• Coordination of care with ancillary services
• Delegation of tasks to appropriate team members
• Coordinating patient schedules with clinic team
• Collaboration with infusion RN and other members of the care team to assure patient needs are met
• Real-time manage