Nurse Coordinator (RN), Cancer Clinic

• Provides age-specific, quality, patient-centered care to all patients using the nursing process and standards of nursing practice
• Expedites appropriate care and treatment, using critical reasoning and astute clinical judgment
• Assesses, triages, and provides nursing consultation, performs follow-up and care coordination during face to face encounters or using telecommunications technologies
• Applies appropriate nursing interventions
• Always focuses on patient safety and quality of nursing care during each encounter
• Interacts with patients during face-to-face encounters or through a variety of telecommunication strategies
• Acts as partners, advocates, and advisors, assists and supports patients/families in the optimal management of their health care
• Facilitates continuity of care using the nursing process, interprofessional collaboration, and coordination of and access to appropriate health care services and community resources
• Collaborates with inpatient and other clinic staff to develop informational/educational materials
• Assesses learning needs of patient populations and develops curriculum/content accordingly
• Demonstrates leadership by inspiring others to achieve their best
• Promotes team building
• Participates in formal and informal development and evaluation of staff competency
• Maximizes productivity by focusing on goals, purpose and priorities
• Completes written reports and projects within appropriate time frames
• Reviews tasks, sets priorities, and revises plans for effective time management
• Pursues lifelong learning to update and expand clinical, organizational, and professional knowledge, skills, and abilities
• Utilizes performance improvement methodology to design data collection systems / processes and identifies opportunities to improve care / service for patients
• Other duties, as assigned including On Call responsibilities

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent from an accredited college/university
• Two (2) years of progressively responsible and directly related registered nurse (RN) work experience
• Minimum of 2 year Oncology experience preferred
• Knowledge in specialty area of practice
• Knowledge of computer systems and software used in assigned work area
• Knowledge of current theories, principles, practices, standards, emerging technologies, techniques and approaches in the nursing profession
• Knowledge of laws, rules and regulations
• standards and guidelines of certifying and accrediting bodies
• department standards, protocols, policies and procedures governing the provision of nursing care
• Knowledge of medical and professional nursing ethics and patient privacy rights
• Knowledge of medical terminology
• principles and practices of health promotion, risk reduction, illness and disease prevention and management
• medications and drugs, common dosages, their physical and physiological effects, and possible adverse reactions
• Demonstrated skills in teaching, educating, problem-solving, and critical thinking
• Demonstrated skills in translating complex medical terminology for patients, and answering questions
• Demonstrated skills in communication and effective interaction with others in challenging situations
• Demonstrated skills in project development/management, if applicable
• Ability to anticipate, assess, plan for, and manage physical, psychological, social needs, and quality of life of the patient and family/caregiver
• Ability to apply a professional nursing code of ethics and professional guidelines to clinical practice
• Ability to evaluate, implement and, as necessary, modify a patient care plan to meet the needs of individual patients
• Ability to integrate patient care with other members of the interdisciplinary health care team and provide direction or guidance to non-licensed personnel
• California Registered Nurse (RN) license
• American Heart Association Basic Life Support (BLS) certification

OCN certification preferred or willing to obtain within 1 year