Registered Nurse (RN) Care Coordinator - Oncology

Join Cleveland Clinic's Lutheran Hospital where research and surgery are advanced, technology is leading-edge, patient care is world-class, and caregivers are family. Located near downtown Cleveland, you will enjoy its wide variety of shopping and dining, proximity to sporting events, and the option of walking or biking to work. While enjoying the perks of being in the heart of Cleveland, you will also work alongside passionate and dedicated caregivers, receive endless support and appreciation, and build a rewarding career with one of the most respected healthcare organizations in the world.

RN Care Coordinators are the heart of the outpatient care team. They have the unique opportunity to develop a rapport with patients and see them through their entire journey. Not only do they coordinate care and provide medical advice, but they also provide comfort and reassurance to patients as they navigate their illness or disease. As a Care Coordinator, you will work collaboratively with multidisciplinary care team staff across the continuum of care for high-risk patients in Lutheran Hospital's Cancer Center. The Care Coordinator provides coordination of care and disease management longitudinally to patients with chronic condition(s) or episodic care of a surgical population and focuses efforts on patient outreach and coordination of care for a panel of patients to achieve optimal outcomes and promote wellness, decreasing preventable ED visits and readmissions while improving patient satisfaction.

A caregiver in this position works 8:00am - 4:30pm.

A caregiver who excels in this role will:

• Work collaboratively with a multidisciplinary care team across the continuum of care for high-risk patients to develop goals, plan interventions and maximize patient outcomes.

• Provide care and disease management coordination.

• Identify patients in the specialty care practice that have ongoing coordination needs and conduct targeted outreach.

• Conduct comprehensive clinical assessments that include disease-specific, age-specific, medical, behavioral, pharmacy, social and end of life needs of each patient.

• Inform and work with patients and their families regarding coordination of their care, provide education and coaching, monitor patient compliance with their care plan, perform reassessments regarding patient progress toward goals, and update plan of care.

• Serve as a liaison and advocate for patients and families.

• Assist in managing transitions of care across care settings, ensuring optimal communication and planning.

• Identify barriers, facilitate solutions, and connect others to community resources.

Minimum qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:

• Graduate from an accredited school of professional nursing.

• Current state licensure as a Registered Nurse (RN).

• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification through the American Heart Association (AHA).

• Three to five years of nursing experience.

• Any registered nurse or advanced practice nurse must obtain a cancer specific certification or demonstrate ongoing qualifying education within the timeframe of the facilities accreditation cycle, if they work in medical oncology, radiation oncology, a cancer center or a cancer clinic and/or administer chemotherapy within an accredited Cleveland Clinic facility.

Preferred qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:

• Bachelor of science in nursing (BSN).

• Oncology experience.

• Specialty certification.

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Physical Requirements:

• Requires full range of motion, manual and finger dexterity and eye-hand coordination.

• Requires corrected hearing and vision to normal range.

• May requires some exposure to communicable diseases or bodily fluids.

• Light Work - Exerting up to 20 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 10 pounds of force frequently, and/or a negligible amount of force constantly (Constantly: activity or condition exists 2/3 or more of the time) to move objects. Even though the weight lifted may be only a negligible amount, a job should be rated Light Work: (1) when it requires walking or standing to a significant degree; or (2) when it requires sitting most of the time but entails pushing and/or pulling of arm or leg controls; and/or (3) when the job requires working at a production rate pace entailing the constant pushing and/or pulling of materials even though the weight of those materials is negligible.

Personal Protective Equipment:

• Follows Standard Precautions using personal protective equipment as required for procedures.

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