Clinical Nurse, Hematological Malignancy Hematology Nurse Navigator - reposted with updated hours

Department Overview

The Adult Ambulatory Oncology Clinic at OHSU Center for Health and Healing, building 2 (CHH2) serves patients within Medical Oncology, Hematologic Malignancies, Cellular Therapy, Gynecologic Oncology, Palliative Care and Classical Hematology. We collaborate with Radiation Oncology, Surgical Oncology, Infusion services, Dietitians, Pharmacy, Social Work, Case Management and other members of the multidisciplinary health care team to provide exceptional oncology care for our patients and community. This position works with Hematologic Malignancy and Cellular Therapy patients.

 

 

This position also comes with great benefits! Some highlights include:

• 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

RN Navigator 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.  They work to ensure that new patients are prepared for the testing, evaluation and potential outcome of the visits ahead of time

 

The RN Navigator collaborates with the Team 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 Navigator may be called upon to assign tasks to team members after assessing patient needs, staff skills and resources.

 

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

 

The RN Navigator ensures that Provider orders that result from the new patient visit are recorded and executed.  They 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 Navigator ensures that when hospitalization is required; those patients and their family members understand prior to admission, what they can expect during the pre-hospitalization, hospital stay and post discharge period.  The RN Navigator is expected to troubleshoot any problems that patients and their families may encounter in preparing for or during their hospital stay.

 

Required Qualifications

• Unencumbered Washington RN license or WA Multi-state Compact license with a Washington residence
• Three years of Oncology experience within the past five years.
• The RN must have one of the following:
• Current OCN (Oncology Certified Nurse) certification or
• Current BMTCN (Blood and Marrow Transplant Certified Nurse) or
• Complete 36 cancer related continuing education nursing contact hours each accreditation cycle, per Commission on Cancer
• Annual and just in time competencies and health compliance requirements determined by organization, unit, regulatory body, and other evidence-based factors.
• BSN Graduates: Baccalaureate Degree in Nursing from a program accredited by Commission of Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE), Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing (ACEN) or Commission for Nursing Education Accreditation (CNEA) 30 days before start date.
• ADN Graduates: Associate Degree in Nursing from an accredited program 30 days before the start date.
• Associate degree Nurses required to enroll in BSN program within 3 years of hire and complete within 5 years of hire
• Current, unencumbered Oregon State Registered Nurse License
• BLS at time of hire and must be issued by the American Heart Association (AHA)
• BLS must not expire during orientation
• Must be able to perform the essential functions of the position with or without accommodation.

Preferred Qualifications

Ambulatory Oncology coordination experience preferred.

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